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Jason: Studio 58 ambitious new bar on South Street

By Jason Irwin, Chronicle Freelance

You may have noticed some new activity on South Street recently in the form of the all-new Studio 58 Cocktail Lounge and Beer Garden. The location is 58 South Street, formerly the Irish Pub, which closed in 2015, and the short-lived “58 Bar and Grill,” in 2017 and early 2018.

Studio 58 is owned by former Golden Eagles baseball team owner Darin Williams, and operated …

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Zonta International turns 100; Glens Falls club is increasingly active at 95

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Zonta International, the professional women’s service club founded in Buffalo in 1919, marks its centennial on November 8. The Glens Falls chapter was formed just five years from the start. It is 95 years old.

The 25 original members held their first luncheon at the Rockwell House hotel on Glen Street on February 12, 1924, says Glens Falls club president Frances Bowen.

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Baptists eye sale to opioid treatment company

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

An Albany drug treatment not-for-profit wants to buy the First Baptist Church of Glens Falls at 100 Maple Street and open an in-patient opioid treatment center there, The Chronicle has learned.

The financially hard-pressed church congregation has voted to pursue the sale.

“The time is right for the culture, for the community, and for the church,” Pastor Stephanie Schneider told The Chronicle Monday. “This …

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Our May 30 issue

Eve of Americade issue | South Street wrecking ball nears. Opposite reactions to ‘Help wanted’ story. Wow! What a show at Bolton Historical! Charles Cornell music riff goes viral: Viewed by 20 million. Queensbury stabbing death; Glens Falls murder charge. 4 whirlwind days in L.A. Elvis Fest in Lake George. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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Big upgrades at GF’s East Field

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

East Field is getting new energy-efficient lights and other improvements.

“It’s a good start,” Mayor Dan Hall said. “The lights have been bad for a long time.”

LED lights — 128 of them — are being installed to replace the old halogen lights that it is said took forever to warm up and cost a bundle of money to use.

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