By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
“The Burger Den was our Peppermill.”
That’s what a Salem native told me about the Burger Den on Route 22 in Cambridge that closed after 48 years.
Greg Baratto opened the Burger Den in 1975 and ran it with his wife Lisa for 35 years, until 2019, when their son Marco bought it to operate with his wife Meghan.
The Burger Den’s big menu …
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By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle
The Saratoga County towns of Moreau, Hadley, Day and Edinburg, now represented by U.S. Rep Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam, would be moved into the 21st Congressional District, represented by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, under a new proposed congressional redistricting plan.
The “compromise” plan, which the state Independent Redistricting Commission approved by a 9-1 vote on Feb. 15, retains all of Warren and Washington counties …
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Two major new Lake George winter initiatives will both close early.
Winter Realms at Festival Commons posted on Facebook that its final day will be Sunday, Feb. 25. The attraction — successor to Ice Castles — was planned to continue into early March.
Winter Realms received a $150,000 grant from Warren County Occupancy Tax funds this year.
Ice Castles/Winter Realms officials did not respond …
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Enrollment is growing at St. Mary’s-St. Alphonsus Regional Catholic School in Glens Falls.
“For next year…we’re anticipating 125 (students) for grades K to 8, which is a big bounce,” says Father Scott VanDerveer, pastor of both the school and St. Mary’s Church. “We’re anticipating potentially two kindergartens, two first grades and a return of eighth grade, all in the same year.”
SMSA suspended its …
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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
Five years ago, when Kim Bender bought the 171 Main Street, Hudson Falls building now housing her new Falcons Brewhouse Bistro and Tavern, it didn’t have the inviting atmosphere and upscale ambiance that greets visitors today.
“It was pretty much flooded,” Ms. Bender said of the long-ago bank and former shoe shop dating from 1910. It had sat vacant for years. “None of this …
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