Friday, November 22, 2024

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Distillery proposed at Glenwood & Bay, across from Lowe’s

Chronicle Staff Writer Zander Frost reports: Andy Carayiannis and Chris Sander seek to open a craft distillery at the corner of Bay and Glenwood in Queensbury across from Lowe’s.

NY Highlands Distilling Company, under the current plan, would renovate 351 Bay — and demolish the former Ship Shape Building at 97 Glenwood.

“The building that’s there now, the retirement specialist building, will have an addition put on it,” their attorney …

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Cole’s Woods search puts Kensington School in lockout; ‘suspect not apprehended’ but ‘no direct threat’

Zander Frost reports: A search for a suspect who fled a Warren County Sheriff’s Patrol into Cole’s Woods led to a precautionary lockout of Kensington Road School earlier today, October 22, Glens Falls Police said.

Glens Falls Police said there was no “direct threat” to the public or school and that they’ve now “cleared the area.”

“The person in Cole’s Woods was not apprehended,” Warren County Sheriff LaFarr told The …

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Monty Liu seeks to open ‘High End’ cannabis dispensary

FIRST IN THE CHRONICLE • Zander Frost reports: Monty Liu is seeking approval for a retail cannabis store next to Monty’s Discount Liquor Store on Route 9 in Queensbury.

Mr. Liu seeks to open “High End” Cannabis Dispensary in the recently constructed “vanilla box retail strip mall” attached to the liquor store he operates.

The proposal is set to appear before the Queensbury Planning Board on November 19.

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Glens Falls YMCA merging into Saratoga YMCA

The Glens Falls YMCA will officially become a part of the Saratoga Regional YMCA by the end of the year, the Glens Falls YMCA announced in a press release.


The Chronicle broke the news in January that the two organizations were planning the move.


“We are excited to share that the Family YMCA of the Glens Falls Area will officially become part of the Saratoga Regional YMCA as its sixth

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‘End of an era’: Ballard family of Fort Ann served 94 years, four generations, at Great Meadow

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

What’s the impact of a prison closure?

For the Ballard family in Fort Ann, it’s the end of a very long era — 94 years during which four overlapping generations worked as Corrections Officers at Great Meadow, the maximum security prison in Comstock that will officially close on November 6.

With the closing date nearing, Donald M. Ballard, Sr., who lives where he grew …

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