Tag Archives: Glens Falls

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The owners of 333 Glen Street — most recently known as the Travelers Building ­ — have put up for commercial lease the half-acre open space where Bay and Glen Streets meet facing the Civil War monument. They’re asking $1,400,000.

Mark Levack of Levack Real Estate is the leasing agent for 333 Glen Street Associates LLC.

In 2020 developer Chris Patten proposed but eventually …

The Chronicle’s Ben Westcott reports: A sprinkler malfunction on March 16 on the fifth floor of The Mill in downtown Glens Falls caused water damage requiring some residents to find alternative housing as repairs continue to be made.

The Chronicle had heard about the incident from several people and asked building manager Cass Hill Development of Latham about it.

Spencer B Jones, Senior Vice President of Operations for Cass Hill, …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The 100-year-old congregation at Temple Beth El is considering selling its building on Marion Avenue, Glens Falls.

Temple president Sara Friedman told The Chronicle “in no way” have they decided at this point to sell the building. They are “undertaking a strategic exploration of options.”

Ms. Friedman said the Reform Jewish Congregation numbers about 75 families.

With talk of possibly selling the building, Ms. …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Glens Falls Planning Board on Monday unanimously approved Chris Patten’s plan to raze a pair of two-story houses on Glen Street and a one-story office building on Harlem Street to create Washington Square encompassing two new three-story apartment buildings and a fitness center.

Chair Dan Bruno and Planning Board members Art Belden, Tom Landry, Jack Morphis, and Ron Greene all voted yes. Rachel …

Steve Thurston scored a scoop within days of his being let go as editor of The Post-Star after 17 months. He posted on his Facebook page in December:

“Well, that was quick, but through a convoluted grapevine: Word is getting out that the current Executive Editor of the Post-Star is gone. Three weeks after they replaced me with him.”

The Post-Star had written on Dec. 4: “Paul Kasko, an accomplished …