Friday, November 22, 2024

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IDA does us wrong, say Washington Co. chiefs

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Members of the Washington County Board Supervisors, seemingly alarmed by the Warren-Washington County Industrial Development Agency’s decision in December to extend PILOT and other tax incentives to a planned solar farm in Queensbury — despite objections from both the Town of Queensbury and the Queensbury School District — called the IDA to task during their Personnel and Finance Committee meeting last week.

Committee chair, …

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Beagle keeps coming up big

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Hudson Falls’s Jonathan Beagle continues to excel in his first season playing for University at Albany Basketball. The 6’10” freshman was the America East conference Rookie of the Week for the second straight week and for the fifth time this season.

He scored a career-high 21 points against Bryant University on Jan. 11.

He’s averaging 11.8 points and 6.8 rebounds on the season.

In …

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Olivia Monsour, works hard to recover from bad car crash; starts esthetics school in Albany

By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri, Special to The Chronicle

Olivia Monsour, the Queensbury Class of 2022 grad badly injured last summer in a Michigan car crash, has recovered to the point that she started pursuing her post-graduate plans earlier this month.

“I’m doing the 600-hour course to get my esthetics license…at the Aesthetic Science Institute in Latham,” Olivia told The Chronicle. The Institute calls itself The School of Appearance Enhancement.

Her mother …

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Shirt Factory’s Food Truck fate still awaits price setting by City

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Shirt Factory owner Eric Unkauf told The Chronicle that the future of the Food Truck Corral and other events remains up in the air as he awaits a new permit fee structure from the City of Glens Falls.

Through 2022, Mr. Unkauf had an agreement to pay the city $1,000 yearly for a permit to run his food truck events.

Mayor Bill Collins told …

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Glens Falls: 3 attempted armed robberies; Mayor: ‘People will feel comfortable’ in next week or two

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Glens Falls Mayor Bill Collins confirms that police have “a person of interest” in the three alleged armed robbery attempts on City Streets over 36 hours, Jan. 10-11.

“Soon there will be enough information for everybody to feel comfortable — within a week or two weeks,” Mayor Collins told The Chronicle Monday.

We asked: Is there a crime wave, or increased danger in the …

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