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SCOOP • Zander Frost reports: Burlington (formerly Burlington Coat Factory) plans to open in the former JoAnn Fabrics location on Route 9 in Queensbury.

The company calls itself an “off-price retailer” that offers “low prices on top brand name merchandise for the entire family and home.”

Burlington is seeking a sign variance and will appear before the Queensbury Zoning Board of Appeals on February 18.

JoAnn Fabrics filed for bankruptcy …

By Ben Westcott & Staff

Republican Congressional candidate Robert Smullen is making the rounds across the vast NY-21 district. “I’m going around everywhere in the district, talking to people, including the media, so they understand what I’m about and what I want to do in Washington.”

One of those stops was Fri-day at The Chronicle’s office, where Mr. Smullen described himself as a “listen, think and then act sort of …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Official word came from the Glens Falls Police Department on December 3 that one of their own, former Officer John Hogan III, had been arrested on Dec. 2, accused of stealing more than $5,000 from the Glens Falls Police Benevolent Association while he was PBA Treasurer.

The Chronicle has now learned the arrest, arraignment and plea all happened on that day. The case is …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The St. Mary’s Academy Great Hall was packed Saturday night as more than 250 people ­— including newly installed Albany Catholic Diocese Bishop Mark O’Connell ­— turned out to honor Dr. William Tedesco and raise money toward installing an elevator at the school.

“It was the most successful gala we have had so far. We haven’t totaled everything but I know we raised more than …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Grand Union supermarket in Warrensburg is slated to close on March 7.

“We were caught off guard with that,” Warrensburg Town Supervisor Kevin Geraghty told The Chronicle on Friday.

“We heard Aldi was buying up all these Grand Union stores,” he said. “They’re not buying the Warrensburg store.”

He said of the store, “It’s absolutely important, even with the (Price Chopper) across the …