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To the Editor:

I attended last week’s Common Council meeting with two key issues of concern.

The first was the hotly contested question of whether the city should purchase the former TD Bank property at 28 Maple Street. This was covered extensively in last week’s issue of The Chronicle.

The second issue was covered more extensively in an article the week prior: Whether or not the Common Council should approve …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Drew FitzGerald, the 1989 Glens Falls High grad who in 2015 co-founded JUST Water in Glens Falls, spoke at the annual Warren County Economic Development Corporation Luncheon Tuesday at the Queensbury Hotel.

He talked about Glens Falls as a ‘climate haven,’ embracing AI, and why he’s back here after years in Los Angeles.

“Community is a really big reason why we’re coming home,” said …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The City of Glens Falls has not just one but two dog parks in the works, both as park upgrades funded through the City’s ARPA — American Recovery Plan Act federal post-Covid funds, Mayor Bill Collins tells The Chronicle.

The May Street dog park is under construction in the former children’s playground behind Ridge Street Fire Station.

A dog park at the East Field …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Argyle Town Board hopes to purchase the Saunders Transmission building on Route 197 for new town offices.

The property is listed for $800,000 with Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate.

“We’re actively involved in negotiations,” Town Supervisor Robert Henke tells The Chronicle. “I would like to get this done within the coming fiscal year, for sure.”

Owner Rodney Saunders “hasn’t done well trying to …

FIRST IN THE CHRONICLE • Zander Frost reports: Stewart’s Shops has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of Jolley Associates convenience store chain and S.B. Collins including its heating oil business Clarence Brown of St. Albans, Vermont.

Stewart’s confirmed the purchase plan in a written response to a Chronicle inquiry.

Jolley has stores in Queensbury at the intersection of Route 9 & Aviation Road; at Northway Exit 19; and …