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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. 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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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 9) -- Marcia Steiner will serve as the 2010 chair of the board of The Chamber of Southern Saratoga County. Steiner is executive director of the Seton Health Foundation, the charitable corporation of Seton Health, which is a comprehensive, integrated Catholic healthcare system a
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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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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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ALBANY (Nov. 29) -- For the past 5 years, participation in the Freihofer's Run for Women had been flat. The race was successful but stable. So as they were thinking about what to do for the 2009 race, the people at Rueckert Advertising & Public Relations -- which has been handling the event's mar
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MALTA (Nov. 25) -- Suppose you could turn your pocket change into $1.14 million? Guess what -- you did last year, and you can do even better this year. Just by throwing your change into the collection bottles on Stewart's Shops counters, you helped donate $1.14 million to children's charity proje
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HALFMOON (Nov. 24) -- Salty's Pub & Bistro owner John Marzilli says it's no big deal, that he wishes he could do more. He is, after all, only providing more than 300 free turkey dinners on Thanksgiving. Marzilli buys all the food and does the cooking, while the Twin Bridges Rotary handles the pub
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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. ...
