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Making Headlines by Yael Goldman Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS - You would never guess that Nicole Messier, the woman behind one of the fastest growing companies on Broadway, launched her
Local business woman inspires community
career on the unemployment line. After being laid off in 2008, the single mom and public relations pro may have been scared to be jobless and uninsured, but her greatest fear was that no job in the area could support the kind of challenge she was craving. Having spent eight years managing PR for major companies in Silicon Valley, Nicole had the experience and rolodex to bring her specialty to the Capital Region - an area currently welcoming a handful of her ideal clients. All it took was a few Facebook posts announcing she was available for freelance consulting and within months the Clifton
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VLT Money Coming Home
“All our work on this for the past two years is paying off, and it Nearly $2 million in state aid returns to region will be tremendously satisfying when a by Daniel Schechtman been set in motion to restore nearly $2 million of that funding to Saratoga TODAY three-way agreement Saratoga Springs and Saratoga is reached, even for SARATOGA SPRINGS - Two County. partial restoration.” years ago, New York State with"It was a huge financial hit to the drew its funding in support of video lottery terminal (VLT) gambling machines in Saratoga Springs in the middle of the night, but following talks in Albany Tuesday afternoon, plans have
city budget when the state took away 100 percent of the VLT funding overnight," said Saratoga Springs Supervisor Joanne Yepsen, "But all of our work on this for the
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Record-BREAKER Rebuilding Together helps homeowners recover from harsh winter by Daniel Schechtman Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA COUNTY - It should be no surprise to anyone living in the Saratoga region that this year's winter has been one of the harshest on record. Already this winter is on the books as being the fifteenth largest accumulation of snow the area has seen since records were first kept back in the late 1800s. And if the weather
reports are anything to go by, you can probably expect that number to climb even higher on the charts as the winter winds down. The heavy snow and ice have caused thousands upon thousands of dollars of damage - both to residential homes and commercial properties. For some, the expense to repair the damage is manageable. For others,
Joanne Yepsen Saratoga Springs Supervisor
Inside TODAY... Obituaries pg 5 Schuylerville Middle School pg 6 TRF Accusations pg 7 Japan relief efforts pg 11 Local’s Choice pg 16-17 Pulse pg 22-25
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