Tag Archives: Glens Falls

St. Mary’s pays abuse victims $1.27- million

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Glens Falls will pay $1.27 million as its share of the Albany Diocese’s $148 million settlement with survivors of sexual abuse by Diocese clergy members.

St. Mary’s Pastor Father Scott VanDerveer informed parishion-ers of the payment in a letter.

“Of the 440 cases of sexual abuse in our Diocese that were surfaced during the two-year lookback window of …

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Glens Falls Detective shares take re ‘kids on bikes’

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Glens Falls Police Detective Sergeant Nate Warrington, in a presentation at the start of last Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, said, “Recently we have been seeing and hearing a lot of issues about large groups of juveniles on bicycles.” He said he has not yet seen any incidents this year “where someone has stuck around and provided a statement saying a juvenile on a bicycle …

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Bluebird’s Nest Preschool to close; house on Glen St. for sale

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: After 43 years of educating local two- to five-year-olds in a signature eggshell blue building on Glen Street, Bluebird’s Nest Preschool will not be registering for the 2026-2027 school year.

The house, at 497 Glen Street, is on the market as a six-bedroom single family home, zoned mixed-use residential-commercial.

Listing price is $435,000.

6 beds, 2.5+ bath, mixed-use

“This property has long been a …

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Prom time!

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Greenwich Central leads off 2026 Prom Season this Saturday, April 18. Glens Falls, Lake George and Johnsburg follow on Saturday, April 25. Then come proms every weekend in May. Here’s our annual Prom overview, from schools we’ve heard from so far.

Greenwich goes first

Greenwich: Saturday, April 18, 6 to 10 p.m. at Surfside On The Lake in Lake George. Theme: Red Carpet. Entertainment: …

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CDTA ridership stats; seeking info to improve

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The chart is from a Powerpoint presentation by the Capital District Transportation Authority — CDTA — on Monday night, April 6, at Crandall Public Library. It was shared later with The Chronicle at our request.

CDTA says target ridership is 15 passengers per hour. Glens Falls area buses are falling considerably short of it.

The purpose of the meeting was “to gather feedback for …

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