Proms & Boat Show! Great Upstate Boat Show is back at The Dome: Fri.-Sun. Glens Falls mascot decision. Bobby Dick forever. Habitat & WAIT House to debut joint project: 10 affordable apts. on Lawrence St. 30 brewers at GF Brewfest at Cool, Saturday. Pennsylvania biscotti baker relocates to Qby, lured by IDA incentives. From ‘Blue Bloods’ to Glens Falls. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts …
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At 22, her baking biz is buzzing
By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Twenty-two-year-old Taylor Suprenant says her new Flour Child Bakery at 128 Glen Street feels “impossible.”
Why? “Because I’ve dreamed of this forever…I’ve always known that I wanted to open a business.”
The 2019 Fort Edward grad opened in February at the former home of Abby’s Cookie Jar.
It all began when “I was still in high school, and I was just baking to bake.” …
Read More »Lois Askew at 100: What an Alabama-Glens Falls tale to tell
By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Lois (Whaley) Askew of Glens Falls turns 100 years old this Saturday. There will be a big party at the Queensbury Hotel, more than a hundred guests, Mayor Bill Collins proclaiming it Mrs. Lois Askew Day, and “a lot of love in the room,” says Lois’s daughter Elaine Oates.
Fortunately Lois remains a live wire and terrific interview. Get her talking and she tells stories …
Read More »Lake George grad Brittany Townsend builds new biz around rise of AirBnBs
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
As AirBnB and other short term rentals become an increasing part of the economic landscape, a support system is growing around them too.
Lake George grad Brittany Townsend is among those building a small business in sync with the short term rental biz.
At 33, Ms. Townsend projects as ambitious, sharp and enthusiastic in her efforts to suss out what’s needed, what’s value-added, and …
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