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"If you live in the state of New York, you are a part of New York culture," said Ellen McHale, the executive director of the New York Folklore Society. Based in Schenectady, the Folklore Society aims to support folk and traditional artists living in New York state, along with community cultural experts, community-based cultural organizations, and academic and public sector folklorists. "Our mission is to assist and amplify work of artists, organizations within their community," said McHale. To showcase the art and artists that the organization has worked with and been documenting, the Folklore Society hosted the Mohawk Hudson Folk Festival on Sunday, Oct. 3, at the Washington Park Playhouse in Albany. This event is where Capital Region residents can Pinya Aung ia a Karen harp player originally experience the from Myanmar. wide range of
cultures from around the world that have made their way to New York and have taken their own place in the state's culture. "We want people to receive recognition," McHale said. "They probably already have recognition within their own communities. But we feel it's important to show the diversity that's been the Capital Region welcomed and they see themselves represented." Efthemios (Altin) Stoja is an iconographer who specializes in the Macedonian style of Biblical iconography. Stoja was born and raised in Albania. Ethnically Greek, he was fascinated by the iconography he saw as a child in his father's village. At 19, he moved to Greece, studying for 12 years under iconograJianling Yue is a master of pher Tsuni Spilio. Chinese papercutting and a "The churches used to professor of Chinese language be like playgrounds for and culture at RPI. us," Stoja said. "They were ancient churches, four or five centuries old. And I saw the art there and thought to myself, I can do this." In 2006, he moved to Cohoes and has since called the Capital Region home. He has worked on the iconography at a number of local churches such as St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Albany and St. Nicholas Russian
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Orthodox Church in Cohoes. In addition to exhibiting his work - both religious and nonreligious - Stoja made a presentation on his latest project, a 6-foot tall icon of St. Michael the Archangel. "Every time I start to make the icon in my studio, I put some ancient Byzantine hymns and it gives me peace and inspiration," he said. "I brought that same peace to the folk festival." The Rev. Thomas House, director and music minister of Mount Olive Southern Missionary Baptist Church in Albany and his group, Inner Visions, is one of the artists who performed at the event. The group has been performing predominantly traditional gospel music in and around the Capital Region since 1983. The Folk Festival was their first time performing in Washington Park.
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Tri-Town Seniors Trip The Tri-Town Seniors has one last trip for 2021, it is to the Log Cabin in Holyok, MA on October 14, 2021. It is a luncheon served family style with a show after. The show is American Bandstand with music of the 50’s and 60’s. The bus loads at the Corinth Fire House at 7:45 AM and returns around 6:45 PM. We will stop enroute for a break. If interested please call Linda Walsh 518-654-2506 or Judy Hughes 518-6963391.
Tri-Town Seniors Meeting CORINTH, HADLEY, LAKE LUZERNE, DAY The meeting of October 13, 2021 will start at 5 PM. We will have beverage and snack starting at 4:30. The meeting will be the nomination of officers and the voting will be in November. Don’t forget the trip to the Log Cabin is October 14th and the bus loads at the Corinth Fire House at 7:45.
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the parents ski or relax -- and they can shop and go out to a restaurant or cook for themselves -- whatever they choose. Plans that have been shown to the town of Queensbury show a hotel, a conference center, a spa, condos, duplex apartments, a retail plaza, and a new summit chairlift among other amenities all built on the northwest base of the mountain. There is already an existing chairlift. “You pull into a gated complex, and you know you are in a resort,” Montgomery said of his vision of the project. Montgomery compared the project to Holiday Valley in Ellicottville south of Buffalo, as well as places like Collins Lake Resort in Mount Hood, Ore. Montgomery said he is also looking for investors in the project -- mostly institutions that can afford such a large investment. Condos and homes will be sold directly to families and individuals. “We will most likely have to partner with a developer,” Montgomery said, that would also build the project. The mountain would make money through the hotel and managing the
“I can’t imagine what it did to the animals. It’s making me shake.” Local fire companies, led by South Glens Falls Fire Company, responded to her call, wearing gas masks, she said. Meanwhile, the Saratoga County office of Emergency Management urged people Monday night to “shelter in place” in the area near Old Saratoga Road. The recommendation was lifted two hours after it was made shortly before 10 p.m. A spokesman for DOCCS confirmed the agency held a training exercise at the former prison, “in order to be properly prepared for possible emergencies.” “It appears that the smell of the chemical agents was picked up by the wind and the resident smelled remnants of the chemical agents that were deployed,” DOCCS said in a written statement. Another neighbor, who also wanted to remain anonymous, said a fireman told him it was tear gas. He was told by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office that it was an accident, and that there will be an investigation. “We were told there was nothing to be
Let’s Celebrate the Changing of the Seasons HADLEY/LAKE LUZERNE - The fall season is upon us with the Hadley Lake Luzerne Historical Society’s first annual Lantern Walk, October 20th. All are welcome to participate as lanterns are made and then used to light the way through town embarking on characters sharing their story of Lake Luzerne’s hey-day of the mid 1860s to the early 1900s. One may encounter Edward “Ned” Garnar, his brother William, Benjamin Butler, Annie Kinnear, Henry Ketchum, Fredrich Roider, Warren Hall and if Elizabeth Winsor is in town, she may invite us in for apple cider. Bring a lantern for guided tours starting at 7PM and 7:30PM or you may create your own lantern at the Rockwell Falls Library at 6:30pm. The lanterns represent the changing of the season from dark, longer days and is a metaphor to remind us to light our way to a brighter tomor-
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row. A food wagon, “A Whole Lot of Taste” will be available at the Kinnear Museum of Local History, 52 Main St. from 4:30PM to 6:30PM for a cup of warm soup or chili. The Gift and Book Shop inside the Kinnear will be open. To learn more about the first annual Lantern Walk contact Sue Wilder, HLLHS Community Event Chairperson via email Kinnearmuseum@gmail. com or 518-696-4520.
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OPINION
Verbosity Isn't Biden's Problem -- Misreading the Room Is Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
If you've spent any time in Washington, you've heard stories about Joe Biden's loquaciousness. Asked to give brief remarks, he'd famously meander for 30, 40 or more minutes about whatever came into his mind. But his verbosity is a symptom of his larger problem: a lack of situational awareness. After all, this is the guy who once asked a man in a wheelchair to stand up and take a bow. My favorite example came just after the 9/11 attacks, when Biden met with his Senate committee staffers and went into a "stream-of-consciousness monologue" about how to respond. "I'm groping here," he confessed after a while, and then had a eureka moment. To assure the Arab world the U.S. "wasn't bent on its destruction," Michael Crowley reported in the New Republic, Biden declared: "Seems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran." According to Crowley, Biden "surveys the table with raised eyebrows, a How do ya like that? look on his face." Staffers eventually broke the perplexed silence, offering a number of objections. It didn't matter: "Joe Biden is barely listening anymore. He's already moved on to something else." Two decades later, his White House staff reportedly lives in a constant state of anxiety about the boss' inability to police his own words, and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has admitted that they try to keep him from taking too many questions. Biden himself has acknowledged the problem, but he
believes it gives him an air of authenticity. And he probably has a point. But it's his inability to read the room, not his long-windedness, that is the source of his political problems. His explanations of his handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan were often poorly matched to the moment, sounding defensive or defiant when remorsefulness or humility were called for. Sometimes, it's not his fault. He declared victory of sorts over the pandemic, right as the Delta variant threw everyone for a loop. The best example of his misreading of the moment, however, is his entire domestic agenda, or at least the chunk of it that falls under the rubric of infrastructure. Biden came into office with the narrowest majority in Congress, arguably in history: a 50-50 Senate with very small margin in the House. And yet, he let people convince him that the moment was ripe for a "transformative" agenda, one that would rival the New Deal. He misinterpreted the passage of his $1.9-trillion COVID relief package -- on the heels of trillions of additional spending under the Trump administration -- as a green light for vastly more spending. Adjusted for inflation, New Deal spending was a little less than $1 trillion in today's dollars. He's proposing, at minimum, several New Deals in spending. Put aside the fact there is scant evidence the country is yearning for a new New Deal. Disregard that our national debt is around 125% of gross domestic product. Biden, with a half-century of political experience under his belt, can't count votes. FDR and LBJ had huge majorities to work with for their major accomplishments. Even
Obamacare would have been impossible in today's Congress. Of course, a major driver of Biden's predicament is that the base of the Democratic Party can't read the room either. But they don't care. Biden, however, is the president. He's the one who insisted on the campaign trail that "To lead America, you have to understand America," and he touted his mastery of how Washington works. Historically, presidents adjust to reality. They choose sides in intraparty debates. Bill Clinton had a miserable first two years, but that guy knew how to read a room. After the 1994 midterms, he tacked to the center, declared "the era of big government is over," and cruised to reelection. Biden may still get something that passes for a victory, but even if he does, odds are Republicans will be well-positioned to take back Congress in 2022. In June, on the heels of his COVID relief package, Biden brokered a bipartisan infrastructure deal with the Senate, garnering support from 19 Republicans. It was the highwater mark of Biden's presidency, fulfilling his vow to be a competent president who gets things done. But before the bipartisan backslapping subsided, he misread the room again, announcing that he wouldn't sign that deal unless the Senate also passed another $3.5 trillion in "human infrastructure." It's no coincidence his approval ratings have been sliding ever since. (Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief of The Dispatch and the host of The Remnant podcast. His Twitter handle is @ JonahDispatch.)
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OPINION The Age of Progressive Misinformation By Rich Lowry
How does a stupid and ridiculous lie come to be embraced and promulgated by top officials of the United States government? Well, as it turns out, it's easy. You start with an easily misinterpreted news photo that seemingly confirms the assumptions of progressive opponents of immigration enforcement that the agents policing our Southern border are cruel racists. T hen, you work up a Twitter mob saying that the photo has captured a tableau of hideous abuse. You add open-borders advocacy organizations and civil rights groups denouncing the supposed misconduct in the harshest possible terms. You throw on top a vice president and White House press secretary who have no regard for the truth and are happy to push any narrative convenient to them. Finally, as the piece de resistance, you deploy a president of the United States who is too cynical or doddering to bother with the facts and is usually following the crowd rather the leading it and get him to make a statement endorsing the ludicrous fictions about the misleading photo. This was t he pat h to President Joe Biden condem ning border patrol agents on horseback for having "strapped" Haiti migrants at Del Rio, Texas, and declaring that they "will pay" for their "horrible" and "outrageous" behavior. Never mind that there
was no strapping, that the border agents did nothing wrong besides trying to enforce a border crossing while working for an administration fundamentally uninterested in the task, and that there is an ongoing investigation of the agents -- itself a travesty -- that Biden was pre-judging. Sawyer Hackett, an apparatchik running Julian Castro's PAC, was an early proponent of the whipping lie on Twitter. He tweeted the picture showing a border agent on horseback grabbing at the shirt of a migrant -- his reins flying in the air -- and said agents were "rounding up Haitian refugees with whips," and this represented "unfathomable cruelty." It was, to the contrary, entirely fathomable and not the least bit cruel. The agents were, in a common, long-standing practice, using horses because of the difficulty of the terrain and attempting to block migrants from entering the country illegally. They didn't have whips and were twirling reins to control their horses. Within hours of the photo creating a stir, these facts were readily ascertainable. Even Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended the agents before getting the memo from his superiors that they had become hated figures to be used as punching bags. Days later, media stories still made reference to the nonexistent whips supposedly wielded by the agents. Advocacy groups simply willed the whip story to be true, and for a swath of America -- basically any-
one foolish enough to take what Harris and Biden say at face value -- they have succeeded. D e s pit e t h e h a z e o f misinformation, the fact-checkers didn't descend en masse. No Twitter accounts were suspended. All the people who pride themselves on purportedly defending American democracy from falsehoods and propaganda spreading on social media (and there's unquestionably a lot of it) stood aside or joined the pile-on. Press outfits went out their way to label falseho o d s pr omu lgat e d by President Trump as such, indeed gave every indication that they relished doing it. In contrast, The New York Times stor y about Biden castigating t he agents didn't suggest that he m ig ht be w rong . In fact, the original version of the article reinforced his smear by referring to "the images of agents on horseback chasing, and in some cases using the reins of their horses to strike at running migrants." The paper had to run a correction. It's long been the case on college campuses that woke narratives have the power to trample facts and fairness. This phenomenon has escaped the confines of academe and now plays out at the highest echelons of American political power. Neither hacks on Twitter nor the president of the United States cared what really happened at Del Rio, not when the lie was more seductive and useful. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
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The phone company is going about it all wrong: The Washington, D.C., area is getting a new area code (771), and instead of fending off complaints because new lines aren't getting the traditional 202, they should charge more for the new one. That way, the customer can avoid being associated with Washington, the seat of national government. Is it any wonder there's no argument when the District of Columbia is called "the Swamp," where progress goes to die in a quagmire of corruption, ineptitude and bureaucracy? Once again, we've faced the threat of that very government shutting down -- well, not shutting down fully, more like partially. Essential services will continue, like military and federal law enforcement, etc., and lifesaving financial services continue. But unessential services -- and that includes most of them -- will by law expire, because Congress can't get its act together. We will put off a discussion about why so much of the nation's business is "unessential"; that's for another day. But a government shutdown means the poor schlub who's "essential" must work but not get paid right away, while Mr. and Ms. Unessential don't work but will eventually get paid, just not right away. It's a huge amount of bother for nothing, and expensive, too. But that's not the worst of it. There's this little thingy called the debt limit, or debt ceiling. And we've already punched right through it, but not really. Our money people are doing a little check kiting. In addition to taxes, the federal government actually sustains itself on borrowed money; consider it something similar to a Ponzi scheme. Over time, it's maxed out at $22 trillion. Now we need permission to take out more loans. Hence, raising the debt ceiling. If the United States defaults -- and we will in the next couple of weeks after the financial tricksters have moved all of the funds around and all the financial trickery has been exhausted -- we will face a calamity. At that point, the United States of America will have defaulted on its sovereign debt for the first time in history. Trust me, that'll be ugly. But now it's in the hands of the politicians, which means the worst game of chicken imaginable. We are toying with catastrophe. Chicken Cruz, Chicken McConnell and, yes, Chicken Biden are playing with our future. Unless they reach an agreement to either raise the debt ceiling or suspend it -- which means the sky's the limit -- we are like the car loan that isn't paid. But unlike a car loan, the repo man can't tow a government away. But it could be more difficult to get credit at such low rates. In fact, Treasury notes would be reduced to junk bonds, since they'd be hugely more expensive to buy. That increase, in turn, will drive up credit costs to finance most of what we buy privately. It means that inflation will run wild, because our farmers, for instance, borrow to finance the machinery that they need to grow food crops. Which will be OK, because we will not have a kitchen, which is part of the house that defaults on its mortgage. Obviously, the potential for disaster is such that one side or the other must blink. One side or the other successfully must call the other's bluff. And they have, so far. But you only get one chance in the apocalypse game. But it's a dopey way to do business. And it's dopey to brag about doing business that way. If you think of it, that's what an area code is: bragging rights. Why would anyone want to boast about 202? Particularly since it is running out of numbers, a form of obsolescence. Or perhaps we can return to a neighborhood being identified by words that preceded the numbers, like Pennsylvania 6-5,000 in New York. In Washington, we could ring up a direct line on K-Street, where all the lobbyists have offices, by dialing "Greedy" and then a number, or one in the Capitol building like "Corrupt" and a number. Or, if we insist on staying with area codes, bring on 771. Bob Franken is an Emmy Award-winning reporter who covered Washington for more than 20 years with CNN.
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Letter to the Editor
This letter is in response to a previous Letter to the Editor printed on September 23, 2021 that presented incorrect information regarding the property taxes for Hudson River Community Credit Union’s (HRCCU) operations center. Below are the facts. HRCCU’s operations center was built on land purchased from International Paper Company in 2011. When the land was purchased the vacant land assessment was set at $330,000 with annual property taxes for the school, village, town and county set at $6,619. The 2021 property taxes the credit union paid totaled $32,296, which is a 388% annual increase when compared to the original value of the land. The credit union specifically built the operations center in Corinth in an effort to continue its support of the local community as the Board of Directors are very dedicated to the village and wanted its operations to remain here. When the operations center was completed in 2013, the final assessment was set at $1,800,000. The current assessment is the same ($1,800,000). Property tax information is a matter of public record therefore HRCCU’s current assessment can be easily accessed on the Saratoga County Assessment Database at www.saratoga.sdgnys.com/search.aspx. In regards to Section 485B of the Real Property Tax Law that the author noted in their letter, this a special tax exemption designed to encourage businesses to build and improve commercial property in New York. This exemption allows the taxable value to be increased over time at a slower rate, which in effect helps the business absorb the increased cost of the new building. The taxable value is then increased each year for a total of 10 years until the taxable value is at 100% of the assessment. The credit union applied for and received this exemption back in 2013 when construction on the operations center was completed. This same exemption is offered statewide in many municipalities. The exact calculation for this tax exemption can be found here: https://www.tax.ny.gov/ pdf/current_forms/orpts/rp485bins.pdf . The point is the credit union invested in a piece of vacant land, built an operations center on it, increased the tax revenue on the parcel by approximately $190,000 over the past 9 years, and currently is paying 388% more annually in property taxes than it was when the land was originally purchased. The credit union has been dedicated to the success of the Corinth community since it was founded in 1954 by the employees of the International Paper Company. It has and will continue to pay its “fair share” of taxes as well as provide “economic growth” through steady job creation and specialized financial services that help improve the financial success of members living in the community. Respectfully, Sue Commanda, CEO Hudson River Community Credit Union One Third Street, Corinth, NY 12822 - 518-886-3400
6th Annual Soup-er Saturday Drive-thru SO. GLENS FALLS - October 16th, 11am-1:30pm. South Glens Falls United Methodist Church, 15 Maplewood Pkwy, 518-793-1152. We will be making three soups in our Church kitchen. Customers will get 3 bowls of soup (one of each) plus bread & dessert. Soups will be packed and delivered to your car. The price will be $8.00. Pre-orders are recommended.
Wilton Heritage Society Apple Pie Social WILTON - Sunday, Oct 10th 1-4 pm. 5 Parkhurst Rd, Wilton. Curbside pick up $5 per slice. Pies made by Smith’s Orchards. If still available, whole pies can be purchased after 3 pm.
Thrift Shop Open CORINTH - Methodist Church, 243 Main St., Corinth. Downstairs. Fridays 10am-3pm.
Empty Stocking Project Begins SARATOGA COUNTY The Saratoga County Children’s Committee is a nonprofit organization that helps children and families in Saratoga County. The Empty Stocking Project provides holiday gifts and necessities to about 900 children and teens each year. Generous people and organizations sponsor a child by purchasing gifts from the child’s “wish list”. If you are willing to sponsor a child or for more information please call Kathy Kelly at 399-6629 or go to our website www. saratogachildrenscommittee.org. Cash donations are always appreciated and may be sent to The Saratoga County Children’s Committee, P.O. Box 1254, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
Call for Kitchen Aprons That Have That Have a Story: LAKE LUZERNE - “Every apron has a story and I am looking for yours.” Please call if you have a vintage apron you would like to donate to the Lake Luzerne Town Historian’s Office. The catch is there must be a true heartwarming story to go along with it. “Short and Sweet is OK” and “As long as you like is OK.” Both a photo of the apron and the story will in
turn be incorporated into a small booklet this fall. Aprons will also be displayed from time to time. For further information call Pam Morin 518-6967184.
Fall Festival CORINTH - Saturday, October 16th, 12pm 4pm at the Fireman’s Field and River Front Beach. All are welcome for A Family Fun event featuring live music, games, crafts, local food vendors, hay rides, face painting, pumpkin decorating, basket raffles and much more.
See www.capitaldistrictgenealogicalsociety.org under meetings and events. There is a 100 person limit. Topic: Understanding and Using Fulton History. Dennis Hogan will explain how www.fultonhistory. com/ works. The Fulton History website provides free of charge an index with images for over 49,000,000 pages of newspapers. Most newspapers are from New York State, however papers from other states are being added to the collection. Tips will be presented on how to use this site including search and navigation techniques.
October 2021 Nacre Dance Group Meeting for the Annual ‘So, You Capital District Genealogical Society Think You Can Choreograph?’ CAPITAL DISTRICT Competition - Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 1:00 PM ET - Online Zoom Meeting. CDGS meetings are presently held on Zoom. Registration is free and will open to the public on October 16, 2021.
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Nacre Dance Group is pleased to announce the annual ‘So, You Think You Can Choreograph?’ performance is back for its 7th
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to lean on others for their interpretations. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you may get a call from someone this week that catches you off guard. The conversation may prove inspiring and open doors to new opportunities. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may be quick to dismiss insights that come your way via a hunch or a feeling. You tend to value logic, but go with your gut on this. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you have a plan and it includes new friends, a new attitude and a new location. It may take you a little while to achieve all of this, but remain patient and focused. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you love to experiment with new ideas and discover new people. You will be excited to find yourself in a burgeoning romance. Enjoy the ride. CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, double-check all of the numbers in your budget because you want to be sure
Week Of October 10, 2021 ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 There may be a lot of visitors in your life lately, Aries. You might need to play host at work or at home. Keep the mood light and enjoy this chance to reconnect. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, this week you may be feeling a little on edge and you won’t be able to pinpoint why. Put yourself into quiet situations where you can unwind and decompress. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you may need a break from the pressures of your life, especially if you’ve felt tired or strained lately. Too much focus on responsibilities can do that. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 You have quite the gift of gab when you feel comfortable with someone, Cancer. Just be sure to come up for air and let the other party get a word in edgewise . LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, pay attention to psychic impressions this week as things that seem random may actually be telling you something. Don’t hesitate
season on November 6th in a new venue and format. ‘So You Think You Can Choreograph?’ - The beloved competition highlighting best modern and contemporary choreography talent in the Capital Region and beyond is back at a new venue; The Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs, NY. To highlight this newest state of the arts performing venue, choreographers have been asked to create pieces in-the-round as dancers soar, roll, spin and sculpt through space. Audience members vote on their favorite piece of choreography, as choreographers compete to secure the coveted spot of Nacre’s 2022 guest artist in residence. Show Time: Saturday, November 6, 2021, 7:30 pm, Universal Preservation Hall. Tickets: $25 ($20 seniors and students) $15 for groups of 8 or more. For tickets and additional information, please visit universalpreservationhall. org or nacredance.org you are accounting for every penny. This isn’t a time to estimate. AQUARIUS Jan 21/Feb 18 Confusing signs could be coming from friends or coworkers, Aquarius. Don’t be afraid to seek some clarity. Others will appreciate your honesty. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Communication is the name of the game this week, Pisces. It may come in the form of a speech, email or even a handwritten letter. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS OCTOBER 10 Mario Lopez, TV Host (48) OCTOBER 11 Cardi B, Rapper (29) OCTOBER 12 Hugh Jackman, Actor (53) OCTOBER 13 Doc Rivers, Coach (60) OCTOBER 14 Usher, Singer (43) OCTOBER 15 Keyshia Cole, Singer (40) OCTOBER 16 Ruby Rose Turner, Actress (16)
OCTOBER 7, 2021 • LOCAL FIRST - COR P AGE 15
HOUSE OF THE WEEK
233 Locust Grove Road, Greenfield
PHOTOS BY SOPHIA CONSTANTINE / ROOHAN REALTY
The design of the house is pulled from a variety of architectural styles.
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he term “custom” is thrown around pretty liberally these days, and it’s often not appropriate. This house deserves the adjective — it was clearly built in keeping with the owner’s specific tastes. Built in 1998 on an acre 3.3 miles from downtown Saratoga Springs, the house has three floors and 4,680 square feet of living space. There are four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. The main entrance opens into a dramatic hallway finished with cherry and stone. Stairs lead to the main living space and a deck off the second floor. There is a finished lower level with a full kitchen and an office, three stone fireplaces, an in-ground pool and a LEIGH treehouse in the woods. HORNBECK Saratoga Springs schools. Taxes: $13,944. HOUSE OF List price: $774,900. THE WEEK Contact listing agent Valerie Thompson of Roohan Realty at 518-421-7264. n If
you have seen or own a particularly interesting home for sale to feature, send the address to lhornbeck@timesunion.com
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From top to bottom: one of three stone fireplaces; one of two kitchens; the entryway; one of four bedrooms. Above: an enclosed porch. At right: a deck extends off the second floor.
see more House of the week photos, go to Leigh Hornbeck’s Places & Spaces blog at http://blog.timesunion. com/realestate
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Save A Life, Adopt Today! GLENS FALLS - North Shore Animal League America’s - Adirondack Region Cat Adoption Center. 115 Maple Street, Glens Falls. 518-409-8105. Like us: https://www.facebook. com/theanimalleagueadirondackregion/
Felines residing at the adoption center have all been rescued from the local region. We are open Wed – Sat 12-6pm, Sunday 125pm. Stop by soon to meet your new best friend! For more information on adopting, donating, or to volunteer: Please call 518-4098105 Or Email: adoptadk@ animalleague.org
761-6580.
Porter Corner’s UMC Continues to Collect Bottles and Cans
PORTER CORNERS -The Porter Corners UMC continues to collect deposit refundable beverage bottles and beverage cans They must have the label intact.
You can leave yours at the back door of the church at 512 Allen Road or if you have a large amount we can arrange to pick them up. To arrange for pickup please call Jane at 518-8932289 or Carrie at 518-893-6214. We thank you for your continued support! pubic meeting at
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INSTRUCTIONS TO ACCESS THE VIRTUAL MEETING: If you have a computer, tablet or smartphone, you can register, log in and see the video and hear the audio of the live session. You can access the Zoom meeting at
https://us06web.zoom. us/j/84888810516 and click on "Join a Meeting", and enter Meeting ID 848 8881 0516 You can also call in to the Zoom meeting at 1 (929) 205 6099, when prompted
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Formerly Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council
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