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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Robin Barkenhagen reached out to The Chronicle saying he wants to refute rumors that his downtown Glens Falls business 42 Degrees would shut down.

“I’m not going anywhere,” Mr. Barkenhagen said of the business that is both a tavern and a retailer of art glass, cannabis-related products and CBD.

Mr. Barkenhagen said he had a falling out with Brian Bronzino, his partner and landlord …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Via Brooklyn, N.Y., and Glen Lake, Kerry Smith opened Glens Falls Bagels on South Street.

“In Brooklyn, you grow up, you go to the local bagel store…every day,” he says. “You get the kids coming in and families coming in. You can always come for a bite and you don’t have to go crazy out of your pocket.”

In 2015, Mr. Smith said he …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

A private contractor is proposing an every-other-year air show starting in 2025 at Warren County’s Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport.

“I think it’s a great idea. It could be a huge boon,” Dan Bruno, the Glens Falls Ward 4 county supervisor who chairs the Facilities Committee, told The Chronicle.

“It would likely be on a weekend in late spring or early summer,” Mr. Bruno said.…

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Warren County’s preliminary discussions to create a regional morgue in its former jail site have gained new urgency.

Dan Bruno, the Glens Falls Ward 4 county supervisor who chairs the Facilities Committee, told the April 21 county board meeting they’ve heard Saratoga County might do something similar, and there is concern other counties, or Albany Medical Center itself, might jump in and do a …

The Hudson Falls Police Department reported that a child, 11, was struck by a pickup truck Saturday. He was flown to Albany Medical Center for treatment.

Lexi North told The Chronicle that the victim was her son, Ryan. “He’s stable. He’s good,” she said.

“He is one strong kid. He’s been pretty with it considering he’s on a second surgery now.”

Ms. North said from Albany Med, “He’s got a …