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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

With millions of dollars flowing through Governor Andrew Cuomo’s competitive economic development initiatives, folks who make their living in the Capital Region through creative means decided they wanted to get a stab at those funds, too.

The Governor divided the state into several economic regions. Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties are part of the Capital Region, which …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Six months after we first sought information on Aeon Nexus’s $145,000 loan/grant from Empire State Development (ESD) to renovate its 174 Glen Street (former Russell & Wait) building in Glens Falls, the state agency finally provided 63 documents totaling more than 150 pages.

Here’s what we know, based on the documents we received on April 20, and our previous reporting:

• Aeon Nexus’s $145,000 …

Lawn & Garden issue Queensbury Hotel plans rooftop bar. Grow garlic, she says. Benefits of communities owning forests. First local buyer of all-electric car – Chevy Bolt. Alexander West trial, day by day. Aeon Nexus loan status. Fort Ann’s Old Stone House Library reopens. C.R. Bard to sell for $24-billion. 3 worst lawn pests. O’Reilly Auto Parts store coming to SGF. Fiber Tour this weekend. Concerts, comedy, shows… Page after …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Chronicle conducted a wide-ranging phone interview on April 17 with Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as she reached the 100-day mark of her second two-year term. What we learned included:

• She said she’ll definitely run for a third term in 2018. She noted: “We won every county in a district which is traditionally a swing district, and we won by over 30 points.”
• She

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Ellen Apperson Brown of Virginia has written a book — John Apperson’s Lake George — about her great-uncle, the pioneering Lake George environmentalist. It’s coming out in May.

Somewhat surprising even to Ms. Brown — “funny,” she calls it — is that the book she said she has long dreamed of writing finally got picked up by Arcadia Publishing, best known for its Images …