Tag: New York

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    Farmers reel as organic dairy giant dumps them

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    Advocates seek action to aid dozens of farms in Vermont, New York   Several dozen organic dairy farms in Vermont and upstate New York, including 17 in Washington County alone, are looking for new buyers for their milk after Danone, the multinational corporation that owns the Horizon Organic brand, announced it will stop buying from read more

    Farmers reel as organic dairy giant dumps them
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    Redistricting reform that fails by design

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    Sometimes a flawed effort at political reform is still better than no reform at all. And as recently as a few months ago, some of us hoped that would be the case with New York’s new Independent Redistricting Commission. But as summer has turned to fall and next year’s deadlines for redrawing New York’s political read more

    Redistricting reform that fails by design
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    Election 2021

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    Here are the major local candidates and referendum questions on ballots for the Nov. 2 election in New York and Massachusetts. A guide to political party abbreviations is in the box at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). A brief summary follows the candidate listings for each county. Because of space limitations, municipal-level read more

    Election 2021
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    Political clock ticking for new governor

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    As 2022 race looms, Hochul enjoys ties forged in local visits New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who took office Aug. 24 after the resignation of Andrew Cuomo, is well known to local political leaders. Courtesy photo     By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer   New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who took over Aug. 24 after the read more

    Political clock ticking for new governor
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    New York’s new governor, and the promise of change

    In terms of tone and style, one can only marvel at the difference a month has made.At the beginning of August, there was Andrew Cuomo, still ensconced at the Executive Mansion in Albany, and still working tirelessly to control the narrative of each day’s events – and of the scandal that was enveloping his governorship. read more

    New York’s new governor, and the promise of change
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    Amid the day’s news, advice for the heart

    Quick-thinking newspaper editors in the 19th century came up with puns and jokes to fill any white space left on pages after the news and advertising were laid out. It’s not clear if deadline pressures percolated Zen-like moments of inspiration or if, like a beat reporter, editors kept notebooks of quirky humorous material from which read more

    Amid the day’s news, advice for the heart
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    For the love of horses

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      The thoroughbreds run at Saratoga Race Course in a scene from 2013. Photo by Joan K. Lentini   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. The first race was an hour away as fans poured through the turnstiles at Saratoga Race Course on the first Sunday of this summer’s thoroughbred meet, but already there read more

    For the love of horses
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    Campaign veteran returns to his roots

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    Skidmore graduate learned early lessons in local, regional races   Eric Hyers, who grew up in North Adams and studied political science at Skidmore College, became a prominent campaign strategist for red-state Democrats. Now he’s back in the area to manage a congressional campaign. Courtesy photo   By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer   Most people would read more

    Campaign veteran returns to his roots
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    Winning team fueled a village’s passion for baseball

    The start-up, semi-professional baseball team in Granville, N.Y., had a perfect record for the season so far, and local businessmen decided the village needed a new ballfield that would fit the team’s caliber. “Granville has the baseball fever in the worst way,” The Granville Sentinel reported on Aug. 9, 1889. A local investment group met read more

    Winning team fueled a village’s passion for baseball
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    For Saratoga and for horses, reform is the better course

    The animal rights movement has earned a reputation for extremism in recent decades, and there are many within the movement who hold to the notion that animals should be treated the peers of humans, deserving of the same freedoms. Some activists would, if they could, undo the centuries of human domestication of animals — and read more

    For Saratoga and for horses, reform is the better course