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Foodies Delight

BALLSTON SPA – Local foodies have a full plate of exciting events to sample in the coming weeks, and it all begins Monday, March 12 with the first-ever Ballston Spa Dishcrawl. The third annual Saratoga County Restaurant Week follows right on its tail, beginning Friday, March 16.

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Proof Positive

MALTA – As the staff at GlobalFoundries grows, so does the team at Bentley’s Tavern on Dunning Street, where business has increased 20 percent in the past 18 months – and restaurant owner Wayne T. Beale knows exactly why.

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It Takes A Community

SARATOGA SPRINGS – As public schools across New York State begin their preliminary budgetary planning, private schools are quietly struggling to survive in a down economy.
While private schools do receive a small portion of state funding for mandated programs (typically under 5 percent of the total budget), a majority of the budget is made through tuition and fundraising. But in a down economy, these dollars are all but certain.

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Paint the Town Blue

SARATOGA SPRINGS – The month of March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, and to help raise awareness some of Saratoga Springs’ downtown streets and businesses might be looking a little blue - literally. The Cancer Services Program of Saratoga County, in conjunction with Saratoga Hospital, is coordinating a campaign called Main Streets Go Blue (MSGB.) MSGB is a month-long awareness campaign encouraging people to stay proactive in their health, while bringing attention to the threat of colorectal cancer. 

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1.7 Billion Trees and Growing

SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Tree Nursery’s annual spring seedling sale is underway, and the 250-acre site is buzzing with activity as a small team prepares to distribute more than 1.2 million trees for conservation plantings.

Think about your family’s ancestors for a minute. What do you really know about where you came from? While most of our parents would never mislead us about where our ancestors came from, perhaps they themselves were misinformed.  A family’s oral history can get twisted and tweaked as the legends are passed from generation to generation. One detail changed here, another there, and soon you’re more than a few degrees away from the truth. Without the proper documentation, you may never know otherwise.

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Facade Facelift

SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is getting a much needed update and renovation in time for the 2012 season thanks to a generous donation from an outgoing board chairman and his wife, Bill and Susan Dake.

Sunday, 29 November -0001 19:03

Facade Facelift

SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is getting a much needed update and renovation in time for the 2012 season thanks to a generous donation from an outgoing board chairman and his wife, Bill and Susan Dake.

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Mountaintop Miracle

SARANAC LAKE – From the side of Mount Marcy, where he spent nearly 20 hours enduring frostbite, hypothermia and dangerously cold weather, Steve Mastaitis survived what many would consider their worst nightmare.

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Bet On Us

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Las Vegas-style gambling could be coming to New York State, and nine of New York’s existing casinos, including Saratoga Casino and Raceway, argue that only existing licensed facilities should be allowed to host the expanded operations.

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Blotter

  • New York State Police The New York State Police announced that it issued 5,576 tickets during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day enforcement initiative. The campaign began on Friday, March 15, and continued until Sunday, March 17. During the campaign, funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, State Police utilized sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols, and underage drinking and sales to minors detail. State Police also ticketed distracted drivers who use handheld electronic devices. State Troopers arrested 132 people for DWI and investigated 199 crashes, which resulted in 25 people being injured and no fatalities. As part of the enforcement, Troopers also…

Property Transactions

  • BALLSTON Heather DiCaprio sold property at 473 Garrett Rd to Justine Levine for $288,000 Sharon Willman sold property at 99 Jenkins Rd to Charles Lemley for $165,000 CORINTH George Montena sold property at 422 Oak St to Stephen James for $142,250 Mark Makler sold property at 313 Oak St to Sabrina Sinagra for $195,000 GREENFIELD Landlord Services of Upstate New York sold property at 1935 NYS Rt 9N to Cochise Properties LLC for $210,000 MALTA  Linda LaBarge sold property at 35 Snowberry Rd to Qu Haozheng for $270,000 Dennis Mitchell sold property at 60 Village Circle North to BGRS Relocation…
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