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Planning Board praises Patten’s Broad Street plan

Chronicle staff writer Ben Westcott reports: Glens Falls Planning Board members reacted favorably Monday night when developer Chris Patten showed a rendering of “The Point at 10 Broadstreet,” his plan for the former Rite-Aid site where Broad and South Streets meet. It proposes 24 apartment units and 56 parking spaces that would also serve tenants and customers of the currently vacant 46-56 South Street building Mr. Patten intends to renovate …

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Glens Falls aim: ‘Sunset’ unhosted short-term rentals in neighborhoods

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The City of Glens Falls is looking to change its zoning law to establish rules and limits on short-term rentals throughout the city.

One provision would prohibit unhosted Short Term Rental properties in all residential districts. It would allow hosted short term rentals with site plan review and approval by the City Planning Board.

A “Sunset Clause” would allow current short-term rentals to continue …

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Legacy Dispensary opens; first Glens Falls cannabis shop

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

RR Legacy Dispensary — the City of Glens Falls’s first cannabis shop — had its ribbon cutting and open for business on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

The Albany Black Chamber of Commerce hosted the event.

The dispensary opened in downtown Glens Falls at 12 Hudson Ave at the former site of Pizza Hut.

It’s the second location for COO Matthew Robinson, after his first in …

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Meghan Eagan, a customer from her teens, buys MinkyMink

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Maura Forcier announced on Facebook she is “passing the torch” of Minky-Mink boutique in downtown Glens Falls to Chestertown native and long-time customer Meghan Eagan.

“I became a frequent customer of Minky Mink in 2011 when I was 15 years old. That was when my style really became a huge part of my identity,” Ms. Eagan said in an email exchange with The Chronicle.…

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GF Symphony’s full house: What 1,200 people looked like

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops concert Sunday at Glens Falls High School drew 1,200-plus, the GFSO’s biggest indoor audience of all time, executive director Jennifer Brink announced.

The Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra put on a heck of a wintry show.

Warm appreciation all around for the young Saratoga City Ballet members dancing excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet front-of-stage accompanied live by the …

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