The Glens Falls Rotary Club’s Centennial Celebration this Saturday will take place in the green space facing the Civil War Monument in downtown Glens Falls, between Glen and Bay Streets.
The club hopes someday to help transform that green “wedge” into a park.
Plans floated last year by the City and Glens Falls Collaborative show added pathways, benches, art kiosks and other amenities.
“Prior to the 100th anniversary year, we …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The Chronicle invited members of Glens Falls Rotary to comment on their experiences with the club, what they tell people about it, and who or what typifies the Glens Falls Rotary experience for them. We asked, too: Is it fun, or serious?
Here’s what some said.
Kim Heunemann is Vice President/President Elect of the Rotary Club, and a member for 8 years.
What …
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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Sean Quirk intends to exit the bar business and turn King Neptune’s in Lake George Village into a five-room hotel that he hopes could charge upwards of $1,000 a night.
“I feel that because it’s lakefront and offering the dockage with a slip, I think there’s gonna be a draw,” Mr. Quirk told The Chronicle Tuesday afternoon.
“Then if they don’t have a boat, we’ll …
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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
I regularly jog through Glens Falls and Queensbury. With my headphones in, I’m lost to the world — except I notice political lawn signs.
Lately, I’ve been struck by an abundance of Jean Lapper for State Senate signs, particularly in the Broadacres area.
They’re bigger than other signs too.
Not so many signs for the incumbent State Senator Dan Stec.
Small sample size, I …
Read More »Chronicle Staff Writer Zander Frost writes: Last week The Rogers Island Visitor Center in Fort Edward said it cancelled its 18th Century Military Encampment & Battle Reenactment due to “New York State’s new gun law that restricts the carrying of firearms in ‘sensitive places.’”
Senator Stec blasted the law in a subsequent press release.
His November opponent Jean Lapper referred to the move as a “political stunt.”
She said, “The …
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