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Glens Falls pursues ‘transport hub’-parking garage on current Elm St. lot

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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Unveiled: Classical redo of 220 Glen

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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Glens Falls sale pending: 21 Ridge, home of Birch Bark Eatery

The Birch Bark Eatery building at 21 Ridge Street in downtown Glens Falls — two doors up from The Chronicle office — is listed as “Sale Pending” online with Howard Hanna Real Estate.

The listed asking price is $699,600. The agent is Angela Cugini in the Queensbury office.

The 4,300 square foot commercial building includes “a large retail/restaurant space on the first floor and two luxury apartments on the second …

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New South St. bakery says apps generate 75% of biz, but they take 25%

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Benita Anderson, owner of Bella Lyn’s Bakery on South Street in Glens Falls, told The Chronicle that delivery apps like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub, account for “probably like 75%” of her business, but they also take their share of the money — 25% of all orders.

“I have mixed emotions about it,” Mrs. Anderson said. “I don’t necessarily like it, but I look …

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Our music writer Jason, on the Ukraine walk in Glens Falls

By Jason Irwin, Chronicle Freelance

This past Sunday, the Glens Falls community came together to show their support for the people of the Ukraine with an amazing display of unity. By 1 p.m., well over 200 people of different ages and backgrounds stood side by side, braving the below-freezing temperature, and carrying flags, signs and wearing blue and yellow (the colors of the Ukrainian flag), preparing to walk together from …

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