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Volume 6 • Issue 13 SaratogaPublishing.com
A WORD FROM IRAQ
Spreading the wealth
Local Lieutenant speaks on how technology has changed an entire nation
by Yael Goldman and Daniel Schechtman Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA COUNTY - Some local communities have been crafting their master plans for a long time, others just beginning, but the objective is still the same: to establish a niche economy that improves the overall quality of life for existing residents and future generations. When large-scale projects like GlobalFoundries arrive in a small town, bringing with them big demands and an immediate economic boost, they create an ancillary appeal that becomes a part of the entire region. Towns that plan for success, like Wilton, pave the way for their neighbors; they inspire a kind of ripple effect that makes prosperity attainable in areas like Mechanicville once thought to have lost their place. The end result could be a cluster of prosperous municipalities, symbiotically working together to secure economic sustainability.
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by Daniel Schechtman Saratoga TODAY
Saratoga Today
Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Mitchell
BASRA, IRAQ - Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Mitchell speaks into the phone from the Contingency Operating Base (COB) in Basra, Iraq. This is LTC Mitchell’s second deployment to the Area of Responsibility, or AOR, and a slight delay in the transmission notwithstanding, his
voice travels halfway across the globe crisp and clear. LTC Mitchell, a native of Ballston Lake, is in the midst of his second deployment with the 501st Ordnance Battalion (EOD) of the New York Army National Guard. Now 38 years old, it at times can seem like a lifetime
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Inside TODAY...
New outdoor activities and venues planned
Obituaries pg 5
by Arthur Gonick Saratoga TODAY
SCORE pg 8
Saratoga Lake Access
MALTA- Malta may soon be getting a unique and interesting addition to its business mix. A public hearing has been scheduled before the Town of Malta meeting Monday, May 2 at 6:50 pm, which could advance the process of enhancing the usage of the Malta Drive-In Theatre property, at 2785 Route 9, as soon as mid-May. At the Town of Malta's March 15 Planning Board meeting owners Edward and Thomas Caro,
SARATOGA LAKE - After a period of not moving ahead in the development of the Waterfront Park property for several years due to economic conditions, the City of Saratoga Springs is beginning to take the first steps towards providing limited access to the public. The City had originally purchased the approximately 4acre parcel on Crescent Avenue along Saratoga Lake for $2 million in 2005 and had received a matching grant of $200,000 from New York State for its development in 2009-10, which it had not activated but is now awaiting a contract on from the State, according to Deputy Mayor Shauna Sutton. The City had also applied for, but did not
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Malta Drive-In Market
Education pg 10 Your Home pg15-23 Local’s Choice pg 24-25 NYCB children’s ballet audition photos pg 29
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