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Anthony and Filomena Fiacco never dreamed when they planted a blue spruce in their front yard nearly 30 years ago that the tree would someday be on display in Albany as an official state holiday tree.
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Fort Hood rampage
posted Nov. 6, 2009

Silver Warriors advance in field hockey
posted Nov. 5, 2009

Dagostino elected sheriff
posted Nov. 4, 2009



Veteran status issue in layoffs
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

It’s already complicated to predict who will get laid off if the city’s proposed budget passes at the end of this month, and veterans’ priority tangles the issue even more.


Saratoga Springs Democrats have work to do after election defeats
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

Tuesday’s Republican sweep of city races underscores the problems in the fractured city Democratic Party, observers of city politics said the day after the election.

Man’s essay wins national contest
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

Robert Goepfert of Ballston Lake is a theater reviewer, a former director of the Palace Theatre in Albany, a playwright and now the grand prize winner of a national essay contest.



Hearing tonight on ’10 budget
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

A public hearing on the town’s preliminary 2010 budget, which cuts spending by more than $300,000, will be held at 7 tonight in the Town Hall on Clifton Park Center Road.


Clifton Park Supervisor Barrett easily wins 6th term
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

Five-term Clifton Park town supervisor Philip Barrett won an easy victory Tuesday, defeating William “Bill” Casey, a former president of the Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education, by a 2-to-1 ratio.

New cake shop plans mobile service
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

Bettie’s Cakes will have a mobile version soon after it opens this month in Saratoga Springs.


Barrett remains Clifton Park supervisor; Bowen re-elected sheriff
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

In Clifton Park, five-term Supervisor Philip Barrett easily defeated Democratic Challenger Bill Casey.

Johnson easily re-elected mayor of Saratoga Springs
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

Mayor Scott Johnson coasted to re-election today, taking 60 percent of the vote over Democratic challenger Ron Kim, with 92 percent of precincts reporting.

Photo of Ruiz to step down as chairman of GlobalFoundries
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

Hector Ruiz, chairman of the GlobalFoundries board of directors, will take a voluntary leave of absence effective immediately before resigning from the company in January, the company’s board announced today. Dr. Ruiz had submitted his resignation in September with an effective date of January 4.

Saratoga Springs schools working on bike rules
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

New bike-to-school regulations for the city school district’s six elementary schools and Maple Avenue Middle School could be announced soon.
Planning committees at each of the schools buildings are busy developing regulations for those buildings, according to district officials.
The district’s old policy — forbidding students from riding their bikes to the elementary schools or Maple Avenue Middle School — was criticized by parents and community members as well as by people from across the country and even Canada via the Internet. Former House speaker and conservative author Newt Gingrich even sent the district a letter encouraging the school board to adopt a policy that encouraged biking and walking to school for the students’ health.

Schools working on biking rules
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

New bike-to-school regulations for the city school district’s six elementary schools and Maple Avenue Middle School could be announced soon.

County’s sheriff, DA running for re-election
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

The county’s two top law enforcement officials, both Republicans, are both up for re-election next Tuesday in the only countywide elections.


Sch'dy men plead guilty to stabbing outside Saratoga night club
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

A pair of Schenectady men are expected to be sentenced to prison for stabbing and beating another man outside of a Saratoga Springs night club in February.



More bone pieces in woods near skull
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Following a hunter’s discovery of a child’s skull near Lake Desolation, police Wednesday searched the area with cadaver dogs and turned up more bone fragments before rain ended the effort. Police said they expect to continue combing the area today.



Water Authority forecast ‘rosier’ than expected
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

The county Water Authority won’t need to be bailed out by the county next year after all.




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