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Glens Falls to break ground Friday for ‘Market Center‘

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Glens Falls plans a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20, for the long-awaited “Event and Market Center” on South Street, downtown.

The $5 million project is a signature piece of the City’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant awarded by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2016.

“The Event and Market Center is expected to be transformative,” Mayor Bill Collins said in the …

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Cronin High-Rise resident seniors say youths hit & harassed them Monday morning

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Three senior citizens at Cronin High Rise said one was assaulted, and all were harassed by a group of youths Monday morning, October 16, at around 11 a.m.

Larry Carter, 69, told The Chronicle a youth struck him from behind while he was in the “gazebo on the property for Cronin.”

Mr. Carter was with two other women, also senior Cronin residents.

“These kids …

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Warren County will elect a new Clerk: Carrie Black vs. Emily McCabe McCarthy

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

The two candidates for Warren County Clerk differ on whether to restore unlimited walk-in service at the county Department of Motor Vehicles.

“Without taking walk-ins, we’re not serving our constituents,” said Republican Emily McCabe McCarthy, of Queensbury, who has said she would restore open walk-in service while continuing to allow people to make appointments.

“From what I have learned, appointments are working,” said …

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Golden Monkey Lounge to open, 58 South Street

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Business partners Gregg Singer and Larissa Ovitt said their Golden Monkey Lounge at 58 South Street will “soft-open” Friday, October 20.

The duo purchased the building for $325,000 in February and said they’ve invested around $100,000 to create an “elevated cocktail lounge”

Most recently, the space was home to Glens Falls Bagels.

“We’re scotch, gin, rum forward. There’s a little bit of an Indian, …

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Facebook stir: Angelina’s pizza out at Glens Falls games

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Is it too much to call it “Pizzagate?”

For 18 years, since Jeff and Greg Aunchman opened Angelina’s Pizza in 2005, the restaurant has supplied the concession stand pizzas for Glens Falls High School sports home games.

They do the same for some Queensbury games, the Glens Falls Greenjackets, and most recently South Glens Falls.

Angelina’s ignited a firestorm of upset when it posted …

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