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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Shirt Factory owner Eric Unkauf’s initiative to plant flowers between the sidewalk and road at 188 Maple Street turned into more hassle than he expected.

The City of Glens Falls issued him a violation, withdrew it, and then told him he would need to seek an encroachment permit to do such work in the future.

“This is kind of silly,” Mr. Unkauf told The …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Things got testy between himself and Mayor Diana Palmer, Warren County Sheriff Jim LaFarr admitted to the Glens Falls Common Council at their Tuesday, Aug. 11, meeting.

He’d requested opportunity to address the Council after some unpleasant back and forth with the Mayor over the County’s hiring of a City Police Officer.

“I came really to ask for a reset,” Sheriff LaFarr said. “There’s …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Erik Wemple’s story broke Monday on the New York Times website. The headline said, “Here’s a Man-Bites-Dog Story: A Newspaper That’s Doing Well.”

We thought that might be all there was to it. We had no idea if our story would appear in the print edition.

But Tuesday morning I did check The Times front page — and there was The Chronicle feature started at …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The City of Glens Falls released a new downtown parking map “designed to help residents, visitors, employees and business owners quickly identify the parking option that best meets their needs.”

It shows locations of free all-day street parking, downtown time-limited parking, municipal lots, parking garages, permit parking locations, and evening and weekend parking options.

A dotted-line circle marks areas within a five-minute walk to …

Dear Mr. Frost:

I have been following The Chronicle’s coverage of the permit parking resolution, including the mayor’s comments after the Council tabled it on July 28.

I own 128 and 132 Glen Street and I have invested in downtown Glens Falls because I believe in it. I think this proposal shows real disregard for everyone who has done the same.

There is one fact I have not seen anyone …