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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
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CLIFTON PARK (March 3) -- When Alpin Haus started looking to add a location in Saratoga County, it first focused on Saratoga Springs. That was before the folks at Clifton Park Center started pointing out the advantages of Southern Saratoga. On Tuesday, the mall announced that Alpin Haus had decid
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CLIFTON PARK (Feb. 22) -- A great idea, perfect timing and a strong team effort enabled Shenendehowa high school students to win a $77,137 grant to set up a composting program for the school district. The program aims to start in the high schools by getting students and teachers to dump their bio
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CLIFTON PARK (Feb. 21) -- How many of you have felt uneasy about the amount of soft drinks your children consume each day? If your intuition has given you internal "warnings," you are correct. As a chiropractor who has taken care of hundreds of children over the past 5 years and done extensive re
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HALFMOON (Feb. 18) -- If you're looking for some traditional Irish food this St. Patrick's Day, skip the corned beef and cabbage. The dish -- like the St. Patrick's Day parade -- is an American invention. It was created by immigrants, likely in New York or Boston. Back in the old sod, beef would
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MECHANICVILLE (Feb. 10) -- If your special Valentine is hot, you might want to let him or her know with something that's as spicy as your love. You can with a spicy chocolate chili cookie from Park 19 Cookies. Of course, if your sweetheart is a sweetie, Park 19's Valentines Day cookie collection
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CLIFTON PARK (Feb. 10) -- Anyone can head to the chain drugstore to buy a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentines Day, but how special is that? Does it show how special your love is -- even if you opt for one of the mass-produced "gourmet" chocolate companies? There are much better -- more
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CLIFTON PARK (Feb. 4) -- Pasta Pane, the newest eatery from Saratoga Springs restauranteur David Zecchini, officially opens for business at 5 p.m. Saturday. But before it does, the restaurant will be holding a preview party to benefit Hannah's Hope Fund. From 5-8 p.m. Friday, there will be free s
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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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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. ...
