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BREAKING: Split as GF Council votes tonight on $1.2-million TD Bank land buy

Mayor Bill Collins wants the Glens Falls Common Council to vote tonight to approve spending $1.2-million to buy the former TD Banknorth property next to the Queensbury Hotel and across Maple Street from City Park and Crandall Public Library.

The meeting at City Hall starts at 7:30 p.m.

Some council members said they were surprised at the sudden introduction on Friday of the resolution.

The Mayor insists to The Chronicle …

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Clifton Park teen arrested for threat to ‘sh**t up’ Qby. High School

State police arrested a Clifton Park 15-year-old for allegedly making a “threat of mass harm…directed towards Queensbury High School” via social media.

The charges are Making a Terroristic Threat, Criminal Impersonation in the second degree, and Making a Threat of Mass Harm.

Police said their investigation found the Clifton Park individual “allegedly accessed the social media account of another without their permission and published the threat.   The suspect did not

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FIRST IN THE CHRONICLE: Boy bitten by dog at Balloon Fest; owner not yet identified

Chronicle Staff Writer Zander Frost reports: A 3 year-old boy was reportedly bitten by what was described as a “greyish brown pitbull boxer mix” at the Adirondack Balloon Festival Saturday evening, September 21, at Warren County Airport.

Tyler Ennis told The Chronicle that Trent is his stepson and is recovering well. “He’s a tough little guy.” Mr. Ennis’s girlfriend, Emily Matuszczak, is Trent’s mother.  They live in Gansevoort.

Warren County …

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BREAKING: Mayor seeks approval Tuesday to buy former TD Bank site for $1.2-million

Glens Falls Mayor Bill Collins is asking the Common Council to approve this Tuesday, Sept. 24, spending $1.2-million for the city to buy the former TD Banknorth property next to the Queensbury Hotel and across Maple Street from City Park and Crandall Public Library.

The purpose is “to address the parking needs of the city and further economic development.”

The resolution is the #11 item in the agenda for this …

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Cannabis, greenhouses, farmstand proposed at Exit 17

Chronicle reporter Ben Westcott writes: Shangri-La Real Estate Holdings of Saratoga Springs wants to build a dozen 3,600 sq. ft. greenhouses, a 5,000 sq. ft. drying/storage barn, and a 1,000 sq. ft. farmstand off Exit 17 at 63 Spier Falls Road in Moreau.

Peter Loyola, an agent representing Shangri-La at Monday’s Moreau Planning Board meeting, said that under current plans, the greenhouses would grow half cannabis and half other produce.…

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