Tag Archives: Glens Falls

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 …

Chronicle staff writer Caroline Martindale reports: The City of Glens Falls passed a resolution at the Nov. 26 Common Council Meeting raising parking fees at the Park Street Garage.

In the new fee schedule the first two hours are free. Additional time costs $5 per hour. The daily maximum is $25.

Previously parking was free for the first 30 minutes and $2 for every additional hour or $12 for the …

Depicted Glens Falls in 1944; locked in our identity; left us photo trove

Chronicle editor Mark Frost writes: There’s no understating how significant it was that LOOK Magazine in 1944 spotlighted Glens Falls in six issues, telling our story in voluminous photos, catching the character of what it titled “Hometown, U.S.A.” as LOOK looked to inspire the nation during World War II.

LOOK succeeded magnificently. Its 5,000 photos are diverse, …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Developer Sonny Bonacio’s team has started work on renovating the former Sandy’s Clam Bar, Hot Shots and “incubator” buildings at South and Elm Streets, key components of Glens Falls’s $10-million Downtown Revitalization Initiative.

“What you’re seeing,” Bonacio spokesperson Larry Novik told The Chronicle, “is the beginning of Phase One, the Sandy’s building, which is 41 South Street, the former Hot Shots building at 45 …