Friday, November 22, 2024

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‘Where’s Alfie?’: Duo combine on children’s book that is Glens Falls to the core

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Where are you, Alfie?, written by Mary Jean DeSantis and illustrated by Anthony Richichi, is an ode to Glens Falls.

The paperback children’s book tells the true story of Alfie — the year-old mini Australian shepherd brought here last summer by Pittsburgh vacationers and lost from a Glens Falls doggy daycare business for 16 days.

Last week Alfie and his family returned at the …

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Latest South Street redo

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The building at 58-66 South Street that once housed Irish Pizza, OTB and Glens Falls Bagels, is being transformed.

Partners Gregg Singer and Larissa Ovitt purchased the building in February for $325,000. Mr. Singer estimates they’ll put a “half million” dollars into redoing it.

He said he is from the New York City area, now lives in Saratoga Springs.

Ms. Ovitt is a 2003 …

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SPCA: Need County money to survive

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

SPCA of Upstate New York says it is struggling for its very existence and is asking Warren County to start paying for SPCA services it has received, gratis, for years.

Dr. Kyra Haring, the Glens Falls veterinarian who now chairs the SPCA board, said the group’s request for $15,000 monthly is “bare bones, for what it would cost us to stay open.”

“If Warren …

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Glamping in Fort Edward!

By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle Summer Staff

Four luxury camping tents at the Fort Edward Yacht Basin in the heart of downtown are now in place and ready to be booked. Prices start at approximately $150 a night.

The company responsible, GlampADK, specializes in “glamping” or “glamorous camping,” with large tent set-ups that include beds and furnishings.

GlampADK operates Adirondack Safari, with 59 tents on the Warren County Fairgrounds.

Fort Edward …

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Memorial Day Observances

Parades & programs to honor the fallen

Communities commemorate those who fell in service to our country with parades and ceremonies around the region. Here’s some of what’s planned.

FRIDAY, MAY 26

South Glens Falls: Parade, 6 p.m., on Main Street from intersection with McHugh Street to 5th St. Proceeding on 5th Street to Veterans Memorial Park for ceremony at approximately 7 p.m. Guest speaker is Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner. …

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