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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

As of last week, Battenkill Valley Creamery is no longer selling its milk and other products at the Glens Falls Farmers Market.

Asked about it, owner Seth McEachron tells The Chronicle that, prompted by conversations about the new Market Center coming to South Street, “I heard there were some kind of uncertainties of what was going to be happening with the Market, so I …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Mike and Beatrice Greenough have been making a lot of changes since purchasing Mr. Bill’s Carhop in South Glens Falls from Jerry and Bonnie LaBarr on Aug. 31.

But while looking forward, they’re also looking back. Mrs. Greenough says she wants to build the carhop back to what it was when the original Mr. Bill (Bill Smith) owned it. “I know that when Mr. …

Dear Mr. Frost,

In an article in the [Dec. 28] Chronicle titled “Harmful Algal Blooms may not be so harmful,” I was quoted as saying that the cyanobacteria that have been found in Lake George are labeled as a harmful algal bloom by the Department of Environmental Conservation, but the species does not meet the DEC’s definition of a bloom.

This is an incorrect attribution to me in the original …

By Cathy DeDe
Chronicle Managing Editor

Springbrook Hollow Farm Distillery will have a soft opening on Friday, Jan. 19, from 4 to 7 p.m. for its new year-round tasting room and distilling facility, located on Route 149 in Fort Ann, just east of the intersection with Ridge Road.

The facility opened last week at the new location. It’s a much higher-profile spot than the former converted barn site was at …

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, has appointed Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner, D-Round Lake, to chair the Small Business Committee. She previously was a member of the committee.

The announcement was made Jan. 8

“Small businesses provide about 90% of the employment across the state,” Assemblywoman Woerner told The Chronicle. “So, I have a platform to bring attention to the challenges.”

Assemblyman Matt Simpson, …