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Yesterday New York Attorney General (and our next governor) Eliot Spitzer, Saratoga Springs Mayor Valerie Keehn, Accounts Commissioner John Franck, County Supervisor Joanne Yepsen, Prolific Blogger Gabe, and a slew of other local Democrats gathered for the standing-room-only announcement at Canfield Casino that Kirsten Gillibrand is challenging Congressman John Sweeney for his seat in the […]

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There’s a new historic house on the block, and now we have the plaque to prove it. As I wrote about earlier this month, we finally got around to sending in the application for our Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation historic plaque. They approved our application and cast the bronze in no time, as I got […]

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It’s been a couple months since our last media appearance. When you’re as in demand as we A_ndersons are, it’s necessary to keep the paparazzi begging for more from time to time. So yesterday we gave ’em what they wanted and had Jen make an appearance on local ABC affiliate WTEN Channel 10; she was […]

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One of the many things that makes the character of Saratoga Springs so unique is the architecture and the appreciation everyone here has for preserving old buildings and homes. The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation has an Historic Plaque Program, which not only adds to the character and historic integrity of the home, but helps in […]

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I don’t shop at Wal-Mart for a number of reasons — it doesn’t treat its workers well (half of its 1.2 million employees are blocked from being eligible for healthcare), it drives small businesses out of town (what choice will we have in shopping before long?), it has a scary amount of control over the […]

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Be sure to watch Tom Brokaw’s special on NBC tomoorrow (Sunday) night at 8pm. The clips I’ve seen look very moving — Jon Stewart interviewed Brokaw this week — and the report, “To War and Back,” actually features a National Guard unit from here in the Capital Region — Glens Falls, which is only about […]

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Sketchy things rarely happen in this small town, so when they do, it’s big news. Back in October, some dumbass from Connecticut tried to kidnap a member of the girls’ cross-country team (not just any cross-country team, mind you, but a team that’s best in the state and who took #2 in the country; the […]

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Today feels like a true transition of seasons. The rain changed to a light snow not too long ago. I just got back from picking up the WRX from the shop, where it had its 68,307-mile oil change and a new set of the same ultra-high performance tires installed — the Continental ContiExtremeContact that we’ve […]

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It all started a couple weeks ago. First I appeared as a small speck in a couple photos in the Saratogian and had my hand and mug featured briefly on the local ABC station, along with Jen and my Dad, when we walked in a peace vigil to honor of the 2,000 American troops killed […]

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There’s a new local blog in town that aims to keep the new Democratic control in Saratoga Springs in check: Saratoga Dem Watch. The blog’s only been around for two days so far — it launched yesterday, following our sweep of the elections — and already has a number of posts analyzing what happened in […]

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