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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

In its 34th year, Rock Hill Bakehouse in Glens Falls employs 26 people, bakes 20,000 loaves of bread a week at peak summer, and is going great guns offering cinnamon buns, pain au chocolat and other pastries all done vegan-style.

Owner Matt Funiciello says they’re thriving but they face many challenges, including to his own clearly defined set of principles. He turned his whole …

By Zander Frost & Mark Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor

“I would lie to you if I said this was an easy decision,” Tom O’Neill told The Chronicle about putting his Union Square building up for sale. “It’s very emotional.”

“I felt like I’ve done pretty good — built a good business here over these last 20 years,” he said, but quips that now “it’s taking too much time …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Jeffrey Dahmer, Son of Sam, Jack the Ripper and The Zodiac Killer will be on the syllabus next fall at the SUNY Plattsburgh branch on the SUNY Adirondack campus in Queensbury.

Mark Beaulieu, SUNY Plattsburgh Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, believes he’s come up with a they’re seeing.

“When I mentioned the Serial Killer course, the students seemed more interested than in other classes,” …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The City of Glens Falls will welcome its first Sister City exchange with Saga City, Japan, since before Covid.

Saga City Mayor Hidetaka Sakai and a 19-person delegation will be the guests at a welcome reception and banquet on Thursday, April 20 at the Queensbury Hotel. It’s open to the public. Start time is 6 p.m. Cost is $48. Call right away for reservations: …

The Washington County Sheriff’s office said it arrested a juvenile male, 15, for allegedly breaking into Calamity Jane’s Fireams and Fine Shoes in Kingsbury.

Police said a burglar alarm was triggered at around 1:52 a.m. on Monday.

“Upon arrival, a subject was observed fleeing the scene on foot. Officers pursued the suspect on foot and eventually caught the suspect on Feeder Street.

“A subsequent area search resulted in the recovery …