Tag: Saratoga Springs

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    From Broadway to North Broadway

    By STACEY MORRISContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. When it comes to being a Broadway performer and an in-demand chanteuse, height is an advantage, and Linda Eder, at nearly 6 feet, definitely has it. But there was a time when her statuesque frame lost her a coveted part: that of Maria in her high school’s production read more

    From Broadway to North Broadway
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    Farm to office — new destination for agricultural deliveries

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    By TRACY FRISCH Contributing writer As a teenager in the Champlain Valley of New York, Adam Hainer sold vegetables from his home garden at a farmers market.   But he didn’t imagine farming could ever provide his livelihood until he met Melody Horn, his future partner, at a now-defunct microgreens farm. They wound up starting read more

    Farm to office — new destination for agricultural deliveries
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    From voices of elders, works of art

    Exhibits draw from artist’s conversations with seniors By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. David Greenberger has made a national reputation by listening attentively to a collection of voices that are often ignored – those of the elderly.   Greenberger’s original plans for a career as a fi ne arts painter were pleasantly derailed read more

    From voices of elders, works of art
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    Gun shows draw controversy

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    Where critics push for limits, some fear loss of freedom By THOMAS DIMOPOULOS Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.The line at the door to the City Center began forming hours before the show opened. By 10 a.m., crowds of shoppers moved about the gun-laden tables inside the exhibition hall. Outside on Broadway, demonstrators held up 26 read more

    Gun shows draw controversy
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    Marriage vote echoes in Senate primary

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    McDonald faces challenge for GOP line amid shifting political landscape By THOMAS DIMOPOULOS Contributing writer   SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. If there’s a political cost to state Sen. Roy McDonald’s pivotal vote for same-sex marriage, it will be measured this month when the senator faces a rare intraparty challenge from Saratoga County Clerk Kathleen Marchione. Republican read more

    Marriage vote echoes in Senate primary
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    Celebrating a folk legend

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    Performances around region mark Woody Guthrie centennial By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer Woody Guthrie, one of America’s great voices during the Great Depression and World War II, was a restless soul. Leaving his home in Okemah, Okla., at the age of 18, he spent the next 23 years wandering the nation, moving frequently and traveling read more

    Celebrating a folk legend
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    Ruling boosts Spa City reform effort

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    Vote possible this fall on government overhaul By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. A local citizens group won a major court ruling last month in its effort to force a referendum on overhauling the Saratoga Springs city government, but it’s not clear yet whether voters will get to weigh in on the issue read more

    Ruling boosts Spa City reform effort
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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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    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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    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