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‘Angels in disguise’

Here’s a nice little holiday cheer/good will story to remind you that people are still doing good things. That’s what I thought of when I received this email in my box today and spoke with a manager at Stewart’s in Clifton Park. First some background: ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  18 Nov 2009

Soldier’s funeral

Staff Sgt. Amy Tirador’s body will ride through Saratoga County Tuesday before reaching her final resting place in the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Tirador, a 29-year-old Arabic-speaking interrogator and interpreter, died on a U.S. ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Fred Phelps

School positions filled

The Saratoga Springs City Council may be aiming to cut dozens of positions, including several police officers and firefighters, but the city school district’s Board of Education filled two administrative positions Tuesday. Deborah Balcanoff, the school ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  12 Nov 2009

Jody Tanner Karla Memorial Fund

Need your hair cut or done? Do it for a good cause! Local hair salon, The Strand, will donate all proceeds from cuts made Friday, Nov. 20 to the “Jody (Tanner) Karla Memorial Fund.” The fund is in memory of Jody, a sister of Kerri Tanner, a hair ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  12 Nov 2009

Saratoga Reads

A book about an English Channel island that fell to Nazi Germany during World War II has been selected by public vote as this year’s book of choice for Saratoga Reads, a community-wide reading program launching its sixth year. The winning book is “The ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Winning caregiving essay

Your insiders’ source for what’s happening around Saratoga County. A Ballston Lake man whose wife suffers from Lou Gehrig’s Disease has been named the grand prize winner in a national essay contest. Bob Goepfert’s essay was chosen as the overall winner ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Lou Gehrig,  U.S. Republican Party

Yum: Fresh, local and organic

Your insiders’ source for what’s happening around Saratoga County. The Saratoga Springs Division Street Elementary School will host the Saratoga Farmers’ Market during fall and winter months starting Saturday. The weekly market relocates into the ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Salvation Army,  Jim Bowen

Two deaths spark concern

Your insiders’ source for what’s happening around Saratoga County. Two young girls. Two sets of remains found by hunters. Both in the same area in Greenfield. One was stabbed, the other believed killed. Both were last seen in the same general area in ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  1 Nov 2009

Campaign ‘09

Here’s a little information hub designed to help residents of the county’s two biggest communities – Saratoga Springs and Clifton Park – make educated votes next Tuesday. Here’s a link to videos of the Oct. 15 candidate debates for Saratoga Springs ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: League of Women Voters

Dear Yankees fans

Your insiders’ source for what’s happening around Saratoga County. I am a pure-bred, die hard New Yorker, except when it comes to baseball. That’s because I grew up loving the Philadelphia Phillies of the 1970s – Mike Schmidt, Greg Luzinski, Gary ...

From DENNIS YUSKO, Albany Times-Union,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Philadelphia Phillies,  Mike Schmidt,  Greg Luzinski,  Steve Carlton

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