Tag: New York

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    Rural roasters

    By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HEBRON, N.Y. When Shelley and Alan Monder began roasting their own coffee nearly a decade ago, they were merely trying to satisfy their craving for a quality cup of java. “We were able to roast coffee that tasted so much better than anything we could buy at the supermarkets, and Shelley read more

    Rural roasters
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    A nursing home revolution

    By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer COHOES, N.Y.   Administrator James Farnan shares a laugh with one of the residents of Eddy Village Green, a facility built a decade ago to replace an older nursing home in Cohoes. The complex is the first in the region designed to meet the standards of the Green House movement, a read more

    A nursing home revolution
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    Riding to the rescue — Chatham farm helps horses

    Chatham farm gives sanctuary to equines saved from slaughter By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer CHATHAM, N.Y.   The mule Emma, one of the animals rescued by Equine Advocates, stands with the group’s founder and president, Susan Wagner. The group currently cares for 81 animals at its sanctuary in Chatham. Susan Sabino photo The four-legged residents of read more

    Riding to the rescue — Chatham farm helps horses
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    Village in crisis over tainted water

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    In Hoosick Falls, contamination finding prompts fear, anger By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. For more than a year, some local citizens had been warning about the presence of a toxic chemical they’d found in samples collected from the Hoosick Falls water system, but state and local officials insisted the water was safe. Then read more

    Village in crisis over tainted water
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    Caffe Lena — Updating a folk-music landmark

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    Deal with developer sets stage for changes at historic Caffe Lena By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.   The narrow, steep staircase from Phila Street has been the main entrance to Caffe Lena since it opened in 1960. A planned renovation would allow visitors to reach the coffeehouse by elevator.Thomas Dimopoulos photo A historic read more

    Caffe Lena — Updating a folk-music landmark
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    Pride or oppression?

    By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writerGREENWICH, N.Y.   Photo by Joan K. Lentini: Ann Townsend displays a sign she created in August to protest the sale of Confederate flags at the Washington County Fair.   When Ann Townsend saw the Confederate battle flag prominently displayed at some of the vendor booths at the Washington County Fair this read more

    Pride or oppression?
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    Fruits of summer, all year long

    Jam maker grows home business through farmers market sales By STACEY MORRISContributing writer BALLSTON SPA, N.Y.   Anna Mae Clark started selling her homemade fruit jams at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market 15 years ago and now ships them to customers around the country. With the exception of oranges and cranberries, she uses only fruit grown read more

    Fruits of summer, all year long
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    Election 2015: Final tallies from Mass. and N.Y.

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    Here are the results from major local races in the Nov. 3 general elections in New York and Massachusetts. A short summary follows the vote tallies from each county.   MASSACHUSETTS BERKSHIRE COUNTY   North Adams mayor* Richard Alcombright ………………….. 2,430 (54.2%)John Barrett III ……………………………… 2,054 (45.8%)   Pittsfield mayor* Daniel Bianchi …………………………… 4,502 (40.3%)Linda read more

    Election 2015: Final tallies from Mass. and N.Y.
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    Confederate battle flag has no place at the fair

    At first blush, New York’s Washington County seems about the most unlikely place for anyone to be flying the Confederate battle flag. After all, this is the North. In the Civil War, hundreds of men from Washington County (along with hundreds more from every neighboring county) fought to preserve the Union and end the institution read more

    Confederate battle flag has no place at the fair
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    Fracked gas for New England?

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    In debate over new pipeline, clashing visions of region’s energy future By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer   Members of the group Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline protest outside a compressor station for a natural gas pipeline in Malden Bridge, N.Y. The same company that owns that pipeline is proposing another, larger one that would cross Rensselaer read more

    Fracked gas for New England?