By Cathy DeDe. Chronicle Managing Editor
The Christian Science Society building in Glens Falls was purchased on April 6 by the M. Kahn Islamic Society of Upstate New York. Purchase price was $200,000.
“It will be a house of worship,” Ashfaq Mushtaq of the Islamic Society told The Chronicle.
“We have almost 40 families in the community, in Queensbury, Hudson Falls, Lake George, Argyle, Warrensburg.
“We have been looking for …
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On Saturday morning, May 21, a vehicle drove off Glen Street in Glens Falls, through the front portion of Davidson Brothers Brewpub outdoor seating, and into a Downtown Social window.
The accident occurred before the restaurants were open for outdoor dining.
Sgt. Gerald Willette of the Glens Falls Police Department told The Chronicle Saturday that no pedestrians were involved in the crash.
He said, “the vehicle was coming out of …
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‘We are excited’ to be fully back and in person, says John Strough, the Queensbury Town Supervisor and co-organizer of the Glens Falls-Queensbury Memorial Day Commemoration.
After two Covid years of cancelled, limited or virtual events to mark Memorial Day, most communities are back with their traditional Memorial Day events, honoring those members of the military who sacrificed their lives in service to our …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The City of Glens Falls wants to build a multi-purpose parking garage-“transportation hub” in the current Elm Street parking lot. It would use $2.5-million from its $10-million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant and a $12.8 million grant it has applied for from the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal.
Mayor Bill Collins tentatively plans to unveil the full project next month, target date May 21.…
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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
After a three-year rebuild still in progress, 220 Glen Street — the former Achenbach Jewelry store — emerged last week transformed as a landmark presence decked out with a mahogany doorway, gas flame outdoor light fixtures, copper front and a classic up-lit, down-lit facade of cleansed brick, stone, slew of new windows and much more.
It’s the project of Chuck and Jennifer Gohn, executed by …
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