Tag Archives: Glens Falls

Bonacio projects ‘all green light’; GF must fulfill contract to give it free parking

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“It’s all green light,” says Glens Falls Mayor Bill Collins, now that Governor Kathy Hochul approved $6.6-million in Home and Community Renewal tax credits for Phase Two of developer Sonny Bonacio’s Spring City projects on South and Elm Streets. It also activates Phase One.

“I think they’re full speed ahead. We believe that Phase One should break ground in June,” said the mayor.

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NYS tourney attendance soars: 18,602; 9,370 in 2023, 11,531 in 2022

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Binghamton will have a tough act to follow. The 2024 New York State Boys’ High School Basketball Tournament in Glens Falls drew 18,602 total attendance, reports Cool Insuring Arena General Manager Jeff Mead.

The tournament returns to Binghamton for 2025 to 2027, where it also was in 2017-2019. Looking back, Mr. Mead notes attendance at the 2019 Binghamton tournament was “10,000 or less.”

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Glens Falls Public Safety balks at Hoffman carwash

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Glens Falls Board of Public Safety voted unanimously at its March 13 meeting to urge rejection of Hoffman Car Wash’s plan to build at 194 Broad Street, where Steve’s Place restaurant closed on March 15. Hoffman is buying the property.

The Public Safety Board motion cited “a belief that this will unfavorably impact ambulance access to the hospital and also unfavorably impact the …

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GF’s first cannabis shops get Planning Board nod

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Glens Falls Planning Board recommended OKs for two separate cannabis dispensaries, the city’s first, March 5.

Legacy Dispensary is planned at 12 Hudson Avenue in the building that right now is a Pizza Hut.

The newly named GF Cannabis Co. is planned at 72 South Street at the former Dizzy Chicken first came before the Planning Board as Saratoga Cannabis Co.

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Mean Max does darts

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday night in downtown Glens Falls, for 20 people at least, means darts at Mean Max Brew Works on Glen Street.

There’s actually a waiting list to get into the league. Teams of two face off against two opponents a night. The pair with the most points at the end of the season is the champion and wins some merch.

But really it’s not …

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