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CLIFTON PARK (March 6) -- Some Koda Middle School students are receiving lessons in sewing -- and in helping others. The 7th-graders are learning how to sew in their family and consumer sciences (FACS) class by creating quilts for children who could use some extra comforting. The 10 community ser
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CLIFTON PARK (Feb. 3) -- Lori Sames has a short-term goal -- a big one -- and she's focused on doing everything she can to make sure she succeeds. She has until Feb. 15 to finish raising $500,000, and she is so close -- about $20,000 away. The money is important for her long-term goal: saving her
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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. 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
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CLIFTON PARK (Dec. 14) -- The economy has gotten so bad that even Santa's helpers need some assistance this year. For example, almost every year the YWCA of Troy-Cohoes has no problem finding people and companies to adopt its women in need for the holidays -- providing gifts, toiletries and suppl
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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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BALLSTON SPA (Nov. 11) -- Today is the day when people go out of their way to thank veterans. And while they are all deserving of thanks, there is one group of veterans who deserves a lot more: those veterans who find themselves homeless. It's a bigger group than you can imagine. On any given nig
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CLIFTON PARK (Oct. 25) -- Your tardiness in returning your library books could be a good thing for hungry people in Southern Saratoga. Both the Clifton Park-Halfmoon and the Mechanicville District public libraries are holding "Food for Fines" events, during which a donation of a nonperishable ite
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CLIFTON PARK (Oct. 16) -- On Saturday, Oct. 17, Karalina's -- a combination of a women's boutique, a home decor store and a gift shop located in Clifton Park Center -- will be holding a "Power of Pink" event to raise money for the Northeastern New York Affiliate of the Komen for a Cure. [caption
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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. ...
