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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Habitat for Humanity’s multi-unit apartment project on Lawrence Street in Glens Falls — a collaboration with WAIT House — is not an approved use of the $200,000 that the City provided from its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.

Ward 3 Common Councilwoman Diana Palmer, who chairs the Building and Codes Committee, pointed out the flaw.

“In 2021, with our vacant property law, and …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The story of SPCA of Upstate New York and Warren County continues.

The Warren County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee met last week to consider — then reject — SPCA’s proposal to contract with the County for services it has previously provided at no charge.

Specifically, that involved physical and technical support on animal cruelty cases, housing and caring for seized animals and documenting …

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 …

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 …

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 …