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Park St. Garage fees raised to $5/hour

Chronicle staff writer Caroline Martindale reports: The City of Glens Falls passed a resolution at the Nov. 26 Common Council Meeting raising parking fees at the Park Street Garage.

In the new fee schedule the first two hours are free. Additional time costs $5 per hour. The daily maximum is $25.

Previously parking was free for the first 30 minutes and $2 for every additional hour or $12 for the …

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Delicacy Deli to open at former Queen NYC Deli

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Queen NYC Deli has closed after nine months, and Delicacy Deli will open at 731 Upper Glen St. in Queensbury. It was previously long home to New Way Lunch.

Chef Abdo Nagi, 46, is opening Delicacy Deli with his brother-in-law Naif Alnmer, 38, who will serve as general manager. They both live in Albany, after moving there from New York City in 2020.

They …

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Ed Moore buys the former TD Bank drive-thru property for $1.2-million

EXCLUSIVE: Chronicle editor Mark Frost writes: Queensbury Hotel owner Ed Moore has purchased the former TD Bank property next-door for $1.2-million. He told The Chronicle the closing occurred Thursday, Dec. 12.

Mr. Moore said he has no specific plans for the property he said is nearly two acres stretching from Maple Street to Washington Avenue.

“Someday at some point we’ll probably do something with it — expand, do something.

“The …

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80 years since LOOK made Glens Falls Hometown USA & caught it all in photographs

Depicted Glens Falls in 1944; locked in our identity; left us photo trove

Chronicle editor Mark Frost writes: There’s no understating how significant it was that LOOK Magazine in 1944 spotlighted Glens Falls in six issues, telling our story in voluminous photos, catching the character of what it titled “Hometown, U.S.A.” as LOOK looked to inspire the nation during World War II.

LOOK succeeded magnificently. Its 5,000 photos are diverse, …

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BOCES plan: Rebuild it all in Wilton, 2027

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

WSWHE BOCES plans to close its three main educational operations in Hudson Falls, Saratoga and Glens Falls — and build a new $96 million facility on 25 acres off Northway Exit 16 in Wilton.

The Southern Adirondack Education Center on Dix Avenue in Hudson Falls and F. Donald Myers Education Center in Saratoga would be closed and likely sold, and BOCES would no longer …

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