Tag: New York

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    NY’s shifting political ground

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    Redistricting poses risks for Delgado, Stefanik, Tonko   Mark Wilson illustration   By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer   The arrangement of congressional districts across eastern New York could be altered dramatically in the coming months as the state embarks on the once-a-decade redrawing of its political maps. The redistricting process, always full of intrigue and surprises, read more

    NY’s shifting political ground
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    Soothing scent, striking color

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    Lavender is key crop at a Columbia County floral farm   Seen across a field of lavender in bloom, visitors gather at a pick-your-own operation at Vine Gate Lavender Floral Farm in Hillsdale, N.Y. Susan Sabino photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HILLSDALE, N.Y. As a heat wave swept into the Taconic hills in early read more

    Soothing scent, striking color
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    Free clinic aims to fill health-care gap

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    Organizers plan large-scale event, open to all, at fairgrounds   Karen Weinberg, one of the organizers of free medical clinic planned for early October, seeks volunteers for the project at a June event at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Joan K. Lentini photo   By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer EASTON, N.Y. A large-scale free medical clinic planned read more

    Free clinic aims to fill health-care gap
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    On the seventh day, local blue laws ruled

    The 1886 Independence Day celebration in Glens Falls took on the feeling of a New Year’s Eve party when July Fourth fell on a Sunday, delaying the festivities until Monday, July 5. “When the hands of the clock passed the hour of midnight this morning, removing the restraints of the Sabbath, a score of patriotic read more

    On the seventh day, local blue laws ruled
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    With new district lines, give voters more power

    Like so many things in Albany, the process of drawing New York’s political district lines has a long history as an insider’s game, with most of the real work carried out behind closed doors.Through much of the last century and into the current one, when maps of the state’s legislative and congressional districts had to read more

    With new district lines, give voters more power
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    Culture clash

    Cambridge NY Board of Education President Neil Gifford considers how best to protect the diverse members of the student body. By Craig Idlebrook read more

    Culture clash
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    Healthy food and fine art

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      The artist Laurie Goodhart worked at painting ceramic shards in her Cambridge, N.Y., studio last month in preparation for an upcoming exhibit. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. Just up the hill from a blossoming magnolia tree sits the lifeblood of Laurie Goodhart’s 8-acre property: the garden. Stepping inside read more

    Healthy food and fine art
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    New role will test Stefanik’s green positions

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    Rise into GOP leadership creates new pressures to adhere to party line By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer   U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, recently elevated to the House Republicans’ No. 3 leadership post, has a significantly more moderate record on environmental issues than Liz Cheney, the Wyoming congresswoman Stefanik replaced. That’s prompting some environmental advocates and political read more

    New role will test Stefanik’s green positions
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    Presidential loss cost local congressman his seat

    President Chester Arthur, who was born in Vermont and lived for a portion of his childhood in Greenwich, N.Y., was loyal to his friends. “His credo was stay by your friends — fight your enemies,” The Granville Sentinel wrote on Nov. 26, 1886. U.S. Rep. Henry G. Burleigh, R-Whitehall, was “a warm personal friend” of read more

    Presidential loss cost local congressman his seat
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    In debate over mascots, choose right side of history

    Perhaps we should have seen it coming. But even in our current era of partisan polarization, it still is sometimes surprising to discover which issue or situation will become the focal point of the next culture-war battle. As our cover story this month details, public school officials in a handful of districts around the region read more

    In debate over mascots, choose right side of history