Southern Saratoga's news and information source
March 10, 2010 | DrMarotta | Living | 0 Comments
CLIFTON PARK (March 10) -- Health means more than just not having a disease or being sick. The World Health Organization defines Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Modern societies idea of "health" has become so
[ read more ]
March 7, 2010 | DrFerguson | Living | 0 Comments
CLIFTON PARK (March 7) -- You need to understand that your brain and your nervous system totally control you -- all of you. Every little bit. They control the function of every organ, cell and tissue; your brain and nervous system control every part of your being. They are comparable to a super comp
[ read more ]
March 7, 2010 | Editor | Food, Living | 0 Comments
MECHANICVILLE (March 7) -- For Park 19 Cookies, this year's Academy Awards celebration could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Or at least a sweet business relationship. Park 19 was chosen to provide cookies for gift bags given to Oscar dignitaries staying at the Four Seasons Hotel i
[ read more ]
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
[ read more ]
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
[ read more ]
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
[ read more ]
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
[ read more ]
Part 1 of 2: Main courses and side dishes HALFMOON (Jan. 17) -- If you're cooking a Valentines Day meal for your sweetie, do the two of you a favor and don't overdo it. After all, what fun will your evening be if you're tired after cooking all day. But just because you didn't toil away at a ho
[ read more ]
CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 15) -- The initial reports on the 12th barely made the news, a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. After all it was only a few days ago we heard of a 6-something quake off California that caused only minimal damage. The days following, though, unveiled the horror that had been unleashed upon
[ read more ]
BALLSTON SPA (Jan. 14) -- Connie Frisbee Houde kept getting asked to speak about Afghanistan. But she worried that her information wasn't up to date. After all, she hadn't been to the country since 2005. So she decided she had to go back -- and she took her camera. The photographs she took dur
[ read more ]
CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 13) -- Rehearsals have begun for the Shenendehowa High School Musical Company’s production of “Anything Goes,” which will be performed March 18-20 at 7:30 p.m. in High School East. Set primarily on a luxury liner from Manhattan to London in 1934, this musical farce has ha
[ read more ]
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
[ read more ]
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
[ read more ]
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. ...
