By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
The Town of Chester celebrated its new wood pellet boiler, a $50,000 donation from the Peckham Family Foundation, and the purchase of the 104-acre Cunningham Community Forest at a Nov. 29 ribbon-cutting.
The biomass boiler, which will burn wood pellets, and its steam accumulator thermal storage are being touted by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as a demonstration project …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
“This is the kind of thing that makes my job so great,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, the top Democrat in the United States Senate, as he toured four historic buildings in downtown Hudson Falls on Friday, Dec. 8.
“To see all of the activity and the revitalization and the hope in all of these buildings I visited is inspiring.”
Sen. Schumer, with Secret Service …
Read More »By David Cederstrom, Chronicle Staff Writer
Many people in the area have noticed a lack of birds at their feeders this fall, but Jim Farquhar, chief of the Bureau of Wildlife at the state Department of Environmental Conservation, tells The Chronicle that the birds are around, but have been actively foraging on natural foods.
“There’s nothing to indicate that there’s any issues” with bird population numbers, he said.
Mr. Farquhar …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Elizabeth Miller has chosen Susan Siplon as executive director and Bridget Dunigan as managing director of her massively renovated Park Theater in Glens Falls, The Chronicle has learned.
They’ll both begin work Dec. 18. The theater, on Park Street downtown, aims to open in February or March.
“What a gift Elizabeth Miller is giving to the community, to literally just build this,” Mrs. Siplon …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
An evaluation done for Cumberland Farms by VHB Engineering says a proposed convenience store at the intersection of Routes 9 and 149 north of the factory outlets in Queensbury “is expected to have a minor impact on local traffic operations.”
The 52-page report was filed with the Town of Queensbury in advance of the project’s being a discussion item before the Planning Board on …
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