By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Three times over 90 days, many Glens Falls residents have experienced alarmingly brown water.
“My water was running a color, I guess you could describe it as ‘Coca Cola brown,’” Crandall Street resident Mike Metzger told the Sept. 26 Common Council meeting.
Anxious or angry residents posted pictures on Facebook of bathtubs filled with rust-brown water.
Glens Falls Water and Sewer Superintendent Bill Norton …
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By Maury Thompson, Chronicle Freelance
In 1890, Jones Ordway contributed $50,000 — the equivalent of $1.68 million in 2023 dollars — toward construction of the Glens Falls Y.M.C.A. building on Glen Street.
The name “Ordway Hall” can still be seen on the front of the building that now houses SPoT Coffee on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors.
Mr. Ordway, a lumber baron and paper manufacturer, died …
Read More »By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Reached for comment Tuesday about the Sept. 24 South Street assault, Glens Falls Police Chief Jared Smith said, “We’re fully investigating it.” He said one suspect, a juvenile, has been identified.
The Chronicle told Chief Smith that victim Jody Brown expressed frustration that no one from the police reached out to him after he spoke to police at the crime scene and then visited …
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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Two brothers in their 60s told The Chronicle they were ambushed and one beaten with a metal object in an assault involving three apparent youths on bicycles very early Sunday morning, Sept. 24, on South Street.
Jody Brown, 61, said he suffered a black eye and contusions to the back of his head, and saw his “blood on the roadway.”
He said he had …
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School Views Returns! Hallelujah! Charlotte rescued. South Street assault. Mexican breakfast & lunch tacos coming to South Street. Jones Ordway. Brown water update: Mayor says it should pass, no danger. GFSO opens 40th with Met Opera star. Webster Avenue residents balk at bike lane plan; Mayor wants a vote on Oct. 10. Saratoga Showcase of Homes kicks off. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & …
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