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Prime Time: Personality, deep voice help 'sell' samples
Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
Bob Brooks has a loyal following as he urges shoppers to sample foods at Price Chopper markets.
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Prime Time: Speed skater took up the sport at age 60
Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
Bill Sheldon started speed skating when he turned 60, and now, almost five years later, is skating three times a week and entering competitions across the Northeast.
Prime Time: 'The sheriff' brings line dancers to nursing homes
Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
All it took was one country-themed cruise and Frank LaFave was on his way to becoming a dance floor cowboy.
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Prime Time: Ruth Schottman, 85, still educating others on the environment
Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
As a child growing up in Austria, Ruth Schottman developed a close bond with the natural world. It continues to this day, as Schottman, 85, teaches others about the world around them.
Hot buttered rum has roots dating before American Revolution
Friday, Dec. 14, 2012
In the time before the American Revolution, no holiday celebration was complete without revelers lifting up glasses of hot buttered rum, or some similar rum concoction, and toasting the night away.
Area notables share some of their favorite family traditions
Friday, Dec. 14, 2012
Shrimp, balls of yarn, gorilla movies and funny cards all mean the holidays are here for well-known personalities who live and visit in the Capital Region. Local celebrities were happy to share their favorite traditions for autumn and winter gatherings. Some stories may sound familiar — some may sound inspired.
Dutch traditions rooted in Old World
Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
In early December, when Americans are busy with Christmas shopping and baking, the Dutch are having fun with their families and neighbors.
Homemade greeting cards add personal touch to holidays
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012
It’s that time of year when holiday greeting cards start showing up in mailboxes. But which mailbox should you check this year — the one stuck on a pole at the end of driveway or the one associated with your email account?
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Many ways to ‘Explore the Night’ Dec. 31 in Saratoga
Friday, Nov. 30, 2012
“Explore the Night” is the theme of this year’s First Night Saratoga, to be held from 5 until midnight on New Year’s Eve in downtown Saratoga Springs.
Our Christmas essay contest
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012
Olivia Kaye was the winner of our first Christmas essay contest, which invited children to tell us what they loved about their communities during the holidays. Here we share some of the other entries we received. While they didn't win the contest, we thought our readers would enjoy them.
