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QUEENSBURY – The Town of Queensbury will consider increasing density for neighborhood residential zones to accommodate townhouses. The change would move the number of homes allowed in a Neighborhood Residential

QUEENSBURY – Roadwork is expected to begin this Wednesday on the Luzerne Road culvert replacement project in Queensbury, and the area of the road around the Clendon Brook Crossing will

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Heavy feedback from Glens Falls residents at the Queensbury Town Board meeting Monday evening July 10, encouraged the town board to keep a public hearing open for the rezoning of

Second Ward residents of Windy Hill and Windy Ridge in Glens Falls have gone at length to stop the Town of Queensbury’s proposed zoning change that would allow a project

Annual Glens Falls Symphony July 3rd Summer Pops Concert and Youth Arts Experience!

The Glens Falls Common Council approved a resolution in an attempt to halt zoning changes in the Town of Queensbury that could affect Glens Falls home owners in the Second

Editorial: Lake Septic FacebookTwitterEmail A fisherman casts his line as he fishes in a light rain from a pier on Friday, March 26, 2021 in Lake George, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / Albany Times Union THE ISSUE: Algal blooms in Lake George are linked to leaking septic systems, which are not inspected by any state agency. THE STAKES: New York must start regular inspections designed to keep sewage out of a lake that is one of the state’s natural jewels....

During a stretch of unusually warm weather and calm water last fall, a pair of algal...

Old septic systems a threat to lake John Strough FacebookTwitterEmail Photo illustration by Jeff Boyer / Times Union Ever since Lake George experienced its first harmful algal bloom last fall, I can’t stop asking myself, “Was that the canary in the coal mine?” What if this relatively brief occurrence of pea-soup-green bacteria is the precursor to larger and more persistent blooms? What if the bloom had been toxic? Lake George is a drinking water source. How will future blooms impact our e...