BALLSON SPA- Ellms family farm; 468 Charleston Rd Ballston Spa was the home of the second annual Hero’s Rush race on Saturday. It was a 4.7 mile race with 17 fire –related obstacles for participants of every age, gender and job title. You didn’t have to be firefighter that day to participate but after crossing that finish line you certainly knew what it was like to be one, for at least a little while.
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MALTA, May 20 – "You don't have a quota," Stewart's real estate director Tom Lewis recalled former company head Bill Dake saying – when the company already had 189 stores. " If it doesn't make sense doing it... I don't just want more stores."
The company, accordingly he told Malta leaders at Monday's workshop, has walked away from a fair amount of sites "that might have been good for one reason or another."
In particular, as the proposal for a shop in Maltaville near the Rte. 67 entrance to Luther Forest Technology campus has evolved, Lewis acknowledged that in trying to find a specific "public benefit" – a crucial requirement for granting the Planned Development District rezoning of a property, it's all come down to water.
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STILLWATER - Determined, dedicated, and dependable are just three of the many desirable characteristics this year’s American Legion Post #490’s Parade Grand Marshal John M. Mehan possesses. The legionnaire’s selection demonstrates their continued commitment to honor hard-working patriots with local ties that emulate life-long service to their country, state, and town and remain active in their endeavor to support the American Legion’s vision.
John Mehan is a life-long resident of Stillwater. He was raised in the ‘South End’ of Stillwater, the second son of Dave and Saraetta Mehan. Raised with siblings Dave, Tom, Fran, Mary Jo and Marty, John proudly graduated as a scholar athlete and member of the legendary Class of ’59.
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MECHANICVILLE - Before a large gathering of teachers, friends and family at the Mechanicville High School Library on Monday, June 13, Nathan Hatalsky signed a national letter of intent to play football at the State University of New York at Albany in the 2013 season.
Nathan was introduced by high school Principal Kevin Kolakowski who congratulated the senior on his success both on the playing fields and in the classroom. He noted that in addition to his numerous honors for sports, Nathan is also a member of the National Honor Society as well as the All Saints on the Hudson Youth Council. He was also voted by his classmates to be King of the Senior Prom.
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MECHANICVILLE - The City of Mechanicville was awarded a HOME grant from the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal in December 2012. Grants of $5,000 to $25,000 per residential unit are now available from the City for the purpose of making health and safety, energy efficiency and other critical improvements to both owner-occupied buildings (including one and two family properties).
The purpose of the HOME program is to increase the availability and quality of affordable housing for low-income families. As such, all residential units rehabilitated using HOME funds must be occupied by families whose annual income does not exceed limits established by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for Saratoga County.
Camoin Associates of Saratoga Springs is under contract to administer the program, in partnership with the City. Application materials will be available starting Thursday, May 30th at the City Accounts Office in City Hall, 36 N. Main Street, Mechanicville, NY 12118. Contact Gina Kenyon at the City at 664-7303 for information on how to apply. Applications will not be accepted after June 28th and will be time stamped, so the sooner you are able to submit a complete application the better.
“I am thrilled to be able to offer financial assistance to residential property owners here in the City. This is an important piece of the City’s economic development goals and we are looking forward to getting the program started,” said Mayor Anthony Sylvester.
For more information on the City’s new HOME Program, contact Gina Kenyon at City Hall at (518) 664-7303. A detailed summary of eligibility criteria and other requirements of the program is available upon request.
MECHANICVILLE - Beautiful flowers now grace the entrance to Mechanicville Elementary School and the area at the base of its flag pole thanks to students in Mrs. Elyse Pooler’s 2nd grade class and Mrs. Nicola Billert’s 5th grade class. On Tuesday, May 7, the kids got down in the dirt to make it happen, planting some brightly blooming salvia and marigolds that were provided to them by Hewitt’s Garden Center in Halfmoon, creating a beautiful welcome for visitors to the school.
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WATERFORD- On Friday morning the 11th and 12th grade students of the Waterford-Halfmoon school got to witness firsthand what could happen when you decide to make one bad decision; have a few alcoholic drinks and get behind the wheel of a vehicle. The parking lot of the school looked like a scene none of us ever want to witness; smoke, two vehicle head on crash, police car, ambulance, EMS crew, fire trucks, firefighters, broken glass, blood and beer cans. The Waterford fire dept. along with the Northside FD, Waterford Police Dept., and the Waterford rescue squad put on a mock driving while intoxicated vehicle accident extrication exercise.
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The mission of Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD), according to the website, is to “provide students with the best prevention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, risky and impaired driving, and other destructive decisions.” Hoosic Valley is among many schools in the nation that offers a Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD) chapter. Ray Payne, the SADD Advisor at Hoosic Valley is encouraging his students as well as the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders to get involved by sending a message of safety this year to those students attending the prom. “We hope it will have some impact on students to stay safe,” says Payne.
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Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson liked to say that his goal as a commander was to “mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy”. On May 2, 1863, he once again fulfilled that goal admirably.
Jackson had turned 39 in January. He had fought fourteen full-scale battles in 8 months, and had not seen his wife in a year. He had a five month old daughter he had never seen at all. He took a brief respite from the war when in the last nine days of April, he was able to have Anna and the baby come to visit him at the Yerby house overlooking Fredericksburg, Virginia. There the couple enjoyed a few days of quiet time, walking in the woods and along the heights, even though across the Rappahannock River they could plainly see the Union gun emplacements and the yellow observation balloons rising above the enemy camp.
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