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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 30) -- Money is often the focus of New Year's resolutions. To better manage finances, to get out of debt, to save more. To do so, you need a plan. The first steps are to figure out what you have and start saving, according to Jeff Gabriels, a lawyer who is a chartered financial
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WATERFORD (Dec. 27) -- Rev. Herbert Sanderson took Christmas off. Of course, he's earned it. Sanderson just celebrated the 50th anniversary as an Episcopal priest. So with relatives in from out of town, he asked for Christmas off. It's only the second or third time he has had Christmas off in his
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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 26) -- Sandy Roth is retiring from the Clifton Park town board after 17 years as a councilman. "Seventeen years and 1 month," said Roth, 72, who was appointed to the council in 1991 and won has first election the following year. Roth says there are two accomplishments that s
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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 23) -- The ground is covered with snow, but it's not too early to start thinking about baseball. It’s already time to register for Clifton Park Baseball’s winter workout program. Groups will meet from the end of February through the end of March. Because the local school
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BALLSTON SPA (Dec. 23) -- The Saratoga County Historical Society has named Ballston Spa's Joe Finocchio as its Brookside Museum 2009 Volunteer of the Year. “While we are deeply grateful for the work that all our volunteers do, we have made it a tradition to single out one volunteer and exp
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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 16) -- This month at Bella Rouge you can pamper yourself and help a homeless puppy while you're at it. From now until New Year's Eve, for every $5 they donate to the Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society Bella Rouge customers receive an entry into a raffle for $250 prize package
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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 14) -- The economy has gotten so bad that even Santa's helpers need some assistance this year. For example, almost every year the YWCA of Troy-Cohoes has no problem finding people and companies to adopt its women in need for the holidays -- providing gifts, toiletries and suppl
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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 10) -- Can a menorah help feed the hungry? Yes, it can. And that's what it will be doing starting Saturday at Clifton Park Center. For the fourth year in a row, Clifton Park Chabad will be building a menorah out of food cans. When Chanukah is over, the menorah will be dissem
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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 8) -- Vincent Laurenzo loves Christmas, and it shows. Big time. If you don't believe it, just drive by his company, Quick Response Restoration, on Route 9. Or better yet, stop by and visit this weekend -- and bring the kids. In addition to the mammoth lights display, the
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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 4) -- You might expect a Christmas concert at a church whose history dates back to 1680 to be a little, shall we say, stuffy. You'd be wrong. When the Thursday Belles -- an English handbell group formed in 1959 by the late Helen Henshaw, who was one of the Northeast's premier b
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HALFMOON (Jan. 20) -- With the economy as bad as it is, you would think local governments would do what they could to he...
CLIFTON PARK -- Imagine a classroom full of preschoolers minding their manners -- and having fun doing it. Welcome to...
WATERFORD -- The Friends of the Waterford Library might be a small group, but it has big plans for the upcoming year. ...
