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Chronicle Editor Mark Frost writes: Literally for years, locals and passers-by at one of Queensbury’s busiest intersections have watched slow, seemingly uncertain progress of a handsome new restaurant building (and a market building) at the corner of Routes 149 and 9L.

It’s totally the vision of Dale Baldwin, the Fort Ann concrete contractor who owns this 25-acre property and knows what he wants to do with it. For one …

Zander Frost reports: 32 year-old Greenjackets Football player Jonathan J. Hammond was arrested at Glens Falls High School for alleged vaping, cocaine charges on Saturday, June 28, Glens Falls Police said.

“At approximately 4:40 p.m., Glens Falls School District staff were made aware of a vape smoke detector activation in the high school boys’ bathroom,” Glens Falls Police said.

“The Glens Falls Police Department was then alerted by staff who …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy Dede writes: Stewart’s Shops did a ribbon cutting Friday for their rebuilt store at the corner of Glen Street and Sherman Ave. They also donated $1,500 to the YMCA.

Separately, Mayor Bill Collins confirmed that reconfiguring is still in the works for the four-way Glen-Sherman-Washington Street intersection, although it may not look it from the shop’s finished layout and landscaping.

The intersection was discussed as part …

FIRST IN THE CHRONICLE • Zander Frost reports: 19 apartments and additional commercial space have been proposed in the currently vacant building at Cooper and Maple streets in Glens Falls. It’s the latest in a series of apartment proposals on the east side of Glens Falls.

According to documents submitted to the Glens Falls Planning Board, Green Springs Capital Group, LLC is seeking to renovate the existing one- and three-level …

By Zander Frost, Chonicle Staff Writer

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s seizing people it deems illegal immigrants came to Glens Falls last week as Yuriy Zinovyev was taken into custody by ICE after what his friend described as a routine immigration check-in.

As of Tuesday, an ICE database showed that Yuriy Zinovyev was “in ICE Custody” in Buffalo Federal Detention Facility. It listed Kazakhstan as his country of birth.

The …