Chronicle reporter Ben Westcott writes: Shangri-La Real Estate Holdings of Saratoga Springs wants to build a dozen 3,600 sq. ft. greenhouses, a 5,000 sq. ft. drying/storage barn, and a 1,000 sq. ft. farmstand off Exit 17 at 63 Spier Falls Road in Moreau.
Peter Loyola, an agent representing Shangri-La at Monday’s Moreau Planning Board meeting, said that under current plans, the greenhouses would grow half cannabis and half other produce.…
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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
A fire fought by 10 local fire companies at Spier Falls Dam in Moreau on Saturday evening wreaked havoc on the 56 megawatt hydroelectric plant owned by New York City-based Brookfield Renewable U.S.
“Unfortunately, the powerhouse at the Spier Falls hydropower facility has been lost to the fire,” the company said in a statement.
“Brookfield plans to restore operations, but we don’t currently have …
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Glens Falls School Superintendent Krislynn Dengler tells The Chronicle the Kensington Road School five-year-old who wandered from the school playground last Monday, Sept. 9, was discovered at Crandall Park Pond by a driver passing by on Glen Street.
“She saw a child unattended. When she got out of her vehicle, she described to me that she tried to get him, and he moved away …
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Lake George Mayor Ray Perry proposed the village bring Albany’s former Capital Holiday Lights, in storage since 2022, to create a walk-through winter attraction at Charles Wood Park’s Festival Commons.
Mayor Perry pitched it at an Aug. 30 village meeting. He told The Chronicle the concept has been “pretty well received among the few people I’ve shared it with.”
The Police Athletic League in …
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