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Spring Forward!
Bridge Closures DONATION BOXES Set your clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 11.
Work to Begin Soon on Crescent Avenue and East High Street Spans Over I-87 by Larry Goodwin Saratoga TODAY MALTA — Local officials are making preparations for several months of detours around the Crescent Avenue and East High Street bridges over the Adirondack Northway, which have been scheduled for closures
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by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
in early April due to an apparent need for upgrades. Saratoga County Emergency Services Director Carl Zeilman confirmed this week that state Department of Transportation (DOT) officials had convened a recent meeting
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The nine boxes have stood their ground, mounted atop posts up-and-down Broadway, since the fall of 2016. Placed in strategically deliberate locations, the program
See Story pg. 10
See Story pg. 9
831,191 MARATHON! S H M D I M PA C T S T H E C O M M U N I T Y A N D B E Y O N D
by Lori Mahan Saratoga TODAY SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Beginning in 1978, South Glens Falls High School has hosted a marathon dance to raise money for local families and charities in need. Raising $1,500 that first year, which was donated to a local EMS Squad, every year the numbers have climbed, resulting in $831,191.15 in 2018. High school students in grades nine through twelve gathers for 28 hours of dancing SHMD Crew. Photo by Gus Carayiannis.
See Story pg. 34