By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Darren Tracy wasted no time getting started on saving and restoring the historic building at 5 Culvert Street, just off Warren Street in Glens Falls.
On Tuesday, Oct. 24, the Common Council agreed to sell him the Second Empire-style brick structure for $1. Three days later the sale was completed and Mr. Tracy and crew were at work on the site.
He and his wife …
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Prime Time Seniors issue | Chronicle Book Fair Sunday at the Queensbury Hotel. ‘Oliver’ at Glens Falls High. Piano phenom to play with Glens Falls Symphony. 9 hot races. Darren Tracy starts 5 Culvert St. renovation. LARAC’s Fall Arts Fest this weekend. Rodeo weekend at Cool Arena. Lots of real estate listings… Find your dream home! Concerts, comedy, shows… Page after page of things to do. The Chronicle always has …
Read More »By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
So there seems to be a happy ending after all in the saga of 5 Culvert Street.
Instead of the City of Glens Falls demolishing this nifty, historic little building that deteriorated severely after the city foreclosed on its three years ago, Darren Tracy, a licensed engineer who, with his wife, operates West Branch Engineering & Consulting PLLC and West Branch, Inc., a construction firm, …
Read More »By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
I’ve long been aware of the historic little doctor’s office at 5 Culvert Street, just off Warren, in Glens Falls. I’ve frequently taken visitors by to see it.
But I didn’t realize until last Wednesday — when I received an email from Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) — that the City of Glens Falls was about to knock it down.
Nor had I realized that the …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
“This is a percolating little place,” Rev. Tom Morrette says of Glens Falls, his new home after being appointed as priest at St. Mary’s Parish on Warren Street.
“It’s my hope that I will be here until I retire at age 75. I’m pretty sure I will be, God willing. I’m looking forward to having eight good years here.”
Father Morrette, 67, is a …
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