Category: Editorial

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    For struggling cities, lessons from Saratoga

    The construction cranes that have been moving around the downtown skyline for the past 15 years have made Saratoga Springs the envy of other small cities across the Northeast.As our cover story this month details, downtown Saratoga is booming, with new multi-story buildings springing up regularly on what had been empty or underused lots. These read more

    For struggling cities, lessons from Saratoga
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    Shrink government, but keep local control?

      News   Shrink government, but keep local control?   When it comes to streamlining government, itseems everyone loves the concept – at least untilthey hear what’s involved.As our cover story this month details, a new lawchampioned by Gov. Andrew Cuomo has latelygiven a boost to the cause of government consolidationin New York. The law read more

    Shrink government, but keep local control?
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    In energy and transport, finding future in the past

    By coincidence this month’s paper features two stories from North Bennington, Vt., about efforts to revive technologies that disappeared from the local scene roughly 60 years ago. Back in the early 1950s, the Rutland Railway abandoned all of its passenger train service, including a line through North Bennington, in the face of rising competition from read more

    In energy and transport, finding future in the past