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CLIFTON PARK (June 16) — The kindergarteners at Mother Theresa Academy love to read. In fact, Wednesday they were given a choice of what to do during free time. They opted to read. "When I was in kindergarten I was all about the toys," said Tara Durning, one of the school's kindergarten teac
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CLIFTON PARK (June 15) — California Transit Authority — featuring drummer Danny Seraphine, a founding member of the band Chicago — will headline this year’s July 4th celebration at the Clifton Common. From 1967 to 1990, Seraphine played on and helped produce 18 gold and 13 platinum albums
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BALLSTON LAKE (June 10) — Summer is definitely approaching. And this means for a lot of you, including myself, the kids will be home. Kids' organization is always a monumental task for families. Their stuff just seems to migrate everywhere! The first point is the idea of limits. Without some o
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CLIFTON PARK (June 9) — The second-graders at Okte Elementary each received a great gift Wednesday — a gift that could be a lifesaver. When the bike riders of the Brain2 Project rolled into the school's parking lot, the students were given bike helmets courtesy of Martin, Harding & Mazzotti.
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STILLWATER (June 3) — Jeff Foley never intended to be a photography. The aspiring writer was paying the bills by working in public relations, freelancing stories for anyone who would pay him — and even some who wouldn't. Before he and his wife were set to go on a vacation 8 years ago, he b
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BALLSTON LAKE (June 2) — During her years of tending bar, Desireé Kelléigh has learned a few things about people. For example, she knows a lot of them are lonely. They're tired of online dating and the bar scenes, but they don't have much time to try to go out and meet people. Enter speed
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CLIFTON PARK (May 27) — Members of the Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard are no longer in the service, but that doesn't mean they're done serving. Five days a week members of the guard's 6 squadrons are on duty providing military honors — playing taps, firing a rifle salute, folding and
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CLIFTON PARK (May 25) — Gary Contessa, New York's top trainer for the past 4 years, knows what it will take to save horse racing in the state. "We're VLTs (video lottery terminals) away from being the top of the heap," he said. "But we need a governor that will make it happen." Making it hap
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BALLSTON LAKE (May 24) — Welcome all to my first column here on SoSara! I am excited to join this site and hopefully provide you with tons of useful info on how to get more organized. My first topic is mail. It seems everyone I talk to has problems with mail. When to process it, how to manage i
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CLIFTON PARK (May 19) — Kelli Kniss was a new teacher at Karigon Elementary when she heard about how the school was using Operation Respect as part of its morning program. She mentioned she knew someone at the nonprofit organization and that perhaps she could arrange something special for the scho
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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. ...
