About 400 elementary- and middle-school students taking part in the Shenendehowa Inventors program will display their inventions at the former Cotton Market store at Clifton Park Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Glens Falls celebrates its 100th anniversary as an incorporated city today — March 13, 2008. The city’s Chapman Historical Museum will observe the milestone with the exhibition “Building Blocks of a Community: 100 Years of Commerce in Glens Falls.” The Chapman recently allowed The Gazette to view photos in its electronic scrapbook; here are some of our favorites. Posted on March 12, 2008.
Glens Falls’ former Merkel and Gelman store was famous for its elaborate display windows. A display from the mid-1940s congratulates the Girl Scouts of America on its 32nd anniversary.
The Paramount Theater at Ridge and Maple Streets was a popular place for movies in Glens Falls. A large crowd gathered for an event at the theater during the winter of 1947.
Richard Nixon, in his first year as vice president to Dwight D. Eisenhower, waves to fans on Glen Street as his motorcade proceeds north to the Sagamore Hotel in Bolton Landing during the summer of 1953.
The gang was in place at Coolidge and Bentley at 118 Glen St. when a photographer visited during the late 1800s — years before Glens Falls was incorporated as a city. The store publicizes an upcoming autumn pumpkin pie festival, and has several gourds on display to help drum up publicity.
