By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
Walkers and bicyclists now are buffered from traffic on Fire Road in Glens Falls by paths installed in the woods.
Still to come is a raised crosswalk to slow traffic near the Glens Falls Family YMCA, and a sidewalk in front of Kensington Road School.
Also added is a paved path from the school along Jerome Avenue to Fire Road.
A flashing light to …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
Shortly after the tragic boating death of 8-year-old Charlotte McCue in the hours after Log Bay Day last July 25, authorities were already discussing how to end once and for all the rowdy annual gathering on Lake George on the last Monday of July.
“This was not a knee-jerk reaction. It was an eight-month process,” …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth,Chronicle News Editor
Local musician Rich Ortiz is in the midst of his busy season, but he still finds time to catch monster bass.
And a recent impromptu outing on an unnamed area lake could result in his photo being on the cover of the national Angler Magazine.
“I just had my first-ever article published in the Upstate New York Angler about bass fishing, and heard through the …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Downtown Granville will be getting a brewery. Slate Town Brewing, a start-up, has purchased 31 Main Street, across from Scotty’s, and plans to open before Christmas.
“We just closed on the building last week,” Susan Knapp told The Chronicle.
Ms. Knapp was married to Dan Wilson, the second-generation owner of the Hicks apple orchard. After a divorce that both describe as amicable, last summer …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Hicks Orchard in Granville is adding new craft beverages to its Slyboro Farm hard ciders line, plus a new distilled apple brandy to be launched with a party on Saturday, June 17, Father’s Day weekend.
The event will include food, craft beer tastings by Argyle Brewing Company as well as Slyboro products, a corn hole tournament and more.
Meanwhile, Hicks is planting apple trees …
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