The Arrow Family of Companies has announced the appointment of Valerie Patrenets to branch manager of the Glens Falls Main Office for its subsidiary bank Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company.
Patrenets is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the branch and meeting the financial needs of the community.
She has seven years’ experience in banking, most recently serving as branch manager of the Saratoga National Bank Corinth Office.
Before her time with Glens Falls National Bank, Patrenets served as branch manager and float personal banker with Ballston Spa National Bank.
The Corinth native attended SUNY Oswego.
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JMZ Architects and Planners, P.C., a Glens Falls-based firm specializing in higher education planning and design, has announced the addition of Theresa Loeber as project architect.
Loeber holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester and a master of architecture from the University of Colorado at Denver.
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The Warren County Historical Society (WCHS) has announced that Henry France-Miller of Glens Falls is the recipient of the 2024 Joan Aldous Memorial Scholarship.
The $250 award is given in honor of the late Joan Aldous, who was a longtime member, trustee and co-president of the WCHS. She served on the Education Committee, along with many other committees, and spearheaded “History Camp” for many years. She was a former teacher in the Queensbury Union Free School District and a past winner of the prestigious School Bell Award, and served as Queensbury Town Historian from 2017 until her passing in 2022
Henry France-Miller, son of Kristi France, will be a senior at Glens Falls High School in the fall.
He is also an International Baccalaureate student at QUFSD. He served as an intern at the WCHS during the 2023 – 2024 school year, working to develop an activity book for 4th graders about the upcoming 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. He also authored an article about The Shirt Factory for the Society’s online publication, Rewind. His exemplary work, along with an essay he wrote about the importance of history education in schools today, earned him this prize, which the Aldous family presented to him at a recent ceremony at the WCHS.
The Joan Aldous Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually in July. Criteria for the recipient are: service as a student intern at the WCHS for at least one semester; demonstrated interest in history and/or education; desire to pursue a career in history and/or education; and submission of a one-page essay about the importance of history education.
The scholarship is open to Warren County high school or college students with an interest in history. The WCHS Student Internship program, History in the Making, is open to county high school or college students and is an opportunity to learn about the history of the local area while obtaining hands-on experience learning the skills of professional historians. For more information, email execdir@wcnyhs.org.