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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Mayor Diana Palmer is seeking a separate entity to run the city’s first-floor space in the former “Incubator” building and the adjacent Market Center building dubbed The Ed.

Both projects are part of the $10-million state-funded Downtown Revitalization Initiative.

“I’ve said all along that so many parts of the DRI are great, but my concern has been about the part that the City was …

Bonacio cites demand

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Bonacio Development has rented 13 of their 18 new apartments above the renovated former Sandy’s Clam Bar, Hotshots and “Incubator” buildings at 41 and 45 South Street and 36 Elm in downtown Glens Falls, Project Manager Steve Licciardi tells The Chronicle.

Monthly rents for the 1- to 3-bedroom units range from $1,100 to $2,287, said Gianna Bonacio, Marketing and Business Development …

Four headlining events and dozens of weekly favorites are set at the Lake George Winter Carnival this weekend.

Events are held on the ice, weather permitting, and around the Village, Friday to Sunday, with additional weekday events planned. Most are free. See the Web and Facebook for the very full daily schedule.

• On-Ice Car Races: This week’s featured motorized event, runs all day, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 21-22. As always,

Brigham Young University retired Jimmer Fredette’s No. 32 jersey Saturday at halftime of the Cougars’ game against Colorado. The Glens Falls native became just the fifth player in BYU basketball history to have his jersey lifted into the rafters, joining Danny Ainge, Kresimir Cosic, Mel Hutchins and Roland Minson.

“This is unbelievable,” Fredette said at the podium amid Jimmer chants.

He joked, “I have a lot of former teammates who …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

A young Glens Falls boys swim & dive team that graduated nine seniors last year exceeded expectations at this weekend’s Section 2 swim meet at Shenendowa, finishing a close second to Division 2 champion Ravena.

Of Glens Falls’s 15 sectional qualifiers, 12 were first-timers; four are 8th graders.

Eighth-grader Will Schwenker won two individual sectional titles — 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke.

He also …