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At 22, her baking biz is buzzing

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Twenty-two-year-old Taylor Suprenant says her new Flour Child Bakery at 128 Glen Street feels “impossible.”

Why? “Because I’ve dreamed of this forever…I’ve always known that I wanted to open a business.”

The 2019 Fort Edward grad opened in February at the former home of Abby’s Cookie Jar.

It all began when “I was still in high school, and I was just baking to bake.” …

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More replies to our Q&A on short-term rentals

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Chronicle Question of the Week to our digital subscribers on March 9 was: Have you ever stayed in an AirBnb or other short term rental? How was it? Do you think they’re good or bad for a community? Why?

So many responses flowed in that many didn’t make it in last issue.

The pluses and minuses

The ABNB was in Gatlinburg TN. It …

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Airbnb, VRBO short-term rentals abound in Glens Falls-Queensbury

Chronicle staff writer Zander Frost writes: Airbnb Airbnb and VRBO listings abound in Glens Falls and Queensbury, numerous entire homes and apartments.

While some show an individual person as the “host” operating the unit, others are operated by companies.

At least three properties, including a three bedroom “Family-Friendly Glens Falls Home w/ Sun Porch” are hosted by Evolve, which says it handles “the hard parts of managing your property (like …

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Another dramatic downtown redo

Chronicle managing editor Cathy DeDe writes: Three new apartments upstairs at 170 Glen Street — above the new Rude Betty retail store — are ready for show time. Billed as “luxury” short term rental accommodations, they’ll be available through Airbnb, VRBO and other platforms “within the week,” owner Tom Elliott tells The Chronicle.

Mr. Elliott purchased the building for $275,000 in September 2021. He says he put “north of a …

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Ed Moore buys 80 Glen near his JE Sawyer bldg.

Queensbury Hotel owner Ed Moore has purchased the building at 80 Glen Street for $550,000, he told The Chronicle Tuesday. It’s across from the J.E. Sawyer building that Mr. Moore also owns.

“I don’t really have a plan for it,” he said. “It’s been for sale for a while. For a while, I said to myself, I don’t need this thing” and held off. Eventually, “I just said, maybe I …

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