Tag: Glens Falls

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    Seeking the inner harmony

    ‘Vibroacoustic’ technique taps healing power of musical vibrations By STACEY MORRISContributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. The asphalt streets of downtown Glens Falls are only a few hundred feet from Dennis Dominick’s office on Thomson Street office, but in figurative terms, the concrete jungle and all of its stressors are a million miles away. Inside, Dominick read more

    Seeking the inner harmony
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    Flow of military gear to local police raises questions

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    By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer   QUEENSBURY, N.Y. The mine-resistant armored personnel carrier was built to help U.S. troops survive roadside bomb attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, but its new home is among malls and outlet stores here in the foothills of the Adirondacks.Last fall, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office was among eight local police agencies read more

    Flow of military gear to local police raises questions
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    Blurring the dividing line between police, soldiers

    It’s hard to imagine the circumstances that would prompt the president of the United States to dispatch military troops to keep order in our peaceful, mostly rural region of New England and upstate New York. It could happen, of course, but most of us assume it would only happen in the event of some incredible read more

    Blurring the dividing line between police, soldiers
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    Auction yields no bids for Glens Falls arena

    The city of Glens Falls is seeking a new round of bids for its money-losing Civic Center after a public auction of the facility last month failed to attract any bidders. The Civic Center, a 4,700-seat sports arena and performance venue at the foot of Glen Street downtown, has operated at a loss since it read more

    Auction yields no bids for Glens Falls arena
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    Taking a stand for unadulterated food

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    May 24 festival is local observance of global anti-GMO event By STACEY MORRISContributing writer   Joan K. Lentini photo   GLENS FALLS, N.Y. When Sue Duncan decided to spearhead this year’s March Against Monsanto in Glens Falls, she decided to fight the infamous corporate agribusiness giant not with a line of protesters, but with good read more

    Taking a stand for unadulterated food
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    Farm to office — new destination for agricultural deliveries

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    By TRACY FRISCH Contributing writer As a teenager in the Champlain Valley of New York, Adam Hainer sold vegetables from his home garden at a farmers market.   But he didn’t imagine farming could ever provide his livelihood until he met Melody Horn, his future partner, at a now-defunct microgreens farm. They wound up starting read more

    Farm to office — new destination for agricultural deliveries
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    Inside tales from New York’s troubled child welfare system

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    By TRACY FRISCH Contributing writer     GLENS FALLS, N.Y.Sid, a delicate-boned young woman with a tough veneer and numerous piercings, spent most of her high school years in detention. By her own account, her trip through the nether world of New York’s child welfare system began when she was 14, after she took the read more

    Inside tales from New York’s troubled child welfare system
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    Celebrating a folk legend

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    Performances around region mark Woody Guthrie centennial By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer Woody Guthrie, one of America’s great voices during the Great Depression and World War II, was a restless soul. Leaving his home in Okemah, Okla., at the age of 18, he spent the next 23 years wandering the nation, moving frequently and traveling read more

    Celebrating a folk legend
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    Peer-support approach challenges long-held views of mental illness

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    Peer-support approach challenges long-held views of mental illness By TRACY FRISCH Contributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. Brad Morrow had his first encounter with the mental health system when he was in his late 30s. In the space of 15 minutes, a psychiatrist he’d never met before told him he had bipolar disorder, gave him some read more

    Peer-support approach challenges long-held views of mental illness
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    Art for the birds

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    By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. An art exhibit next month at Crandall Public Library will help to protect the population of short-eared owls, northern harriers and other raptors that depend on the Washington County Grasslands, a 13,000-acre network of farm fields that has been threatened with development. The juried art show, Birds read more

    Art for the birds