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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Draped on the two stages, behind all of the musicians at the Adirondack Independence Music Festival last weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1 and 2, were several large-scale tie-dyed tapestries that it turns out were created for the festival by Glens Falls artist and entrepreneur Zack Ignazio.

The piece on the right-hand stage was approximately 10-by-30 feet, Zack tells The Chronicle, “the largest I’ve …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Thirty-one restaurants have confirmed their participation the Glens Falls Kiwanis Club’s 26th annual Taste of the North Country food festival on Sunday, Sept. 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in City Park, downtown Glens Falls.

New participants include three in downtown Glens Falls — Doc’s at the Park Theater, Craig Merrell’s Downtown Social, and Seasoned@14 Hudson, SUNY Adirondack’s restaurant at its new Culinary …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Saratoga-based developer Sonny Bonacio, who built the $26-million 14 Hudson mixed use project in downtown Glens Falls and has said he planned to do another project here, is under contract to buy the former Sandy’s Clam Bar building at 41 South Street, The Chronicle has learned.

Mr. Bonacio had not returned email and phone messages by press time. Mark Levack of Levack Real Estate, …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

We sat down with Joseph Girard III on Sunday and talked about how the Glens Falls star is deciding where to take his basketball talents next year.

We asked him about the positives and negatives of the six schools he is still considering. His decision is expected before November. (We were joined by Joseph’s father, Joe Girard.)

Positives? So at BC…Coach [Jim] …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

In its third year of operation, The Aviator Restaurant at Warren County’s Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport has established itself as one of the region’s best.

We find the food excellent, interesting and remarkably consistent; the staff, ambience and hospitality winning; and the overall dining experience elevated, yet good value given the quality.

“It’s going great,” 40-year-old chef Denver Grover tells The Chronicle. “I hear a …