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Slickfin Brewing and Fire Mission BBQ split ways; Fire seeks own liquor license

Three people pose together indoors in front of a window, smiling at the camera.

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Chronicle Staff Writer

As of March 28, Fort Edward’s Slickfin Brewing Company is no longer serving beer and spirits at Fire Mission Smokehouse & Taproom at Glen and Park Streets in downtown Glens Falls.

Slickfin Brewing owners Kris and Heather March and Carnivore Brothers BBQ food truck owner Justin Prescott partnered to open the Texas-style barbecue joint in October.

Now, “Fire Mission is becoming its own …

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Hewitt says costly expected petition challenge from Gendebien led him to end Congress bid

A man speaks at a podium with microphones in front of a campaign sign that reads "HEWITT FOR CONGRESS.

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

Dylan Hewitt, who has suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Congress, said one of the factors was an expected challenge of his nominating petitions by rival Democratic candidate Blake Genedebien.

Mr. Hewitt said he and campaign volunteers had collected more than enough signatures on nominating petitions to get on the ballot for the June 23 primary, and he was confident the …

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South Glens Falls sewage pipe fix at Glens Falls bridge is ‘nearly done’

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: South Glens Falls has nearly finished replacing the mainline sewage-wastewater pipe that broke under the Route 9 bridge to Glens Falls on March 5.

“The pipe is completely replaced. It’s all brand new, rock solid…finished,” Village Trustee Claude Middleton, who serves on the Water and Sewer Committee, tells The Chronicle. “We’re in the process of finishing the insulation, picking up our mess and going …

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Tractor Supply eyes Burgoyne Ave. in Kingsbury

Ben Westcott writes: Tractor Supply seeks to open a location in Kingsbury on a 3686 Burgoyne Ave. property “right across from the community pool and Tri County Eye Care,” Kingsbury Supervisor Dana Hogan told The Chronicle.

He said that in March Tractor Supply’s developer Cocca Development came to the Kingsbury Planning Board for their preliminary hearing.

“They are tentatively set for their public hearing in April,” he said. “But this …

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Plattsburgh couple, 23, to open Kay’Z Bubble Tea shop, Empire Bldg., Glens Falls

Two people wearing glasses stand together outside a storefront, smiling at the camera.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Kayler Grizzle and fiancé Zack Bushey, both 23, plan to open Kay’Z Bubble Tea in the first-floor, right-hand cafe space of the Empire Theater building, 11 South Street.

“We got the keys yesterday,” Ms. Grizzle told The Chronicle Monday.

It will be their second Kay’Z. They opened the original shop downtown in their hometown, Plattsburgh, two years ago in July, Ms. Grizzle said.

“We …

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