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.
Irv supervises the city desk and local news coverage. He jointed The Gazette in 1999 after previous positions with The Post-Star in Glens Falls, the former Knickerbocker News in Albany and the Antelope Valley Press in Palmdale, Calif.
