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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 30) -- When Wheatfields made the pledge "from local fields to your plate," the restaurant never realized how difficult it would be. Afterall, the Hudson Valley is a fertile farming area growing a variety of delicious foods. How to get those foods to the two Wheatfields location
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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 29) -- For 4 days, every time the telephone rang Cindy Schmehl worried. She hoped for the best but prepared for the worst. Ever since the Haiti earthquake, Schmehl worried about the 29 children at the Orphanage of Good Faith in Port au Prince. "It's one of those situations wher
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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 29) -- Whenever the temperature drops, like clockwork, I have women (and men) come through my door telling me that their skin has just changed. What I hear is: “Oh my goodness ... my eyes! I feel like they are looking so old, and this happened overnight!” The majority of t
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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 28) --Saratoga County Public Health Nursing Services will be offering H1N1 flu clinics for students, parents, siblings 4 years and older, staff and the general public in the Shenendehowa and Mechanicville school district. The Shen clinic will be 4-7 p.m. Feb. 11 at district off
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Part 2 of 2: Easy yet elegant desserts HALFMOON (Jan. 27) -- You've just finished a wonderful main course, but what's a romantic dinner without a sweet dessert. You're a good cook, but you can't bake worth a lick. What are you going to do? "You can buy a beautiful dessert," said Judy Donovan,
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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 26) -- So you get into a car accident or slip on some ice, what do you do? If the accident is not serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room, many people just take some pain killers to help alleviate the pain until the injury heals. They do not realize, however, that N
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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 26) -- A singing competition for children ages 6-17 and a best soup contest are two highlights of this year’s 20th annual WinterFest, an event with fun for the whole family in several sites throughout town, held this year on Feb. 13. The Clifton Park Community Chorus will per
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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 23) -- Lisa Giruzzi thinks most people trying to make a change -- in their careers, in their habits or in their lives -- approach things the wrong way. They concentrate on what is wrong. Instead, she says, they should be building upon what they are doing right. This is true, sh
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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 help small businesses and save jobs. Not the town of Halfmoon, according to Dolce and Biscotti owner Mary Baldi-Fron. She said that Halfmoon's sign ordinance, prohibiting A-frame
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BALLSTON SPA (Jan. 18) -- The Ballston Journal's history took a turn out of a Frank Capra movie. What's left to be seen is if it will have a happy ending. The plot: Multinational corporation decides to close 211-year-old community newspaper, but hometown girl steps in to save it -- with Angela Mc
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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. ...
