F R E E Volume 7 • Halloween Help Costumes and Food Drive to Benefit Local Families
Issue 39 saratogatodaynewspaper.com
Build It and They Will Come Opportunities Abound in Growing Community by Chelsea DiSchiano Saratoga TODAY
by Daniel Schechtman Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA COUNTY – Halloween costumes can be frightening, and for families struggling to make ends meet, so can their price tags. Enter Kristi Carrara, owner of the Comic Depot at the Wilton Mall, who has partnered with the Franklin Community Center (FCC) for the second year in a row to hold a Halloween Costume Drive, asking the community to donate gently-used costumes for kids whose families are working with a limited budget. “Halloween was one of my favorite holidays as a kid,” said Carrara, “and last year was such a huge success. The response was overwhelming, so we wanted to see if we could do this again.” After all, Carrara noted, “Who doesn’t like walking around dressed up and getting a bag full of candy?”
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MALTA - It would seem that everyone in Saratoga County is aware of the population and economic growth that has spawned from the creation of GlobalFoundries in 2009. But how are these changes affecting the once quiet town of Malta? The differences in the community are being seen everywhere: Hospitals, fire departments and many local businesses are expanding and adding new locations while fresh businesses and restaurants continue popping into town, bringing a newly diverse population to the fastest growing county in the state—and all of this
“If you drive down Route 9 in Malta, you will see a lot of new businesses that weren’t there five or even two years ago.” Shelby Schneider Director of Marketing and Economic Development Specialist at SEDC
growth isn’t going to slow down anytime soon. GlobalFoundries submitted a site plan application amendment with the Town of Malta September 17 for a second semiconductor facility at the Fab 8 campus, which will be known as the Technology Development Center (TDC). “The TDC will enhance [GlobalFoundries’] manufacturing operations and really make the Saratoga County site the hub for their global technology development team,” said Shelby Schneider, director of marketing and economic development specialist at the Saratoga Economic Development Corporation (SEDC). “At this site, they will be developing
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Native American Festival Returns
Inside TODAY… BUSINESS
SHOWCASE 2012 pgs 7–14
by Andrew Marshall Saratoga TODAY
pgs 17–27
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Native American festival returns this year, presented by the Ndakinna Education Center and the festival’s host venue, Saratoga Spa State Park. This year the event takes place the weekend of September 29-30, running from 9:30 a.m. – 7:30
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Pulse pgs 31–33 Obituaries pg 36
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