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YOU’RE INVITED! Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7pm The Steeplechasers Present a fundraising auction for Universal Preservation Hall 25 Washington St, Saratoga Springs www.saratogablog.com/uph View online invitation (Crank up your volume) (Print invitation design by elisa sheehan; online invitation by yours truly with elisa’s design elements)

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In the second A_nderson media appearance this month, the Saratogian today published my letter to the editor about the proposed High Rock Redevelopment, which was inspired by my attendance at the public hearing held a couple weeks ago by the High Rock Redevelopment Committee. High Rock lot should hold theater, new grocery store

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Our three-day power outage ended last night. It was a frustrating and eye-opening experience, and we learned a lot about things like generators and surviving in the Northeast without power in the winter. We were mostly comfortable — we had hot water, flushing toilets (if you’re on a well, you don’t have any running water, […]

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Little did I know the irony that my blog entry from Friday morning would bring (The Winter That Wasn’t), for later on that day a near-hurricane storm (more typical in this area in the summer than in the winter) ripped across northern New York state, with winds recorded as high as 67 miles per hour […]

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This winter has been disappointing, thanks, no doubt to global warming. We’ve hardly seen any snow. I was jealous of the NYC snow storm last weekend that made the city look like it does most winters here in Saratoga Springs. But alas, it looks more like spring out my window on this warm February morning; […]

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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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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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We missed the Saratoga Springs Chowderfest last year, but not a chance would we miss the annual event — and highlight of the Saratoga Winterfest — two years in a row. As with Chowderfest ’04, Brindisi’s was a clear standout from the crowd this year, again offering the lobster-crab corn chowder. The line was at […]

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