Tag: New York

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    Cows giving way to sheep, alpacas

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    Tour celebrates rise of ‘fiber farming’ in Washington County By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. Dairy cows may predominate on the farms of Washington County, but over the past two decades there’s been a quiet resurgence in fiber farming: raising animals for their wool or fur rather than meat or milk. The transformation will read more

    Cows giving way to sheep, alpacas
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    Maps reshape political calculus in N.Y.

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    New district lines set stage for heated congressional races By FRED DALEY Editor   The political ground is shifting across eastern New York, thanks to new district maps that were finalized last month for the state’s congressional and legislative seats. The new maps, required every 10 years because of populations shifts revealed by the U.S. read more

    Maps reshape political calculus in N.Y.
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    Generation Organic — Young people in a high-tech age rediscover farming

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    By TRACY FRISCH Contributing writer   SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.On a cold winter night, the gathering of 20- and 30-somethings animated a large hall at the Saratoga Springs Hilton with warmth and laughter. A quick scan of the scene left no doubt that the occasion couldn’t possibly be a singles event or a high-powered business affair. read more

    Generation Organic — Young people in a high-tech age rediscover farming
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    Homegrown from goat’s milk

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    Kitchen science lesson evolves into skin-care business By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer   STILLWATER, N.Y.A typical day for Hal Mayes involves making upwards of 1,200 bars of goat’s milk soap at his Saratoga County farm and manufacturing plant. Not so typical is the fact that his homegrown business regularly fields orders from virtually every continent. read more

    Homegrown from goat’s milk
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    A sign of tough times for group for hearing-impaired

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    By JUDY BERNSTEIN Contributing writer   QUEENSBURY, N.Y.The children, seated in chairs around the edges of the room, were concentrating — and laughing — as they signaled to each other with their hands. King monkey, cat, signed one girl to another. Cat, dog, signed that girl to a boy nearby, as the dozen kids, ages read more

    A sign of tough times for group for hearing-impaired
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    Peer-support approach challenges long-held views of mental illness

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    Peer-support approach challenges long-held views of mental illness By TRACY FRISCH Contributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. Brad Morrow had his first encounter with the mental health system when he was in his late 30s. In the space of 15 minutes, a psychiatrist he’d never met before told him he had bipolar disorder, gave him some read more

    Peer-support approach challenges long-held views of mental illness
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    Farm-to-plate’s newest frontier

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    By JOHN TOWNES Contributing writer   HUDSON, N.Y.The ideal of farm-fresh ingredients has taken the restaurant business by storm over the past decade or so, but now the newly reopened stainless-steel diner on Hudson’s main street is taking the farm-to-table concept to a new level. At Grazin’, as the classic 1940s diner is now known, read more

    Farm-to-plate’s newest frontier
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    A grand church saved by the arts

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    Spa City landmark finds new life as performance space By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. The massive brick edifice that became the Universal Preservation Hall never crumbled to the ground in the physical sense, but it has become known in the past decade as a phoenix of a structure. When the grand old read more

    A grand church saved by the arts
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    Liquid gold – restaurant oil as fuel

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    Use of restaurant oil as fuel sets off ‘grease wars’ around region By JUDY BERNSTEINContributing writer QUEENSBURY, N.Y.The barrel of used cooking oil behind a local restaurant wasn’t much to look at. But it was enough to light up the face of Eric Ovitt, a driver for one of several cooking-oil collection companies fighting over read more

    Liquid gold – restaurant oil as fuel
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    Specializing in flavor

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    Saratoga’s newest foodie destination is ‘tasting gallery’ for oil, vinegars By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.It’s like a wine-tasting emporium or a microbrewery that allows customers to sample and savor before they buy. But at Saratoga Olive Oil Co., the tastings are of extra-virgin olive oils, vinegars, salts and related products. The store, read more

    Specializing in flavor