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The Glens Falls Planning Board gave a positive recommendation for chef-owner Rob Murphy’s Craft on 9 proposal that would add five tables and 20 outdoor seats to the South Street restaurant.

Mr. Murphy’s pitch showed an open sidewalk space between 4’7” and 4’9” — just below Mayor Collins’ mandated 5 feet for ADA compliance.

Mayor Collins had previously told The Chronicle he aimed to be flexible over outdoor seating to …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Village of Lake George last month added a new zoning category that specifically allows upper story condominiums in a limited section of the downtown business district.

“We never had them in the use table before,” Mayor Ray Perry tells The Chronicle. He said it eliminates the need for a special variance.

Creating the “overlay district” makes condos legal “but not in many zones,” …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Town supervisors Dana Haff of Hartford, Matt Hicks of Granville and Jim Griffith of White Creek won’t seek re-election this November.

Mr. Haff confirmed, “I am not seeking office in Nov. I think maybe 14 years from 7 terms should be sufficient.”

Republicans Barbara S. Beecher and Scott Hahn will vie in a Republican primary for the supervisor nomination. Ms. Beecher, a Town Council …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Baked by Jordan makes cupcakes. Owner Jordan Cleavland makes and sells hundreds of them weekly at the Kelly’s Roots cafe on Luzerne Road in Queensbury, and she caters as many as 23 weddings per year. She said she’s completely booked out for 2023.

Jordan is local through and through. She graduated from South Glens Falls High School in 2009, attended SUNY Adirondack’s Culinary Arts …

Chronicle Legal Issue! School musicals soar. Glens Falls Prom. Baked by Jordan: Cupcakes. 100+ quilts: Wings Falls Quilt Show, May 5-6, at SGF Methodist. Unkauf gets GF Planning Board OK for 4 murals in his ambitious Muralgarten. Mom of the HF boy hurt by truck disputes police report. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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