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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 (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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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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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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HALFMOON (Oct. 25) -- When Acadia Middle School teachers Leanne Haluska and Meghan Sprissler heard their former student Ben Mayo was suffering from medulloblastoma, a type of malignant brain tumor, they knew they had to help him and his family. Mayo has been in Massachusetts General Hospital for
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BALLSTON SPA (Oct. 19) -- Forget car washes and bake sales. When some Ballston Spa students were seeking to raise funds for their senior class, they decided on something more dreadful and dramatic. Something not for the faint of heart. A haunted house and Halloween carnival. One that comes in 2 v
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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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CLIFTON PARK (Sept. 24) -- Tony Leonardi heard that one of his bandmate's children was suffering from a rare form of cancer, he decided he had to help. So Leonardi, who is a member of the Capital District Marching Band, put together a concert to benefit 8-year-old Emily Quick, the oldest of drumm
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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. ...
