Tag: New York

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    Tax break for renewable energy draws skepticism

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    Washington County debates opting out of incentive program By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer   A 16,000-panel solar installation along county Route 21 in Whitehall is one of three such projects planned in the town by Borrego Solar. But county supervisors are considering doing away with a property tax exemption the developer says it was counting on read more

    Tax break for renewable energy draws skepticism
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    Saratoga Springs debates affordable-housing mandate

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    By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.   The Washington, a mixed-use downtown building seen under construction in 2013, included 14 luxury apartments on its upper floors. Under a new affordable-housing program being debated in Saratoga Springs, projects with 10 or more housing units would need to set aside some spaces for low- and moderate-income read more

    Saratoga Springs debates affordable-housing mandate
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    Celebrating Saratoga’s Southern flavors

    Hattie’s chef shares recipes from storied eatery STACEY MORRISContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.   Jasper Alexander, the chef at Hattie’s Restaurant in Saratoga Springs, shows off his new cookbook and a plate of the Southern fried chicken the restaurant has been serving since it opened in 1938. Joan K. Lentini photo Jasper Alexander makes it read more

    Celebrating Saratoga’s Southern flavors
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    No apology, many excuses on village’s water crisis

    The hearing lasted nearly 10 hours, but on the questions that mattered most, it seems straight answers were in short supply. After nearly eight months in which local citizens had called for a state legislative inquiry into the handling of the Hoosick Falls water crisis, the moment of truth finally arrived. On the next-to-last day read more

    No apology, many excuses on village’s water crisis
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    Gun shows may vanish from Saratoga scene

    Longtime promoter says City Center won’t let him book future dates By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.   A crowd jams the Saratoga Springs City Center in 2013 for a gun show, one of three or four that have been staged annually at the center by New Eastcoast Arms Collectors Associates Inc. The show’s read more

    Gun shows may vanish from Saratoga scene
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    Lawmakers pledge multiple inquiries on PFOA

    After several months in which their pleas seemed to fall mainly on deaf ears, local activists appear to have succeeded in triggering at least three separate legislative inquiries into the water contamination crisis affecting northeastern Rensselaer County. In early July, both the state Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives announced plans to hold hearings read more

    Lawmakers pledge multiple inquiries on PFOA
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    From water to blood — Got PFOA?

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    Anger, frustration grow as blood tests show hundreds with high levels of toxin in Hoosick Falls, Petersburgh By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y.   State tests this spring showed Emily Marpe of Petersburgh had the chemical PFOA in her blood at a concentration of 332 parts per billion, far above the typical background level read more

    From water to blood — Got PFOA?
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    Ruth Reichl, locally sourced

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    A world-class foodie finds a feast in Columbia, Berkshire counties By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y.   Ruth Reichl took up full-time residence at her weekend home in Spencertown after Gourmet magazine, where she’d been editor for a decade, abruptly closed in 2009. Now she forages locally. Richard Sands photo Great food has been at read more

    Ruth Reichl, locally sourced
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    Plan to gut historic theater draws howls

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    City to replace Saratoga Music Hall with new court space By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.   Saratoga Music Hall was set up for a sellout crowd in 2013 for the local premiere of “Small Apartments,” a film based on the book by Saratoga Springs native Chris Millis. This spring, city officials backed a read more

    Plan to gut historic theater draws howls
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    Adirondack Theatre Festival troupe focuses on the fresh

    Adirondack Theatre Festival opens 22nd season devoted to new works By TELLY HALKIASContributing Writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y.   Ken Farrell and Kate Braun play Irv and Peg in last year’s production of “Kalamazoo” at Adirondack Theatre Festival in Glens Falls. This year’s festival runs through mid-August and features five new plays. Courtesy photo/Jim McLaughlin Chad read more

    Adirondack Theatre Festival troupe focuses on the fresh