Rewind: “The Ordways of Stony Creek” – November 2025

Rewind:  November – “The Ordways of Stony Creek” November 2025   The Ordway name should be familiar to many people in the Glens Falls area.  “Ordway Hall,” the current home of SPOT Coffee, was once the home of the YMCA.  It was built with money supplied by Jones Ordway, a lumber baron in Glens Falls. …
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Rewind: April 1, 2023 – “We Once Shaded the World”

Rewind:  April 1, 2023 We Once Shaded the World:  The short-lived era of Glens Falls Umbrellas by David Waite In 1895 the veranda of the American Hotel at the corner of South and Glen Streets in downtown Glens Falls was a perfect place to watch people in the city going about their business. Some of those…
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