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Glens Falls is a city in Warren County

Warren County, New York

Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 65,707. It is named in honor of General Joseph Warren, an American Revolutionary War hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill...

, New York, United States. Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census. The name was given by Colonel Johannes Glen, the falls referring to a large waterfall in the Hudson River at the southern end of the city.

Glens Falls is located in the southeast corner of Warren County, surrounded by the town of Queensbury

Queensbury, New York

Queensbury is a town in and the county seat of Warren County, New York, United States. The town is located in the southeastern part of the county. The population was 25,441 at the 2000 census. The town is named in honor of Queen Charlotte, the consort of George III of Great Britain and Ireland. It...

to the north, east, and west, and by the Hudson River

Hudson River

The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...

and Saratoga County

Saratoga County, New York

Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 219,607. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Ballston Spa...

to the south. Glens Falls is known as "Hometown U.S.A.", a title given to it by Look Magazine
Look (American magazine)
Look was a bi-weekly, general-interest magazine published in Des Moines, Iowa from 1937 to 1971, with more of an emphasis on photographs than articles...

in 1944. The city has also referred to itself as the "Empire City."

History

As a halfway point between Forts Edward and William Henry, the falls was the site of several battles during the French-Indian War and the Revolutionary War. The then-hamlet was mostly destroyed by fire twice during the latter conflict, forcing the Quakers to abandon the settlement until the war ended in 1783. Fire also ravaged the village in 1864, 1884, and 1902.

The area was originally called "Chepontuc" (Iroquois; "difficult place to get around"), also referred to as the "Great Carrying Place," but was renamed "The Corners" by settlers. In 1766 it was renamed Wing's Falls for Abraham Wing – the leader of the group of Quakers that established the permanent settlement – and for the falls on the Hudson River. Wing's claim to the name of the falls and thusly the hamlet was transferred to Colonel Johannes Glen of Schenectady in 1788, either on collection of a debt, as a result of a game of cards, or in exchange for hosting a party for mutual friends, depending on which local legend is believed. Colonel Glen was delighted to change the name to "Glen's Falls," though it was often printed with varying spelling such as "Glenn's," and not always with the apostrophe

Apostrophe

The apostrophe is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritic mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets...

. The spelling "Glens Falls" came to be the common usage.

A post office was established in 1808. Glens Falls became an incorporated village in 1839, and was re-incorporated in 1874 and 1887, expanding the village to what would become the city limits when the city charter was granted by the state legislature in 1908, at which time the city became a separate entity from the town of Queensbury.

In 2003, with permission from Queensbury, Glens Falls annexed approximately 49 acre (0.19829614 km²) of the town. The land, known as Veterans Field or the Northway Industrial Park, is on Veterans Road between Luzerne Road and Sherman Avenue and is just east of I-87. The land was vacant at the time. A thin, 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) strip of Sherman Avenue was part of this annexation, in order to comply with state law regarding contiguity of annexed land. Both the city and town now share ownership of this stretch of highway as a result.

Historic sites

Glens Falls has two historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the equivalent New York State Register of Historic places. The Fredella Avenue historic district includes a series of unique concrete block structures. The Three Squares Historic District comprises the majority of the Central Business District. In addition, several individual structures are listed, some below. Glens Falls does not have a local preservation law protecting these historic resources from demolition or alteration.

Crandall Public Library – While the library has existed since 1893, it did not have its own permanent home until 1931, with the completion of the library building in City Park, on property willed to the library by local entrepreneur Henry Crandall. The building was designed by Charles A. Platt

Charles A. Platt

Charles Adams Platt was a prominent artist, landscape gardener, landscape designer, and architect of the "American Renaissance" movement. His garden designs complemented his domestic architecture.-Early career:...

and built by Robert Rheinlander

Robert Rheinlander

Robert H. Rheinlander was an American architect, contractor and structural engineer from Glens Falls, New York.CareerRobert Rheinlander was based in Glens Falls, New York and designed and or built many well known and large buildings in the northern New York State area...

; it was renovated and expanded in 1969. Its first renovation and expansion since then was completed in November 2008, involving the demolition of the 1969 addition. The library is a part of the Southern Adirondack Library System.

Civil War Monument –
A limestone obelisk

Obelisk

An obelisk is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun-disk. A pair of obelisks usually stood in front of a pylon...

located in the intersection of Glen, South, and Bay streets, the momument was dedicated in 1872 to honor the 644 men from Queensbury who served in the Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. Ninety-five names, those of the men who died, are engraved on the monument. Many battles of the war are listed.

DeLong House – Presently the home of the Glens Falls/Queensbury Historical Association and the Chapman Historical Museum

Chapman Historical Museum

The Chapman Historical Museum is a restored house museum featuring furnishings and historical artifacts depicting life in Glens Falls, New York, USA during the late 19th century. The museum is owned and operated by the Glens Falls/Queensbury Historical Association...

. A Greek Revival and Second Empire edifice on the corner of Glen and Bacon Streets. A Queen Anne style Carriage Barn also sits on the property.

The Feeder Canal

Glens Falls Feeder Canal

The Glens Falls Feeder Canal is a canal from Glens Falls, New York, United States through Hudson Falls and into Fort Edward. It is seven miles long and delivers water from above Glen's Falls on the Hudson River to the highest point of the Champlain Canal...

– Across from this historic canal

Canal

Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...

is a hydro-electric power-plant on the Hudson River at Glens Falls. The canal was created circa 1820 to feed water into the Champlain Canal

Champlain Canal

The Champlain Canal is a canal that connects the south end of Lake Champlain to the Hudson River in New York. It was simultaneously constructed with the Erie Canal and is now part of the New York State Canal System and the Lakes to Locks Passage....

. During the early 19th century the New York State Canal System

New York State Canal System

The New York State Canal System is a successor to the Erie Canal and other canals within New York...

served a crucial portion of the state's economy. In Glens Falls, lime, marble, lumber, and agricultural products were shipped from the docks at the base of Canal Street.

First Presbyterian Church – The fifth house of worship of this Congregation chartered in 1803 was constructed in 1929. It was designed by Ralph Adams Cram

Ralph Adams Cram

Ralph Adams Cram FAIA, , was a prolific and influential American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings, often in the Gothic style. Cram & Ferguson and Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson are partnerships in which he worked.-Early life:Cram was born on December 16, 1863 at Hampton Falls, New...

in his "presbyterian style" of neo-gothic architecture.

Fort Amherst Road – Located near this road is the location where Fort Amherst

Fort Amherst

Fort Amherst, in Kent, England, was constructed in 1756 at the southern end of the Brompton lines of defence to protect the southeastern approaches to Chatham Dockyard and the River Medway against a French invasion. Part of it is now open to the public....

once was. The fort is no longer extant, however portions of the wood foundations were known as late as 1880. The fort constituted a block house marking the half-way point on the road between Fort Ann and Fort William Henry

Fort William Henry

Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George in the province of New York. It is best known as the site of notorious atrocities committed by Indians against the surrendered British and provincial troops following a successful French siege in 1757, an event which is the...

at the head of Lake George

Lake George (New York)

Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake draining northwards into Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River Drainage basin located at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York, U.S.A.. It lies within the upper region of the...

. This Fort system, erected by the British, was built to secure the northern territories of the colony from incursions from the French during the French and Indian War

French and Indian War

The French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...

. A restored fort house complex is available for viewing in the nearby town of Fort Ann

Fort Ann (town), New York

Fort Ann is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 6,417 at the 2000 census...

.

Louis Fiske Hyde House – The center among a triplet of revival type residences constructed for the daughters of Samuel Pruyn by the architects Robert Rheinlander

Robert Rheinlander

and Henry Forbes Bigelow

Henry Forbes Bigelow

Henry Forbes Bigelow was a Boston, Massachusetts architect in the firm Bigelow and Wadsworth. He became a partner in the firm in 1898.-Biography:...

, Hyde House currently houses The Hyde Collection

The Hyde Collection

The Hyde Collection is an art museum in the city of Glens Falls in Upstate New York. The collections were endowed by the Hyde family. The museum is housed in a historic refurbished early twentieth-century residence, the Hyde House, located at 161 Warren Street in Glens Falls, New York, a building...

, a world class museum of European, American, and contemporary art. The principal collection is presented in its original domestic context as a private collection.

The Oldest Building in Glens Falls – In 1864 there was a massive fire that destroyed most of buildings in the central business district. The oldest building in Glens Falls, located in the downtown area, is one of the few buildings in the city that predates 1864. The stone and brick structure at the bottom of the hill was erected circa 1815 and served as Calvin Robbin's Blacksmith Shop.

Quaker Meeting House – The Quaker Meeting House, an Italianate edifice on Ridge Street, was built in 1875 and originally contained no heating system.

St. Mary-St. Alphonsus Regional Catholic School, formerly known as St. Mary's Academy, is located on the corner of Warren and Church streets. This is another example of neo-Gothic architecture in Glens Falls by Ralph Adams Cram

Ralph Adams Cram

. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It features a Great Hall with a two-story stained glass window designed by Henry Lee Willett Studios of Philadelphia.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, the city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.1 km²), of which 3.8 square miles (9.8 km²) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) (2.54%) is water.

The city is located on the Hudson River

Hudson River

, in the Adirondack foothills, at the border of Saratoga County, New York

Saratoga County, New York

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 14,354 people, 6,267 households, and 3,415 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,752.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,447.0/km²). There were 6,811 housing units at an average density of 1,780.4 per square mile (686.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.54% White, 1.30% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.39% of the population.

There were 6,267 households out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.3% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families. 36.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,222, and the median income for a family was $42,266. Males had a median income of $29,283 versus $21,606 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,137. About 12.0% of families and 14.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.7% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

Finance and industry

The Glens Falls region is a major producer of medical devices. Glens Falls is home to Navilyst Medical

Navilyst Medical

Navilyst Medical headquartered in Marlborough, MA, was formed in February 2008 from Boston Scientific's Fluid Management and Vascular Access business units. Its devices including PASV Valve Technology, expanded line of Xcela PICCs, NAMIC Fluid Management products and Exodus Drainage Catheters help...

, a medical device maker, previously a regional office of Pfizer

Pfizer

Pfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...

and Boston Scientific

Boston Scientific

The Boston Scientific Corporation , is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention,...

Corporation. Glens Falls is also a principal provider of medical services for a vast 2600 square miles (6,734 km²) region from Saratoga County to the south, extending northward to the central Adirondacks. These services are centered around the Glens Falls Hospital

Glens Falls Hospital

Glens Falls Hospital is a 410 bed not-for-profit community hospital located in Glens Falls, New York. It serves the communities in Warren, Washington, Hamilton, Essex and northern Saratoga and Rensselaer counties. The hospital operates 28 off-campus health care facilities throughout the region...

, a 410 bed facility located downtown. Founded in the summer of 1897 by a group of twelve local physicians, the Glens Falls Hospital was meant to serve the entire Upper Hudson River Valley

Upper Hudson River Valley

The northern portion of the Hudson River valley in Upstate New York, generally that region extending from the first town below the headwaters of the Hudson River at North River to the last substantive waterfall preventing the passage of vessels at Fort Edward...

. Solomon A. Parks donated his home in Glens Falls for the original hospital. The present structure has been extensively modified, enlarged, and modernized several times to better serve the needs of the community, and currently serves as the fast-response trauma center for the region. The hospital is now the area's biggest employer. Veterans' medical needs are served by a VA outpatient facility.

Danfloss Flomatic Corporation is headquartered on Pruyn's Island in Glens Falls. The company is a leading manufacturer of industrial and municipal valves. Also located on Pruyn's Island is Umicore, a Belgium based company manufacturing silver-based contact materials.

Finch Pruyn & Company, headquartered at the base of Glen Street hill, is a major regional employer and a manufacturer of specialty paper and forest products. It is by far the largest taxpayer in the City of Glens Falls, owning property assessed at $60-million in 2006, according to city records. In mid-June 2007, Finch Pruyn & Company announced it had sold all of its assets, including 161000 acres (652 km²) of forestland in the Adirondacks, to Atlas Holdings of Greenwich, Conn. Atlas then turned around and sold all of the forestland to The Nature Conservancy.

The Glens Falls Cement company, established 1893, is now a part of Lehigh Northeast, itself a division of HeidelbergCement

HeidelbergCement

HeidelbergCement is a German cement and building materials company. It is currently the world's third largest cement producer, the market leader in aggregates and fourth in ready-mix concrete. In 2010 the company produced around 78 million tonnes of cement...

, one of the world's largest cement producers.

Glens Falls has an old and prevalent history in the finance sector of the region. Arrow Financial Corporation, headquartered downtown is a publicly traded multi-bank holding company for Glens Falls National Bank & Trust Company (1851) and Saratoga National Bank and Trust Company. Evergreen Bank, N.A., formerly the First National Bank of Glens Falls, originated in 1853, and is now owned by banking conglomerate TD Banknorth

TD Banknorth

TD Banknorth, formerly just Banknorth, was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank which conducted banking and insurance activities, primarily serving the northeastern area of the United States, headquartered in Portland, Maine...

. Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital firm, has its New York offices downtown.

Arts and theater

The Greater Glens Falls area has a rich history of theatrical productions. The 300-seat Charles R. Wood Theater is home to the Adirondack Theater Festival (ATF), a professional non-profit summer theatre presenting new and contemporary plays and musicals. In addition to ATF, the Wood Theater provides numerous artistic and cultural presentations throughout the year. This theater opened in 2003 on Glen Street, in the heart of Glens Falls. A former Woolworth store, it now introduces culture and theater into the surrounding community. The theater is named for the late Mr. Wood

Charles Wood (businessman)

Charles R. "Charley" Wood was an American businessman.-Biography:Wood was born in Lockport, New York, in 1914.After seeing the amusement park Knott's Berry Farm in southern California he was inspired in 1954 to open his own park in Queensbury, New York, which he named Storytown USA. In order to do...

, who was a successful local entrepreneur and founder of The Great Escape

The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom

The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom is an amusement and waterpark located in Queensbury, New York. It is advertised as being located in Lake George, New York...

theme park, located in Queensbury. The Glens Falls Community Theatre produces theatrical productions in Glens Falls for nearly 75 years.

LARAC, the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, promotes the arts in the Glens Falls region having an annual arts festival and a gallery open year round at the Lapham Carriage House adjacent to City Park.

Music in Glens Falls is highlighted by the city's professional orchestra, the Glens Falls Symphony, which has been performing classical repertoire for 30 years. The orchestra is currently under the direction of Maestro Charles Peltz.

Glens Falls has three museums. The Hyde Collection

The Hyde Collection

is a world class European and American art collection situated in its original home context with modern gallery spaces. The Chapman Historical Museum

Chapman Historical Museum

is operated by the Glens Falls/Queensbury Historical Association and offers local history exhibits, educational programs, and tours of the historic DeLong House. The World Awareness Children's Museum recently relocated to a new facility where its programming of international childhood experiences and artwork will be permanently housed.

Art in the Public Eye (APE) is a non-profit arts organization located in Glens Falls, NY. Its mission is to cultivate a partnership between the area arts community and local businesses, to promote established and emerging artists and local commerce, and to create greater access to the arts through cultural activities and public exhibitions. APE programs include the Third Thursday Glens Falls Art Walk, Outdoor Cinema, and Chalk Fest.

Glens Falls is also home of The Glens Falls September 11th Memorial. The memorial is a fitting tribute to the lives lost on that day as well as a tribute to all first responders who answered the call of duty on that tuesday morning. The memorial is 12 foot, solid granite towers resembling the trade center ecompassed by granite walls to resemble the pentagon. The memorial also has a piece of steel from the world trade center incorporated into the memorial that is on permanent loan from the NY/NJ Port Authority. The memorial is located on the may st side of the headquarters for the Glens Falls Fire Department located at 134 Ridge St.

Print

The Post-Star
The Post-Star
The Post-Star is a daily newspaper in Glens Falls, New York. Its circulation is approximately 35,000. It serves the counties of Warren, Washington and Saratoga in New York State including the cities of Glens Falls and Saratoga Springs. It is the only daily newspaper published in Warren County...

is a daily newspaper printed in Glens Falls with a circulation of approximately 27,000 (30,000 on Sundays). The paper, currently owned by Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, covers Glens Falls and Saratoga as well as the surrounding towns and counties of Warren

Warren County, New York

, Saratoga

Saratoga County, New York

and Washington

Washington County, New York

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,216. It was named for the Revolutionary War general George Washington...

. Established in 1895, it has been continuously published since 1909. Writer Mark Mahoney won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism (Editorial Writing) for his editorials on local government secrecy.

The Chronicle is a free weekly newspaper, with a summer distribution up to 37,000. Circulation at other times of the year ranges from 25,000 to 31,000. Locally owned by founder and Glens Falls native Mark Frost and published since 1980, the paper is widely distributed to many surrounding communities. Its parent company, Lone Oak Publishing, also publishes books and a number of local magazines. The paper also sponsors a book fair every October.

Radio

Local radio broadcasters include: WROW

WROW

WROW is a radio station broadcasting to Albany, New York, with its towers in Glenmont, New York. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and runs a Adult Standards/Oldies format under the branding Magic 590...

590 AM, WGY 810 AM, WUAM

WUAM

WUAM is a radio station broadcasting a full-time simulcast of local Albany cable news station YNN Capital Region. It is licensed to Watervliet, New York...

900 AM, WMML

WMML

WMML is a radio station broadcasting a Sports radio format. Licensed to Glens Falls, New York, USA, the station serves the Glens Falls area. The station is currently owned by 6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc...

1230 AM, WENU

WENU

WENU is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to South Glens Falls, New York, USA, the station serves the Glens Falls area...

1410 AM, and WWSC

WWSC

WWSC is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Glens Falls, New York, USA, the station serves the Saratoga area...

1450 AM; WVCR 88.3 FM, WMHT-FM 89.1 FM, WLJH 90.7 FM, WSPN

WSPN

WSPN is a non-commercial college radio station located at 91.1 MHz and broadcasts from Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. The station is located on the campus of Skidmore College and is made up of student and community DJs. Additionally, WSPN is one of the few college radio stations run entirely by...

91.1 FM WLJH

Sound of Life Radio

The Sound of Life Radio Network is a regional Inspirational radio network headquartered in Lake Katrine, New York and serves eastern New York State, northern New Jersey, northeast Pennsylvania, and western New England. Programming on the network is primarily music based . Programs are practical,...

90.7 FM, WFLY

WFLY

WFLY is a Contemporary Hit Radio station licensed to Troy, New York and serving New York's Capital District as well as the surrounding areas, including the Adirondacks...

92.3 FM, WGFR

WGFR

WGFR is a radio station broadcasting a Album Adult Alternative format. Licensed to Glens Falls, New York, USA, the station serves the New York college area. The station is currently owned by Board of Trustees of SUNY Adirondack...

92.7 FM, (college radio

Adirondack Community College

SUNY Adirondack is a community college serving Warren, Washington and northern Saratoga counties in New York State. Founded in 1961 as Adirondack Community College , it offers over 30 academic programs.-History:...

station), WEZF

WEZF

WEZF is an English-language American radio station located in Burlington, Vermont. The station, while primarily adult contemporary, plays mostly hot adult contemporary/adult top 40 music from the late 1970s through now....

92.9 FM, WYAI 93.7 FM, WNYV

WNYV

WNYV is a radio station broadcasting an Adult contemporary music format. Licensed to Whitehall, New York, USA, the station serves the Saratoga, New York area. The station is currently owned by Pine Tree Broadcasting Company. WNYV and its AM sister, WVNR in Poultney, simulcast 100% of the time and...

94.1 FM, WBAR

WBAR

WBAR is the college radio station of Barnard College in New York City. Currently online-only, WBAR was developed as a freeform alternative to WKCR on the Columbia University campus. In addition to broadcasting an array of shows, WBAR hosts several shows per year in Morningside Heights, including...

94.7 FM, WYJB

WYJB

WYJB is an adult contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Albany, New York and serving New York's Capital District as well as the surrounding areas, including the Adirondacks...

95.5 FM, WCQL

WCQL

WCQL is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Queensbury, New York, USA, the station serves the Saratoga Springs/Glens Falls area...

95.9 FM, WDCD 96.7 FM, WTRY-FM

WTRY-FM

WTRY-FM, or 98.3 WTRY, is an oldies station licensed to Rotterdam, New York and serving New York's Capital District and Mohawk Valley. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and broadcasts at 6 kilowatts ERP from a tower in between Altamont and Duanesburg, New York off U.S...

98.3 FM, WCKM-FM

WCKM-FM

WCKM-FM is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Lake George , New York, USA, the station serves Essex, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties. The station is currently owned by Regional Radio Group, LLC and features news and sports from ABC Radio...

98.5 FM, WRVE

WRVE

WRVE is a Hot Adult Contemporary radio station licensed to Schenectady, New York and serving the Capital District and Upper Hudson Valley of New York. It broadcasts at 99.5 FM at 14.5 kilowatts ERP from a transmitter in Guilderland, New York...

99.5 FM, WKBE

WKBE

WKBE , known as 100.3 The Point, is a modern adult contemporary radio station in the United States, licensed to Warrensburg, New York, and owned by Pamal Broadcasting...

100.3 FM, WQAR

WQAR

WQAR is an adult contemporary radio station licensed to Stillwater, New York and serving Saratoga County, New York and vicinity. The station is the flagship station of the Anastos Media Group and broadcasts at 6 kilowatts ERP from a tower in Stillwater...

101.3 FM, WNYQ

WNYQ

WQSH are the call letters of a radio station licensed to Malta, New York and playing a 90s Hits format. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and broadcasts with 25 kilowatts ERP from the Bald Mountain tower formerly used by the now-defunct analog signal of WNYT in the hamlet of Speigletown, in...

101.7 FM, WKKF

WKKF

WKKF is a Contemporary Hit Radio radio station licensed to Ballston Spa, New York and serving the Capital District and Adirondacks...

102.3 FM, WQBJ 103.5 FM, WAMC

WAMC

WAMC is a public radio network headquartered in Albany, New York. As of April, 2011, the network comprised 11 transmitters and 11 translators. The organization's legal name is "WAMC" and it is also known as "WAMC Public Radio" or "WAMC Northeast Public Radio Network."In addition, the station...

103.9 FM WTMM-FM 104.5 FM, WQSH 105.7 FM, WPYX

WPYX

WPYX is a Classic Rock radio station licensed to Albany, New York and primarily serving New York's Capital Region, the Adirondacks, and surrounding areas...

106.5 FM, WFFG

WFFG-FM

WFFG-FM is the callsign of a country music radio station licenced to Corinth, New York and serving the Glens Falls-Lake George, New York area plus Saratoga County, the Capital Region, and western Vermont...

107.1 FM, WGNA 107.7 FM. WAMC

WAMC

90.3 FM is the public radio station.

Sports

East Field in Glens Falls is home to The Greenjackets Football team of the NAFL. The Greenjackets started in 1928 and is the Second oldest-active Minor League Football team in the country. The Greenjackets are 2008 & 2009 NAFL Empire Division CHAMPIONS(10–0)and the 2009 NAFL North Atlantic Region CHAMPIONS (14–0), and finished the season at 14–1 as the NAFL Eastern Conference Runner-ups ,2009 NAFL Elite 8

Glens Falls is the home of the Adirondack Phantoms

Adirondack Phantoms

The Adirondack Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League , who began play in the 2009–10 AHL season. The Phantoms are based in Glens Falls, New York, playing home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The Phantoms are the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers...

of the AHL who last played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the Philadelphia Phantoms

Philadelphia Phantoms

The Philadelphia Phantoms were a professional ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 1996 to 2009. The club was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and played most of its home games at the Spectrum. During schedule conflicts or some Calder Cup playoff games, games were...

.

The city is home to the Glens Falls Golden Eagles, a baseball team playing in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League

Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League

The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is an 8-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 2010. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. Players are not paid so as to maintain their college eligibility...

, a collegiate summer baseball league. The team has played at East Field

East Field

East Field is a stadium in Glens Falls, New York. It is primarily used for baseball and is the former home of the Adirondack Lumberjacks, Glens Falls White Sox, Adirondack Red Birds and Glens Falls Tigers, The Detroit Tigers Minor League Team in the 1980s. The ballpark has a capacity of 8,000...

since its inception in 2003.

Television

WNCE-CA

WNCE-CA channel 8 is a Class-A LPTV television Station in Glens Falls, New York. Formerly an affiliate of Network One, WNCE switched to America One after Network One discontinued service...

(TV-8): An independent television station broadcasting from its studios on Glen Street in downtown. Offering a variety of locally produced programs, the station's signature show is a weeknight news program, called North News 8. North News 8 was once anchored by former CNBC

CNBC

CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...

anchor Kevin McCullough.

Network TV stations are also available from the Albany/Schenectady/Troy DMA in which Glens Falls is part of. Networks include ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC, PBS and many cable TV networks made available by Time Warner Cable.

Literary and film references

The 1982 film Basket Case
Basket Case (film)
Basket Case is an American horror film, written and directed by Frank Henenlotter, that was released in 1982. It has two sequels, Basket Case 2 and Basket Case 3: The Progeny by the same director. It is notable for its low budget and over-the-top violence...

was partially filmed in Glens Falls.
Author James McBride
James McBride (writer)
James McBride is an American writer and musician whose compositions have been recorded by a variety of other musicians.-Early life:McBride's father, the late Rev. Andrew D...

's memoir The Color of Water recounts his mother's brief time spent in Glens Falls as a child.
Glens Falls native Michael Cleary won the 1992 American Book Series Award for his poetry collection, Hometown, USA, which chronicles his growing up in the city in the '50s and '60s. The book adopts the title and selected photos from the 1944 Look Magazine series which featured Glens Falls as a typical American town in the post-WW II years. In 2005, his Halfway Decent Sinners again included works about Glens Falls people and places.
Glens Falls and the natural formation of the bedrock beneath it served as inspiration to James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo...

in his historical novel The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known...

.
Glens Falls is referred to in Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison
James "Jim" Harrison is an American author known for his poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and writings about food. He has been called "a force of nature", and his work has been compared to that of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway...

's Legends of the Fall.
In 2007, the movie Love Conquers Paul was filmed at various location in Glens Falls.
The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

character, Bobby Baccalieri
Bobby Baccalieri
Robert "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri, Jr., played by Steve R. Schirripa, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was a Capo and later the acting underboss of the DiMeo Crime Family, as well as Tony Soprano's brother-in-law...

, owns a house in Glens Falls, which his brother-in-law Tony
Tony Soprano
Anthony John "Tony" Soprano, Sr. is an Italian-American fictional character and the protagonist on the HBO television drama series The Sopranos, on which he is portrayed by James Gandolfini. The character was conceived by The Sopranos creator and show runner David Chase, who was also largely...

and Tony's wife, Carmela Soprano
Carmela Soprano
Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis, played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the wife of Mafia boss Tony Soprano and the program's most prominent female character.-Character biography:...

, visit in the 6th season episode, "Soprano Home Movies
Soprano Home Movies
"Soprano Home Movies" is the thirteenth episode of the sixth season of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos and seventy-eighth episode overall. It served as the midseason premiere to the second part of the show's sixth season, the broadcast of which was split into two...

".
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Julia Spencer-Fleming is an American novelist.She lives in Maine with her husband, 3 children, a dog, and two cats.-Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne series :...

's mystery novels are set in Millers Kill, NY, a fictional town in the Glens Falls area, based on the nearby village of Hudson Falls
Hudson Falls, New York
Hudson Falls is a village located in Washington County, New York, USA. The village is in the southwest part of the town of Kingsbury, on US Route 4. Hudson Falls is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 6,927...

.
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...

's novel The Spy Who Loved Me features scenes in Glens Falls.
State of the Union (2005) by Douglas Kennedy
Douglas Kennedy (writer)
Douglas Kennedy is an internationally renowned and bestselling novelist. His 10 novels havebeen translated in 22 countries. His latest novel, , to be published in paperback with...

refers to a man called Dan Buchan, originally from Glens Falls.
In The Witch of Hebron (2010) by James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere , a history of American suburbia and urban development, and the more recent The Long Emergency , where he argues that declining oil production is likely...

, several characters visit Glens Falls.

Recreation and sport facilities

Glens Falls operates a two public parks, most prominently City Park and Crandall Park. City Park provides green space to the City's business district and contains the public library. Crandall Park is composed of a lowland pond, war monuments and recreation facilities bordering the city's Coles' Woods International Ski Trail system over the northern border with Queensbury. In addition there are a number of neighborhood playgrounds including: The Murray Street Playground, the Mohican Street Playground, the East Field Playground, Haviland's Cove, the Montcalm Street Playground, and the Sagamore Street Playground.

The Glens Falls Civic Center
Glens Falls Civic Center
Glens Falls Civic Center is a 4,806-seat multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Glens Falls, New York, that currently serves as the home of the Adirondack Phantoms, of the AHL. Built in 1979, it was originally the home of the Adirondack Red Wings, AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings.On June...

http://www.glensfallscc.com opened in 1979 and hosts sports and entertainment events in downtown Glens Falls. This versatile multi-purpose complex includes an arena for sporting events, concerts, family activities, dance, theater and trade shows as well as banquet facilities. The Civic Center includes 4,806 permanent arena seats focused on an ice hockey/basketball-type arena and the ability to accommodate an audience of up to 7,800 people for concerts and other events. East Field is located in the east side of the city and is home to the Glens Falls Golden Eagles, of the New York Collegiate Baseball League

New York Collegiate Baseball League

The New York Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1978 and sanctioned by the NACSB and Major League Baseball. Each NYCBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule from June to July with a playoff in early August...

; the Greenjackets semi-pro football team, the second oldest football team in America formed in 1928.; and the Glens Falls High School Indians. It was also previously home to the Glens Falls White Sox

Glens Falls White Sox

The Glens Falls White Sox were an American minor league baseball team from Glens Falls, New York that played in the Eastern League from 1980 until 1985. The team was founded in 1980 as the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. In 1986, the team affiliated with the Detroit Tigers and...

and Glens Falls Tigers

Glens Falls Tigers

The Glens Falls Tigers were an American minor league baseball team from Glens Falls, New York that played in the Eastern League from 1986 until 1988. The team was founded in 1980 as the Glens Falls White Sox, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. In 1986, the team affiliated with the...

of the Eastern League, the Glens Falls Redbirds of the New York–Penn League and the Adirondack Lumberjacks

Adirondack Lumberjacks

The Adirondack Lumberjacks were an independent professional baseball team based in Glens Falls, New York. The team moved to Bangor, Maine and became the Bangor Lumberjacks following the 2002 season...

of the Northeast League/Northern League East.

The Glens Falls Tennis and Swim Club is a private membership club offering recreational and competition tennis since 1965 at the city's eastern border in the town of Queensbury.

The Glens Falls YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...

features many different recreational activities for people of all ages. The YMCA is currently undergoing construction and renovations to make it better than ever. The YMCA has received about 250 grants from individuals, foundations, and companies to cover the cost of the expansion.

Transportation

Air
Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport , formerly known as Warren County Airport, is a public airport located in the town of Queensbury three miles northeast of the city of Glens Falls in Warren County, New York, USA...

(IATA: GFL, ICAO: KGFL) in Queensbury, formerly the Warren County Airport, provides convenient access to the Glens Falls region for small and charter aircraft. For major air travel, the region is served by the Albany International Airport

Albany International Airport

Albany International Airport is a public use airport located six nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Albany, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Albany County Airport Authority....

in Colonie, New York, 40 miles south of Glens Falls.

Bus
Regular bus service is provided by the Greater Glens Falls Transit System, or GGFT for short. Serving the city and surrounding communities, the buses originate at the Ridge Street terminal, across from City Park and City Hall. In addition to the year-round buses, the system also operates seasonal trolleys to Lake George

Lake George (town), New York

Lake George is a town in Warren County, New York, USA. The population was 3,578 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the lake, Lake George. Within the town is a village also named Lake George. The town is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :The lake was...

. National service is available through Trailways and Greyhound

Greyhound

The Greyhound is a breed of sighthound that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing, and the breed has also recently seen a resurgence in its popularity as a pedigree show dog and family pet. It is a gentle and intelligent breed...

, which operates a terminal not far from the GGFT bus terminal, on Hudson Avenue.

Rail
Amtrak

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Glens Falls at the station in nearby Fort Edward

Fort Edward (town), New York

Fort Edward is a town in and the county seat of Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 5,892 at the 2000 census....

, operating its Adirondack

Adirondack (Amtrak)

The Adirondack is a passenger train operated daily by Amtrak between New York City and Montreal. The trip takes approximately 11 hours to cover a published distance of , traveling through the scenic Hudson Valley and the Adirondack Mountains...

daily in both directions between Montreal and New York City, as well as its Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen Express

The Ethan Allen Express is a 241-mile passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Rutland, Vermont, via Albany. The total trip is scheduled to be completed in 5.5 hours. Its operations are subsidized by the State of Vermont, and the train is popular among vacationers travelling...

daily in both directions between Rutland, VT and New York City. The stop is designated "Fort Edward-Glens Falls", and can be accessed via public transportation on GGFT Bus Route 4 (Hudson Falls-Fort Edward).

Road
Interstate 87

Interstate 87

Interstate 87 is a Interstate Highway located entirely within New York State in the United States of America. I-87 is the longest intrastate Interstate highway in the Interstate Highway System. Its southern end is at the Bronx approaches of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in New York City...

– Bypassing Glens Falls to the west, the highway commonly known to locals as the Adirondack Northway has three exits serving Glens Falls. Exit 17N uses U.S. Route 9

U.S. Route 9

U.S. Route 9 is a north–south United States highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the United States. It is one of only two U.S. highways with a ferry connection ; the other being US 10. US 9 is signed east–west in Delaware and north–south on the rest of...

, and travels to Glens Falls via South Glens Falls

South Glens Falls, New York

South Glens Falls is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 3,368 at the 2000 census. The village is in the northern part of the Town of Moreau, south of the City of Glens Falls....

. Exit 18 uses Main Street (Warren County Route 28), and is the exit recommended on guide signs for downtown and hospital access. It also accesses the West Glens Falls

West Glens Falls, New York

West Glens Falls is a census-designated place and hamlet in Warren County, New York, United States. The population was 6,721 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....

section of Queensbury

Queensbury, New York

. Exit 19 uses New York Route 254 northwest of the city, with access to the northern portions of the city via Glen St./Route 9, Bay Rd., and Ridge Rd./Route 9L.

U.S. Route 9

U.S. Route 9

– Known as Glen Street throughout Glens Falls. Enters Glens Falls from the south on the Cooper's Cave Bridge, crossing the Hudson River

Hudson River

from South Glens Falls

South Glens Falls, New York

. Runs through the central business district north into Queensbury

Queensbury, New York

. This is a historically significant corridor, once a plank stagecoach toll road to Lake George

Lake George (New York)

, and prior to that the military road during the French and Indian War connecting Fort Edward and Fort William Henry.

New York Route 32 enters with U.S. Route 9 from the south via the Cooper's Cave Bridge, then leaves Route 9 at Centennial Circle

Centennial Circle

Centennial Circle is a five leg roundabout in downtown Glens Falls, a city in Warren County, New York. The circle is at the intersection of US Route 9 , NY Route 32 , NY Route 9L and Hudson Street...

as it turns to the east on Warren Street. The road leaves Glens Falls to the east in the industrial district of the city, connecting the city with nearby Hudson Falls

Hudson Falls, New York

Hudson Falls is a village located in Washington County, New York, USA. The village is in the southwest part of the town of Kingsbury, on US Route 4. Hudson Falls is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 6,927...

and Fort Edward

Fort Edward (village), New York

Fort Edward is a village in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village population was 3,141 at the 2000 census...

. Truck traffic may bypass the downtown traffic and Centennial Circle via Oakland Street, which is designated Truck New York Route 32.

New York Route 9L starts at the intersection of U.S. Route 9 and New York State Route 32 at Centennial Circle, and travels northeast towards the town of Queensbury

Queensbury, New York

. The road is known as Ridge Street, becoming Ridge Road at the city line.

Glens Falls has a radial street pattern originating from its colonial settlement.

Schools and education

The city falls within two school districts, both of which are fully independent of the city government. The majority of the city falls within the Glens Falls City School District, which includes parts of the town of Queensbury. The Glens Falls Common School District encompasses just the southeastern portion of the city.

The Glens Falls City School District operates Glens Falls High School

Glens Falls High School

Glens Falls High School is a high school serving the Glens Falls City School District and Glens Falls Common School District. The high school was formerly located at 421-433 Glen Street. That building, currently an apartment complex, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984...

, a middle school and four neighborhood elementary schools (Sanford Street School, Big Cross School, Jackson Heights School and Kensington Road Elementary School). Sanford Street School is slated to close at the end of the 2010–2011 school year. The high school has been recently renovated and modernized with a new third floor addition, new rooms, and new computers. The Glens Falls High School has a variety of athletic programs, most notable of which are the basketball team, lacrosse, soccer, ice hockey, track & field, football, and field hockey. Other programs include tennis, wrestling, cross country running, bowling, swimming & diving, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, golf, softball and baseball. All GFHS Athletic teams carry the name "Indians." (Glens Falls Indians). The boys' basketball team was a state finalist in 2003 and 2007. The field hockey team was state champion in 2000 and 2001 and a state finalist in 1999 and 2006. The boys' ice hockey team was state champion in 1990 and 1991; it was a finalist in 2000 and semi-finalist in 1989, 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2005. The football team was a state semi-finalist in 1993. In 2008, the school replaced its old grass football field and tennis courts with a turf field, concession stand, new bleachers and tennis courts.

The Glens Falls Common School District operates an independent public elementary school, Abraham Wing Elementary School, named for a founder of Glens Falls.

Saint Mary's - Saint Alphonsus Regional Catholic School serves children in pre-kindergarten through grade eight as a regional parochial school

Parochial school

A parochial school is a school that provides religious education in addition to conventional education. In a narrower sense, a parochial school is a Christian grammar school or high school which is part of, and run by, a parish.-United Kingdom:...

City government

Glens Falls, since incorporation as a city in 1908 has had a strong mayor charter. Currently the city's Common Council has six members; one is elected to represent the city at large while the other five are elected from wards. The city is represented on the Warren County Board of Supervisors by five supervisors; one supervisor is elected from each Common Council ward. Such "city ward supervisors" do not have any duties in city government but have all the rights and privileges as any other member of the County Board. Departments of the City include: Cemetery, Community, Fire, Police, Public Works, Purchasing, Recreation, Controller, Assessment, Civil Service, Clerk, Water & Sewer, and Buildings and Codes.

Religion

While Glens Falls was originally settled by Quakers, soon followed the congregations of other early Protestant churches. Today, numerous faiths have places of worship in Glens Falls, reflecting a diverse community. Active churches include:

Christ Church – United Methodist
Church of the Good Shepherd – Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2.3 million members, it is both the eighth largest Protestant denomination and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Synod...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Church of the Messiah – Episcopal
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
Congregation Shaaray Tefila – Conservative Judaism
Faith Tabernacle – Baptist
First Baptist Church – Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
First Church of Christ – Christian Scientist
First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls – Presbyterian Church USA
Free Methodist Church – Methodist
St. Alphonsus – Roman Catholic (now closing due to financial troubles)
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic
Temple Beth El – Reform Judaism

Regional events

The Adirondack Balloon Festival
A balloon festival

Hot air balloon festivals

Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons to gather and participate in various activities. They can include races; evening "night glows", in which balloons are fired while remaining tetheted to the ground; and rides.- External links...

has been held in the Glens Falls area, with events at the Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport

and Crandall Park, in mid to late September every year since 1973. Organized by local resident Walt Grishkot, the event is free to the public, and generally lacks commercialism.

The Adirondack Stampede
A Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association is an organization whose members compete in rodeos throughout North America, primarily in the United States. The PRCA sanctions rodeo venues and events through the PRCA Circuit System. Its championship event is the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo...

(PRCA)-sanctioned charity rodeo.

Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) Festival
The LARAC June Arts Festival, held annually since 1972, is considered the first major summer event in the Glens Falls region and it draws crowds of more than 25,000. With the juried art and craft show as its centerpiece, the LARAC June Arts Festival also offers live entertainment by regional performers, food concessions by local non-profits, and activities for the whole family. It is free and open to the public, 10 am-5 pm both days and is held rain or shine.

New York State Boy's Public High School Basketball Tournament & Federation Basketball Tournament
Each March, The New York State Boys' Public High School Basketball Tournament is held at the Glens Falls Civic Center. This annual tradition has occurred since 1981. 2011 marks its 30th anniversary at the facility. The Federation Basketball Tournament of Champions are also held at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

Northcountry Microbrew Festival
The Northcountry Microbrew Festival began as a charity fund raising event to benefit the Downtown Glens Falls area. Each year, a different charity is chosen to receive the proceeds. The event takes place at the historic Queensbury Hotel in downtown Glens Falls.

Taste of the North Country
Taste of the North Country is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Glens Falls and features food sampling from over 35 North Country Restaurants. This annual event on the last Sunday of September also includes live music, cooking demonstrations and an apple dessert contest. In its 16 year history the event has raised more than $500,000 for the Community Service Projects of the Kiwanis Club.

Third Thursday Glens Falls Art Walk
The Third Thursday Glens Falls Art Walk artist's receptions are held at various locations in downtown Glens Falls in the evening on the third Thursday of each month during the summer and fall.

People

Having been born or resided in Glens Falls:

Joseph Bruno
Joseph Bruno
Joseph L. Bruno is an American businessman, and Republican politician. He was the Temporary President of the New York State Senate and its majority leader. Most recently he also served as Lieutenant Governor of New York ....

– former Majority Leader of New York State Senate
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and has members each elected to two-year terms. There are no limits on the number of terms one may serve...

; born in Glens Falls
John Alden Dix
John Alden Dix
John Alden Dix was the 38th Governor of New York from January 1911 to December 1912.-Life:Born in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, Dix attended Cornell University, but never graduated. He was an initiated member of the Beta Charge of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity...

– forty-first governor of New York (1911–1913) was born in Glens Falls
Jeffrey Downer
Jeffrey Downer
Jeffrey Downer, sometimes known as Jeff, is a movie and television producer and production manager. He was born September 16, 1957 in Glens Falls, New York....

– Film and Television Producer
'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan
Jim Duggan
James Edward Duggan , better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment in the 1980s, when it was known as World Wrestling Federation , and World Championship Wrestling...

– Professional Wrestler of Mid-South
Universal Wrestling Federation (United States)
The Universal Wrestling Federation was owner Bill Watts' attempt at taking his Mid-South Wrestling promotion to a national level in 1986. The attempt failed and in 1987, Watts sold the promotion to Jim Crockett Promotions and became part of what would later be known as World Championship Wrestling...

, WWF
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

, WCW
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...

& WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

fame. Glens Falls native.
Fred Dustin
Fred Dustin
Fred Dustin was a writer focusing on the American West, in particular George Armstrong Custer and The Battle of the Little Bighorn.Dustin was born in Glens Falls, New York to James and Jennie E. O'Donnell...

– early 20th century writer on the American West
Jimmer Fredette
Jimmer Fredette
James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette is an American professional basketball player with the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association...

– Former combo guard
Combo Guard
A combo guard is a basketball player who combines the attributes of a shooting guard and point guard , but does not necessarily fit the standard description of either position...

for Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

's basketball team
BYU Cougars men's basketball
The BYU Cougars men's basketball team represents Brigham Young University in NCAA Division I basketball play. Established in 1902, the team has won 30 conference championships and 2 NIT Tournaments , and competed in 26 NCAA Tournaments. It currently competes in the West Coast Conference...

and consensus 2011
2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2010 with the preliminary games of the 2010 Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic, and ended with the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 4, 2011 at Reliant Stadium in Houston...

college player of the year; Glens Falls native. As of June 2011, plays for Sacramento Kings.
Ferris Greenslet
Ferris Greenslet
Ferris Lowell Greenslet was an American editor and writer.-Biography:Greenslet graduated from Wesleyan University in 1897, and was awarded the Ph.D. by Columbia University in 1900. He was an associate editor of the Atlantic Monthly, 1902-07. In 1910, he became a literary advisor and director of...

– Editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1902–07), was born in Glens Falls.
Lionel Hitchman
Lionel Hitchman
Frederick Lionel Hitchman was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins....

– Professional Hockey Player, 1929 Stanley Cup Champion
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , United States Secretary of State , a judge on the Court of International Justice , and...

– Governor of New York (1907–1910), presidential candidate (1916), and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1930–1941); born in Glens Falls
Thomas M. Jacobs
Thomas M. Jacobs
Thomas Michael Jacobs was an American Olympic nordic skier who competed in the 1950s.He was educated at Middlebury College in Vermont, and was a member of the College's ski team....

– Olympic Nordic Skiier
Frederick Avery Johnson Member of Congress, Village President
Richard Kenney
Richard Kenney
Richard L. Kenney is a poet and professor of English at the University of Washington. He is the author of four books of poetry: The Evolution of the Flightless Bird, Orrery, The Invention of the Zero, and The One-Strand River....

– author, professor of English
Dave LaPoint
Dave LaPoint
David Jeffrey LaPoint was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently the manager of the Rockland Boulders, an American professional baseball team based in Pomona, New York and member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball known as the Can-Am League.-Early life and...

– retired Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

pitcher and 1982 World Series
1982 World Series
-Game 1:Tuesday, October 12, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MissouriThe Brewers' left-hander Mike Caldwell pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits. The Brewers' offense was led by Paul Molitor, who had a World Series-record five hits and two RBIs...

Champion; owner of Dave LaPoint's Pitchers bar on South Street and Glens Falls High School
Glens Falls High School
Glens Falls High School is a high school serving the Glens Falls City School District and Glens Falls Common School District. The high school was formerly located at 421-433 Glen Street. That building, currently an apartment complex, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984...

graduate
Betty Little
Elizabeth O'C. Little
Elizabeth O'Connor "Betty" Little is a New York State Senator. A member of the Republican Party, she was first elected in 2002. She serves in the 45th Senate District, which includes all or part of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Warren and Washington Counties...

– State Senator serving 45th Senate District (includes Glens Falls); born in Glens Falls but resides in Queensbury
Teo Macero
Teo Macero
Teo Macero , born Attilio Joseph Macero, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer...

– jazz producer
Peter Mahovlich
Peter Mahovlich
Peter Joseph "Little M" Mahovlich , known in his playing years as "Little M", is a retired Canadian professional hockey forward and head coach.-Playing career:...

– retired All-Star hockey player who was on four Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

winning teams and is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canadian sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport." It is located at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta...

, resides in Glen Falls.
Norma Fox Mazer
Norma Fox Mazer
Norma Fox Mazer was an American author and teacher, best known for her books for children and young adults. Her novels featured credible young characters confronting difficult situations such as family separation and death....

– author
Molly McMaster – Olympic Torch bearer 2002; began a 2000-mile inline skate journey in Glens Falls to raise awareness and money, some of which was donated to Glens Falls Hospital's Cancer Center
Barry Melrose
Barry Melrose
Barry James Melrose is a former player and head coach in the National Hockey League, as well as a current commentator and hockey analyst for ESPN.-Playing career:...

– Former Head-Coach of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
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, former co-owner of Adirondack Frostbite
Adirondack Frostbite
The Adirondack Frostbite were a professional ice hockey team in the United Hockey League. They played their home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York....

UHL Hockey Team and former Coach of Adirondack Red Wings
Adirondack Red Wings
The Adirondack Red Wings were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Glens Falls, New York, USA at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The team was affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League...

AHL Hockey Team, both of which were based in Glens Falls
Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore is an American fiction writer known mainly for her humorous and poignant short stories.-Biography:...

– O. Henry Award
O. Henry Award
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-winning author
Scott Murphy
Scott Murphy
Matthew Scott Murphy is an entrepreneur and the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

– U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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(2009–2011) for New York's 20th congressional district
New York's 20th congressional district
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, which includes Glens Falls; Murphy also resides in Glens Falls
Algernon Sidney Paddock – Secretary of Nebraska Territory and Governor of Nebraska; United States Senator; born in Glens Falls
Dave Palmer
David Palmer (baseball)
David William Palmer, Jr. , is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1978-1989. Palmer would play for the Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and Detroit Tigers.-Early life:Palmer was a star pitcher for the Glens Falls High School...

– retired Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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pitcher; born in Glens Falls
Robert P. Patterson
Robert P. Patterson
Robert Porter Patterson was the United States Under Secretary of War under President Franklin Roosevelt and the United States Secretary of War under President Harry S. Truman from September 27, 1945 to July 18, 1947....

– United States Undersecretary of War (Truman Administration)
Johnny Podres
Johnny Podres
John Joseph Podres was an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers...

– Pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers; retired to Glens Falls region
Edward C. Prescott
Edward C. Prescott
Edward Christian Prescott is an American economist. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2004, sharing the award with Finn E. Kydland, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles"...

– 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics, Glens Falls High School class of 1958
Ed Reulbach
Ed Reulbach
Edward Marvin "Big Ed" Reulbach was a major league baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs during their glory years of the early 1900s....

– MLB pitcher with the Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
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during the early 1900s; 1907
1907 World Series
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and 1908 World Series
1908 World Series
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Champion; died in Glens Falls.
Misty Blue Simmes
Misty Blue Simmes
Diane Syms , better known by her ring name Misty Blue Simmes, is an American former professional wrestler.-Beginning:Simmes got into wrestling after learning to box and being part of a all-female boxing show...

– Professional women's wrestling champion
Gerald B. H. Solomon – United States Representative from New York (1979–1999)
Seneca Ray Stoddard
Seneca Ray Stoddard
Seneca Ray Stoddard was an American landscape photographer known for his photographs of New York's Adirondack Mountains. He was also a naturalist, a writer, a poet, an artist, and a cartographer. His writings and photographs helped to popularize the Adirondacks.Stoddard was born at Wilton, in...

– Photographer and Cartographer
Kate White
Kate White
*Not to be confused with Katie WhiteKate White is the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine. She is the author of the best-selling Bailey Weggins mystery novels , for which she has received critical acclaim...

– editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; identifies Glens Falls as her hometown.

External links

City of Glens Falls, New York
City Charter and Code online
Greater Glens Falls Transit Bus Information (at Warren County website)
The Corners: Glens Falls Community History Project (at Internet Archive
Internet Archive
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