Tag Archives: Glens Falls

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Three times over 90 days, many Glens Falls residents have experienced alarmingly brown water.

“My water was running a color, I guess you could describe it as ‘Coca Cola brown,’” Crandall Street resident Mike Metzger told the Sept. 26 Common Council meeting.

Anxious or angry residents posted pictures on Facebook of bathtubs filled with rust-brown water.

Glens Falls Water and Sewer Superintendent Bill Norton …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“The wedding biz is booming,” proclaims Dawn Bennett, wedding and events planner of the Fort William Henry in Lake George.

Added area venues both reflect and propel the boom. The Fort William Henry and Queensbury Hotel both completed high-profile, multi-million-dollar projects — a total redo of the Carriage House at the Fort, big expansion of the Adirondack Room, other space and banquet kitchen at …

Dear Editor,

Under three administrations (myself, Mayor Akins and Mayor Regan), there was no Communications Director.

We were still able to keep the public informed of what was with other duties, issued press releases and communicated with the public.

My administration worked very hard to bring the City out of financial distress, and part of that effort was the difficult process of eliminating some employees’ positions in the City.

I’m …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tim Drawbridge resigned Friday as the City of Glens Falls’s first full-time Communications Director after roughly 10 months in the job. He’s “taking a new position in the Capital District closer to his daughter,” the city press release said.

Glens Falls is seeking a new Communications Director. It said it pays “$50,000-$55,000” with “Excellent benefits.”

Ward 3 Councilwoman Diana Palmer questions that expenditure.

“When …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Larry Novik, Bonacio Construction spokesperson and Director of Business Development, rejects depictions that their $36-million Spring City Development project on South Street has stalled.

“Nothing could be further from the truth,” Mr. Novik told The Chronicle.

“We are facing the same economic challenges that almost every construction project has, of rising inflation and interest rates…

“With those challenges, what has changed, a key element …