Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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Bonacio gets $6.6-million NYS tax credits, key step for his South St. apts.

New York Gov. Hochul announced Monday that the apartment project proposed by Bonacio Development for…South Street has qualified for tax credits valued at $6.6 million,” the City of Glens Falls said Tuesday.

“With that announcement, South Street might truly become the ‘Street of Dreams’ as the projects connected to the apartments and the Downtown Revitalization Initiative come to fruition.”

“It’s been nearly a decade in process, and now the revitalization …

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Corinth election for Mayor, 3/19, referendum on new village hall

By Mark Frost & Zander Frost, Chronicle Editor & Staff Writer

Village of Corinth voters go to the polls on Tuesday, March 19, with a suddenly competitive election. Current Deputy Mayor Dean Brown is running for Mayor. He is unopposed on the ballot but now faces a write-in opponent, Terry Miller, a former village trustee.

Also on the ballot — after a petition drive — will be Proposition 1, on …

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LGA vs. LGPC fight goes on: To use/not use ProcellaCOR vs Eurasian milfoil

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Lake George Park Commission has filed a new application to use the aquatic herbicide ProcellaCOR to control the invasive plant Eurasian watermilfoil at Blairs Bay and Sheep Meadow Bay in the Town of Hague.

The LGPC first applied to use ProcellaCOR in 2022, but the Lake George Association remains steadfastly against their proposal.

In 2022, the state Department of Environmental Conservation approved LGPC’s …

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Fundraisers to help Lake George Marine Eddie Ryan go to Florida reunion

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sergeant Eddie Ryan of Lake George, shot twice in the head in northern Iraq in 2005 and now confined to a wheelchair, wants to go to Florida in April for the 3rd BN Marines Scout Sniper Reunion.

Because Sgt. Ryan can’t fly, a specially equipped RV is needed to get him to Florida. Locals are stepping up to help raise the funds to make …

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Farewell to Steve’s Place

Broad Street mainstay closes Friday, after 55 1/2 years

By Mark Frost , Chronicle Editor

Steve’s Place, operated by the Vamvalis family for more than half a century on Broad Street in Glens Falls, will close forever Friday, March 15.

“It was on the market for over a year,” owner Christine Vamvalis-Haley told The Chronicle. She hoped a buyer would keep it a restaurant. “We had people looking at it,” …

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