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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

“Buy the Burger King and put up a hotel or convention center.”

That’s what some have suggested amid the debate on how Glens Falls should spend its $10-million state grant for the Downtown Revitalization.

It’s an idea apparently going nowhere.

“To acquire that property and move them out, it would cost all of the $9.7-million,” Ed Bartholomew, the city economic development czar, said at …

Chronicle News Editor Gordon Woodworth asks: What’s going on with Aeon Nexus, Omar Usmani’s company with offices in the former Russell & Wait building in downtown Glens Falls?

Several people mentioned to us that they don’t see much activity there, and a delivered phone book was left unpicked up by the back door for several days.

Earlier this month we noticed two Federal Express delivery notification slips; one indicated a …

Not just any buckboard; a Joubert & White made in Warren St. building Hoffmans redeveloped.

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

After years of searching, Peter Hoffman has purchased an original Joubert & White buckboard surrey that was made in the Warren Street complex he and his wife Suzanne bought and renovated as Warren Square.

“I’m delighted. This is the first one I’ve ever been able to buy,” he said.…

Charles Evans Hughes Day is Saturday, Oct. 15, beginning with a 1 p.m. program at the Hyde Collection on Warren Street, Glens Falls and continuing all day at the Hyde, with additional programs at the Chapman Historical Museum.

Admission to the Hyde is free all day.

Info: 792-1761.

In 1916, Glens Falls native Charles Evans Hughes was the Republican Party’s nominee for president, narrowly losing the closest uncontested election …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Charles Evans Hughes was a great man. I have no doubt about that.

Born in Glens Falls, the son of a Baptist minister, Hughes excelled academically and first became famous in government when he confronted and cleaned up New York’s corrupt insurance industry.

What followed was an astounding career that, among other things, saw him elected governor of New York (over the publishing magnate William …