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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Square Nail Rustics, Eric Mattison’s rustic farmhouse furniture and flooring business, will open a 2,000-square-foot showroom in Tom O’Neill’s Union Square building at the corner of Broad and Pine Streets in downtown Glens Falls.

“We’re shipping all over the country now and we needed a showroom where people can come in and ‘kick the tires…’” Mr. Mattison, 45, told The Chronicle.

“Half of our …

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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Glens Falls Mayor-Elect Dan Hall was a three-sport star at Queensbury High School, quarterbacking the football team while serving as class president.

John Strough, the current town supervisor, was “kind of quiet and shy” and “the guy who was holding up the bleachers at school dances. But I got along with everyone.”

Both men graduated in 1969, and both noted that another classmate was …

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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Glens Falls City School District will ask residents to approve spending $240,000 to buy a 1.3-acre property just north of the district’s bus garage on Glenwood Avenue in Queensbury.

Superintendent Paul Jenkins terms it “a wise investment for the taxpayers.”

The vote is set for Tuesday, Jan. 23, from noon to 9 p.m., at Sanford Street School.

School officials say they need more …