Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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Biz leaders tell Glens Falls: Downtown ills worsening

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Ed Moore, Tyler Herrick, Gina Mintzer, Robert Nemer, Christie Alexander and Rosemary Royce were businesspeople who addressed Mayor Bill Collins and the Common Council at its Tuesday night meeting at “The Ed” on South Street.

“I have a great office, and I get to look over City Park every single day,” said Mr. Herrick, general manager of the Queensbury Hotel. “And what’s happening over …

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Bonacio to break ground Oct. 15 on South St. Phase 2

A brick building surrounded by construction equipment and excavated earth during ongoing site work on a sunny day.

Work is now underway on Phase 2 of Bonacio Construction’s South and Elm Street projects in downtown Glens Falls.

The official groundbreaking is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. project manager Steve Licciardi tells The Chronicle.

Bonacio says on its Website that Phase 2, known as South Street Apartments, will include a five-story building housing 70 mixed-income apartments — 49 one-bedroom, 20 two-bedroom, and one three-bedroom.

Eleven apartments …

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The Glen Falls was Sears’ second grandest ‘kit’ house

Scanned newspaper page featuring a two-story house with floor plans and article text about home design and construction.

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Thanks to my brother Rich, I’m following up on my story in the July 17 Chronicle about the Sears kit house tour I took with the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation.

Turns out Rich is a Sears kit house aficionado, and he alerted me that one of Sears’s biggest, most lavish houses was called The Glen Falls.

There much info on searshomes.org, a website apparently maintained …

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Work begins on burial site and memorial for found 1776 LG soldier remains

Five people stand outdoors holding a large map or plan document on a sunny day with trees in the background.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Lake George officials broke ground on Friday, and work was to begin Monday, on “Repose of the Fallen,” the reinterment site and memorial at Lake George Battlefield that will be the final resting place for 44 Continental American soldiers and others.

Their remains were discovered in February 2019, during a construction project at Courtland Street in the Village.

The site is believed to have …

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Dog deaths arraignment

Three young women outdoors holding up artwork featuring dog portraits at what appears to be a community event.

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Robert and Anastasia Palulis pleaded not guilty in Argyle Town Court Tuesday night to 22 misdemeanor counts of overdriving/torturing/injuring animals and failure to provide proper sustenance to 21 dogs that died last month at their Anastasia’s Acres Dog Boarding business in Argyle.

The case was adjourned by Judge Stacy Davis to Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m.

Initially, the pair did not show up. Their …

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