Tag: Saratoga Springs

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    Saratoga battles over biochar

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    Plant’s backers tout green benefits, but critics see a toxic threat   Gina LeClair holds signs opposing construction of the Saratoga Biochar Solutions facility that’s planned for a site at the Moreau Industrial Park in northern Saratoga County. Joan K. Lentini photo   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer MOREAU, N.Y. The developers of a multimillion-dollar biochar read more

    Saratoga battles over biochar
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    Many reasons to doubt biochar firm’s promise

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    For the sake of argument, let’s be charitable and assume for a moment that the developers who want to build a new sewage sludge-to-fertilizer plant in northern Saratoga County are sincerely trying to solve a pressing environmental problem while making a few dollars for themselves.As our cover story this month details, the partners in a read more

    Many reasons to doubt biochar firm’s promise
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    Vigilante groups sprang up locally — and spurred a backlash

    A former Saratoga Springs tally-ho driver who had fallen into reckless living experienced a forced conversion on his way home from a night of carousing. “He was suddenly confronted by several men wearing white caps, who gave him some sound and telling advice, and warned him that unless he kept better hours and discontinued drinking, read more

    Vigilante groups sprang up locally — and spurred a backlash
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    Fresh pasta made to order in Saratoga

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      Rose Contadino feeds her rolled dough through a pasta cutter to turn it into fettuccine noodles at her shop in Saratoga Springs. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Rose Contadino stands in front of her industrial-sized pasta cutter, filling an order for a pound of linguine. Dressed in read more

    Fresh pasta made to order in Saratoga
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    Saratoga Springs pushes for police reforms

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    In Saratoga Springs, leaders pursue changes and aim to rebuild trust   Police cruisers line the street outside Saratoga Springs City Hall. Photo by Joan K. Lentini   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. A new slate of city leaders in Saratoga Springs has been moving swiftly in recent weeks toward adopting one of read more

    Saratoga Springs pushes for police reforms
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    Saratoga Springs new public safety commissioner needs to clear the air.

    For Saratoga Springs’ new public safety commissioner, a big part of the job so far involves clearing the air. And it turns out that a lot of bad air has built up over the past decade inside City Hall and the city police department in particular. James Montagnino, a retired lawyer with more than 30 read more

    Saratoga Springs new public safety commissioner needs to clear the air.
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    Pet rabbits find sanctuary at new Saratoga-area shelter

      Rabbit “foster mom” Brandy Caro, yoga instructor Jamie Lemnotis and yoga student Stephanie Lyons enjoy a moment with the rabbits after a Bunny Yoga class at Hop on Home, a rabbit rescue and adoption organization, at its space at Wilton Mall in Saratoga County. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer WILTON, read more

    Pet rabbits find sanctuary at new Saratoga-area shelter
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    Spa City’s new leaders push for police accountability

    In a case of elections having consequences, a newly sworn-in City Council moved swiftly at its first meeting of the year to pursue two longtime goals of police reform advocates in Saratoga Springs. The new council scheduled a Feb. 1 public hearing to start the process of creating a new Civilian Review Board that would read more

    Spa City’s new leaders push for police accountability
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    Zombie candidates prompt calls for change

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    Third party decries hostile takeover of ballot line in some local races By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. In the days leading up to the Nov. 2 election, leaders of the local Working Families Party delivered an unusual campaign message to Saratoga Springs voters: Ignore the party’s candidates for city offices, they said, and read more

    Zombie candidates prompt calls for change
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    For the love of horses

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      The thoroughbreds run at Saratoga Race Course in a scene from 2013. Photo by Joan K. Lentini   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. The first race was an hour away as fans poured through the turnstiles at Saratoga Race Course on the first Sunday of this summer’s thoroughbred meet, but already there read more

    For the love of horses