Tag: New York

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    Democrats line up to challenge Faso, Stefanik

      News July 2017   Democrats line up to challenge Faso, Stefanik   More than a dozen Democratic hopefuls have stepped forward in recent weeks to say they’re planning or considering challenges to U.S. Reps. John Faso and Elise Stefanik in 2018.The two Republican incumbents, whose districts stretch across much of eastern New York, have read more

    Democrats line up to challenge Faso, Stefanik
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    Teacher connects stories from World War II, Holocaust

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    Teacher’s living-history project puts faces to World War II, Holocaust By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HUDSON FALLS, N.Y.   Matthew Rozell, a high school history teacher in Hudson Falls, stands in front of a classroom display of newspaper front pages from the World War II era. He will retire this month after 30 years of teaching, read more

    Teacher connects stories from World War II, Holocaust
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    Pedal power for the masses

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    Bike-sharing program to start in July in Saratoga, Troy By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.   The bicycle lane along Excelsior Avenue in Saratoga Springs might soon have more traffic as the Capital District Transportation Authority sets up a series of area bike-sharing stations. Joan K. Lentini photo Anyone who needs a bike to read more

    Pedal power for the masses
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    Internet equality for all?

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    Some in region warn of fallout in battle over net neutrality By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer   The future of the Internet is at stake in regulatory changes now being debated in Washington, and the effects of these changes will be felt in local offices, living rooms and libraries, area advocates say. Last month, the Federal read more

    Internet equality for all?
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    Backdrop of scandal sets stage for lulus

    At first blush, the recent kerfuffle over legislative stipends hardly seems to rank among the biggest or worst of Albany scandals. After all, it’s been barely a year since longtime Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted of lining his pockets to the tune of $5 million. read more

    Backdrop of scandal sets stage for lulus
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    Faso, Stefanik vote to slash health-care spending

    Eastern New York Reps. John Faso and Elise Stefanik provided a pair of crucial votes last month in support of a Republican plan to repeal and replace former President Obama’s signature health care law. The two area Republicans supported a controversial repeal-and-replace bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a narrow 217-213 vote read more

    Faso, Stefanik vote to slash health-care spending
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    Keeping the spirits local

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    Washington County distillery relies on area corn and grains By STACEY MORRISContributing writer FORT ANN, N.Y.   Tom McDougall, left, the general manager of Lake George Distilling Co., and owners Robin and John McDougall show off some of their products at the distillery’s headquarters in Fort Ann. Joan K. Lentini photo John McDougall was propelled read more

    Keeping the spirits local
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    Rediscovering an ancient elixir

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    Couple’s health scare gives rise to kombucha-brewing business By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HUDSON FALLS, N.Y.   Ryan and Jennifer Bremser hold bottles of Simply Kombucha, the beverage they now produce commercially in Hudson Falls. The Bremsers started making the slightly fermented tea for themselves two years ago as Jennifer underwent cancer treatment, and the project read more

    Rediscovering an ancient elixir
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    On health care vote, hiding in plain sight

    Say what you will about John Faso, but at least we know where he stood. As the House was nearing a vote last month on the most contentious issue so far in the new Congress – repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act – the freshman congressman from the Hudson Valley came out strongly in read more

    On health care vote, hiding in plain sight
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    Education that aims to empower

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    After fire destroys would-be home, youth program changes plans By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. When a historic former factory and warehouse building on Hudson’s waterfront was formally donated to the local youth education program Kite’s Nest in September, the organization had high hopes for redeveloping it. In addition to converting the 18,000-square-foot structure and read more

    Education that aims to empower