Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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Queensbury Big Lots fire: Youth charged with arson

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office said: “On October 8th, 2023 at approximately 10:05 P.M., the Warren County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a fire alarm at the Big Lots at 751 Upper Glen Street in the Town of Queensbury. Sheriff’s Patrol Officers arrived on scene and discovered a working fire located on the loading dock of the business.

“Multiple area fire companies, along with New York State Fire, responded. The …

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Barry Melrose has Parkinson’s, retires from ESPN

Barry Melrose, ESPN hockey commentator and former NHL and Adirondack Red Wing Coach, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and is retiring, the sports network reported Tuesday.

He is 67 years old.

In a statement, he said, “I’ve had over 50 extraordinary years playing, coaching and analyzing the world’s greatest game, hockey. It’s now time to hang up my skates and focus on my health, my family, including my supportive wife …

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Brown water update: Mayor says it should pass, no danger

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Three times over 90 days, many Glens Falls residents have experienced alarmingly brown water.

“My water was running a color, I guess you could describe it as ‘Coca Cola brown,’” Crandall Street resident Mike Metzger told the Sept. 26 Common Council meeting.

Anxious or angry residents posted pictures on Facebook of bathtubs filled with rust-brown water.

Glens Falls Water and Sewer Superintendent Bill Norton …

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Jones Ordway, lumber baron, gave GF ‘YMCA’ its downtown home, from 1892 to 1969

By Maury Thompson, Chronicle Freelance

In 1890, Jones Ordway contributed $50,000 — the equivalent of $1.68 million in 2023 dollars — toward construction of the Glens Falls Y.M.C.A. building on Glen Street.

The name “Ordway Hall” can still be seen on the front of the building that now houses SPoT Coffee on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors.

Mr. Ordway, a lumber baron and paper manufacturer, died …

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Police Chief says, aware of assault on South Street; ‘investigating’ but scant progress

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Reached for comment Tuesday about the Sept. 24 South Street assault, Glens Falls Police Chief Jared Smith said, “We’re fully investigating it.” He said one suspect, a juvenile, has been identified.

The Chronicle told Chief Smith that victim Jody Brown expressed frustration that no one from the police reached out to him after he spoke to police at the crime scene and then visited …

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