Issue: December 2023-January 2024
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A downtown on the upswing — In Saratoga’s shadow, Balston Spa finds its own path to success
In Saratoga’s shadow, Ballston Spa finds its own path to success The row of 19th century buildings along Front Street in Ballston Spa have been revitalized in recent decades, making the village a hub for shopping and dining. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. Ten minutes down the read more
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Food fight? Debate over farm bill nears
Local advocates keep tabs as Congress weighs shifts in agriculture funds, policy By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer With the threat of a government shutdown now averted until after the start of the new year, congressional leaders have reserved floor time in December to debate a new farm bill in the U.S. House. But most political read more
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Election 2023
Here are the results of major races in the Nov. 7 local elections in New York and Massachusetts. Winning candidates are in bold type. A brief summary follows the results for each county. Vote totals shown for Berkshire, Warren and Washington counties are final, official tallies that include absentee or mail-in ballots. The results for read more
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A giant of American theater — MCLA celebrates Irene Fornes
College helps to celebrate the work of Irene Fornes By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. The wildness comes from despair?… Sometimes it comes because something has changed inside. A light has gone out, … something that makes us feel joy, feel compassion, feel for others. A group of friends are keeping a read more
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Talked up for governor’s race, he stayed in the back rooms
There was a big push for women’s suffrage in New York in 1894 as the state constitutional convention was set to begin. Former U.S. Rep. Henry Gordon Burleigh, R-Whitehall, who was weighing a run for governor, was not ready to fully embrace the “petticoat platform” of the suffragettes. “Ex-Congressman Henry G. Burleigh of Whitehall hurried read more