Tag: New York

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    Election 2024 — Public financing aids challenger in Saratoga race

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    By MAURY THOMPSON Contributing writer New York’s new public campaign finance system has given a big boost to the campaign of Democratic challenger Minita Sanghvi in the state Senate district that covers Saratoga County. The new system, which uses public money to match small-dollar contributions after certain fund-raising thresholds are reached, is intended to dilute read more

    Election 2024 — Public financing aids challenger in Saratoga race
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    Local shirt factories became focus of labor disputes

    Employees at the Greenwich, N.Y., and Rutland, Vt., shirt factories of Tim, Wallerstein & Co. acted in solidarity with striking workers at the company’s factory on Liberty Street in Albany in 1891. The Greenwich and Rutland employees pledged not to complete any work transferred from the Albany factory — and if necessary, to walk off read more

    Local shirt factories became focus of labor disputes
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    Swing district — Molinaro, Riley face off again for crucial Hudson Valley House seat

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    Molinaro, Riley face off again for crucial Hudson Valley House seat U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-Catskill, narrowly won an open seat in New York’s 19th Congressional District two years ago. Now, in a high-turnout presidential election year, he faces a rematch with Southern Tier lawyer Josh Riley in a district that’s a top target for read more

    Swing district — Molinaro, Riley face off again for crucial Hudson Valley House seat
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    Reinventing a dairy farm

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    Fifth-generation homestead finds rebirth through raw milk, farm store   Willow Marsh Farm in Ballston, N.Y., had been a conventional dairy operation until a new generation of family owners began making cheese and Greek yogurt and shifted to retail sales of raw milk. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer BALLSTON, N.Y. Despite read more

    Reinventing a dairy farm
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    A month in the hills — NY correctional facility

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    New York’s plan to close Great Meadow Correctional Facility has set off an outcry in northern Washington County, where the maximum-security prison has long been a major employer. The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced July 18 that it plans to shut Great Meadow and another maximum-security prison in Sullivan County effective Nov. read more

    A month in the hills — NY correctional facility
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    19th-century editor tested libel laws’ limits

    W.W. Bingham, the editor and publisher of the Salem Sun in the late 19th century, appears to have subscribed to a kind of yellow journalism that was more prevalent in major cities of the era.At least twice he was accused of libel by local public officials — a sheriff and a judge — and wound read more

    19th-century editor tested libel laws’ limits
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    Intimate spaces, innovative shows — Region’s small theaters blaze a path through post-pandemic upheaval

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    Region’s small theaters blaze a path through post-pandemic upheaval Courtesy of Adams Theater   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer ANCRAM, N.Y. “And there are drums on the mountain …”On a July night, Martha Redbone will come to the banks of the Sankhenak river to compose music drawn up from her own folk, blues, gospel and Native read more

    Intimate spaces, innovative shows — Region’s small theaters blaze a path through post-pandemic upheaval
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    Online-betting windfall stirs debates

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    As states cheer revenue, critics point to costs of gambling addiction By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer   Two years after New York legalized mobile sports betting, it appears the biggest winner by far has been the state government. From early 2022 through the beginning of this year, Albany raked in more than $1.55 billion from its read more

    Online-betting windfall stirs debates
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    Happy herd, tasty cheese

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    At Ardith Mae Farm, the flavor starts with rambunctious goats Farmstead cheesemaker Shereen Alinaghian walks among the goats at Ardith Mae Farm in Stockport, N.Y. The farm has earned Animal Welfare Approved certification for more than a decade. Scott Langley photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer STOCKPORT, N.Y. It may be early afternoon, but Shereen read more

    Happy herd, tasty cheese
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    The high-pitched buzz of summers past

    To some, the common mosquito represented an engineering marvel.“A scientist computes that with the aid of a machine constructed on the principle of the boring, drilling and pumping apparatus of the mosquito, a hole could be bored to the center of the earth in less than a day,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported read more

    The high-pitched buzz of summers past