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CLIFTON PARK (Feb. 14) -- Melissa Grattan had special Valentines Day plans for her husband of 10 years. They would spend a nice romantic morning together -- competing in an indoor triathlon at the Southern Saratoga YMCA. Not only that, but Melissa Grattan -- who owns Make It Fit, a personal fitne
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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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SCHENECTADY (Jan. 9) -- Tara Akstull's dream was to play for the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team. Little did she imagine that when she was on the ice with the Olympians she would be wearing an opponents' uniform. And that she would end up scoring against the team. And finally she would be named
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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 1) -- Kandy was a key ingredient in Walter McKay's weight-loss success. McKay had already lost over 50 pounds -- a lot of weight but nowhere near enough -- when he decided he needed help. He was making great progress, but he was still around 430 pounds. He realized he could use
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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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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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CLIFTON PARK (Oct. 22) -- Christine Renzi never intended to become a diver. She was a swimmer, but the Knolls swim team didn't have room for another swimmer. But there was an opening for a diver. With the fearlessness of a 9-year-old, she said she'd do it. Now -- 8 years later -- she's the senior
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HALFMOON (Oct. 18) -- Ballston Spa's John Noonan was the top finisher Sunday in the 7th annual Mohawk Towpath Byway Duathlon. Noonan finished the duathlon -- a 2.2-mile run, a 16-mile bicycle race and then another 2.2-mile run -- in 1 hour, 10 minutes and 32 seconds. Schenectady's Steve Becker wa
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CLIFTON PARK (Sept. 28) -- Rev. Johan Bosman knows how to lead his flock. With a time of 18 minutes, 16 seconds, the pastor at Christ Community Reformed Church finished first in the church's annual 5-kilometer race. The USA Track and Field-sanctioned run was part of an annual community celebratio
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CLIFTON PARK -- Southern Saratoga moms and dads no longer have to drive all over the Capital Region to take their children to swim-team practice. Thanks to the new Shenendehowa Aquatics Center, there is a new USA Swimming-affiliated team in Southern Saratoga, the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Piranhas.
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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. ...
