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SARATOGA SPRINGS
Ballston Spa team wins Environthon
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The Ballston Spa Blue team compiled a total of 510 points to win the Saratoga Regional Envirothon competition recently at Saratoga Spa State Park.
SCHENECTADY
Separated by generations, penpals meet
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Mont Pleasant Middle School students have been writing with residents at The Avenue nursing home all year, and on Tuesday they got to meet their penpals at the Altamont Avenue facility.
CAPITAL REGION
More using strategies to cut cost of drugs
Sunday, May 19, 2013
One in five adults skip medications or don’t take them as prescribed to save money.
SCHENECTADY
Community Action Program brings in human element
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The goal of the Schenectady Community Action Program’s new story-sharing campaign, Long Story Short, is to educate people about the work SCAP does to lift people out of poverty, provide a deeper understanding of what it’s like to be poor and counteract negative stereotypes about poor people.
SCHENECTADY
Fire victims remembered at emotional service
Saturday, May 18, 2013
On a sunny Saturday morning, the mood inside Bond Funeral Home was gray, with dark clouds of emotion brimming with electricity. This was not a quiet service.
WILTON
WarHorse helps heal invisible wounds
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Saratoga WarHorse is a three-day program in natural horsemanship, sometimes referred to as horse whispering, that pairs struggling veterans with retired thoroughbreds.
CAPITAL REGION
Colleges celebrate students’ achievements at ceremonies
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Colleges and universities across the region graduated nearly 5,000 students at five separate ceremonies Saturday, with commencement speakers and graduating classes as diverse as the Capital Region.
NISKAYUNA
Fun + friendship + food + fireworks = Niska Day
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The Vegas theme for the 32nd edition of Niska Day meant jugglers, acrobats and Elvis impersonators.
CAPITAL REGION
Tuesday is decision day for school voters
Saturday, May 18, 2013
School leaders have spent months grappling with how to control rising costs and still preserve educational quality. Now voters will have their say Tuesday.
CAPITOL
Assemblyman in harassment scandal changes mind, quits immediately
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing and intimidating young women staffers for years notified the Assembly Saturday that he will resign before he’s expelled from the Legislature.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Saratoga Springs Dems endorse Ellis, Martin in county supervisor races
Saturday, May 18, 2013
A political novice and a once-beaten candidate will round out the Saratoga Springs Democratic Committee’s slate of hopefuls for this fall.
SCHENECTADY
Man stabbed in face during fight
Saturday, May 18, 2013
City police responded to a stabbing on Albany Street Friday evening, with a man apparently with a cut to his face after a fight, according to scanner traffic.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Saratoga Springs police seek missing 91-year-old man
Saturday, May 18, 2013
City police are searching for a 91-year-old man they said has been missing since Thursday afternoon.
NISKAYUNA
6 vie for 3 open seats on Niskayuna Board of Education
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Three incumbents and three challengers are vying for three seats on the Niskayuna Board of Education in Tuesday’s vote.
