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If there were an award for the best pair of back-to-back front-page headlines, these two would take the cake: Thursday, February 16, 2006 Saratogian front-page story Stillwater police eye driver with suspicion: STILLWATER — Police are looking for a man who alarmed a Stillwater High School freshman Wednesday morning by repeatedly driving past as she […]

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I’ve used Quicken to manage my finances since as early as 1995 when I started college (though my current QDF file only dates back to late 2002 when I apparently started using it again). According to what I can find online, that must’ve been Quicken 3.0. Countless versions later, Quicken 2006 Deluxe is now the […]

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To celebrate Valentine’s Day last night — something we haven’t always done — Jen and I hit Dine, one of the nicest restaurants in Saratoga Springs. Our first time there was last June and we were really blown away. The service was impeccable, the food out of this world; it was a rare and welcome […]

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Happy 7th Birthday to Stella Brie! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours! And Happy Dingo… ’cause why not? (Note two different links for H.D.) Friday afternoon I met with Saratoga Springs Mayor Valerie Keehn to talk about her involvement in the upcoming fundraiser auction for Universal Preservation Hall, the organization for which I’ve been […]

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Every year Jen’s company puts on a black-tie affair in the Hall of Springs. As like last year, we rocked the house again this year. I just posted a few photos from the Saturday, February 4, 2006 event: View more Work Prom Photos We’ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?

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Even if you haven’t seen Brokeback Mountain, you’ll no doubt appreciate this most excellent parody of it: Brokeback to the Future (Thanks, Sarah.)

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Yesterday afternoon I met with County Supervisor Joanne Dittes Yepsen and Shane Williams-Ness to talk about accessibility and openness in government, and how we can leverage technology to help make Supervisor Yepsen more accessible to her constituents here in Saratoga Springs. We cooked up some pretty exciting ideas, and I’m looking forward to helping her […]

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How to turn the City of Saratoga Springs-owned parking lot behind City Hall and the police station — bordered by Lake Avenue on the south, Maple Avenue on the west, High Rock Avenue on the east, and the City Center on the north — was open for discussion last night in the music hall on […]

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I learned via a comment on my blog yesterday from Kim Berry that she referenced me in a story she wrote for Albany.com: Welcome to Tech Valley, NY: Have you heard about Tech Valley? Chances are you’ve heard the name, but you may not know where – or what – it is. Stretching more than […]

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The face of New Orleans is changing from black to white, and the city is still not OK, nearly 6 months after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city. Who will New Orleans be rebuilt for? Before Katrina struck the Gulf Coast last August and exposed compromised levees, 70 percent of the close to 487,000 residents of […]

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