[Updated] Quaker Road Work to continue leading up to the Balloon Festival week

QUEENSBURY – Overnight lane closures and delays will be expected on Quaker Road with the stretch of road between Route 9 and Warren Street as work continues on the road after the Labor Day holiday weekend on Tuesday, September 5th. The road work will continue until the start of the Adirondack Balloon Festival on September…

The 2nd Annual Senior Expo

The Glens Falls Senior Center will be holding its second annual Senior EXPO on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023, from 12-6pm at The Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. This event is free to the public, and will provide information to not only Seniors but all members of our community as they plan for their future. The…

Go for the Gold @ Dunkin’

Members of local law enforcement will be teaming up with Dunkin’ on Friday, August 18th to raise funds for the Special Olympics New York. Any donation provides you with a free donut coupon, whereas a $20 donation will also yield you an Official 2023 Go for the Gold T-Shirt. The Warren County Sheriffs Department will…

Glens Falls Rec. Dept. Summer Swimming Lessons

Learning a valuable life-skill while cooling off GLENS FALLS, NY (June 14, 2023) – The Summer has gotten off to a slow start but things are just starting to heat up.  The City of Glens Falls Recreation Department will be offering swimming lessons in three different two-week sessions at the Glens Falls High School swimming pool.  The first session…

Fort Edward Canal Street Marketplace 2023 Schedule

The 2023 season of Fort Edward’s Canal Street Marketplace farmers’ market began Thursday June 1st from 4 to 7 pm and continues Thursdays until the end of September. The music scheduled with musicians from the Little Theater on the Farm is as follows:  JUNE 6/22 – Old Friends Band 4-7pm6/29 – Bonnie Greco 4-530pm & Kim…

State Route 254 in the Town of Queensbury Closed for Emergency Culvert Inspection 

By Bryan Viggiani, NYSDOT The New York State Department of Transportation today announced that State Route 254 (River Street) over the Glens Falls Feeder Canal in the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, is currently closed for an emergency inspection of the culvert underneath the road. The Department is on scene this evening and will keep…

Niskayuna native serves aboard USS Nimitz

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 7, 2023) U.S. Navy Machinery Repairman 2nd Class Shawn Vena, right, from, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Machinery Repairman Fireman Justin Wilkins, from La Grange, Ky., grind metal aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet,…

Gifts for Goldens

107.1 The Point and the Glens Falls Senior Center proudly present the 8th Annual Gifts for Goldens, your opportunity to provide a Christmas for our local senior citizens who might not otherwise have a Christmas.  It’s happening on Thursday, December 14th at the Glens Falls Senior Center, 380 Glen Street in Glens Falls (at the corner…

Teacher of the Week!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK’S TEACHER OF THE WEEK: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINAL TEACHER OF THE WEEK FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR – MRS. MOLLY MYERS FROM THE QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MRS. MYERS TEACHES A 12-1-4 SELF CONTAINED CLASSROOM. FAMILIES OF HER STUDENTS HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE IN KNOWING THAT MRS. MYERS ALWAYS GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR…