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Volume 6 • Issue 50 SaratogaPublishing.com
Honor Guard Up for Grabs
Volunteer Veterans Need Your Help by Barb Cook Saratoga TODAY SCHUYLERVILLE – Area veterans who are laid to rest at the Gerald B.H. Solomon National Cemetery are given more than a simple burial. Each honorably discharged veteran is given a military burial service by the honor guard, at no charge to the family. The service includes folding and presentation of the flag, a rifle salute and the playing of Taps, a tradition the all-volunteer group relies on donations to perform.
The Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard is one of only five nonmilitary honor guard units in the entire nation. “It’s a very proud organization,” said trustee Martin Volin. “It’s completely veterans and completely nonprofit and all volunteer.”
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$140,000 Available for Local Businesses by Yael Goldman Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS - Only a small group of local businesses have benefited from the Revolving Loan Fund, a city program that provides low-interest loans in exchange for job creation. "This funding is available for businesses in our community that are in need," said Mayor Scott Johnson. "We presently have between $125,000 and $140,000 available for lending." The City of Saratoga Springs Revolving Loan
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Inside TODAY
Saratoga Steps Up Community Bands Together to Welcome Military Families by Daniel Schechtman Saratoga TODAY
Photos by MarkBolles.com
Fund has helped fund 15 projects since it was established in the mid 1990s through a federal community block grant. Since 2000, those projects have created 55 new jobs. "It was established to assist small businesses and enterprises that would create new full-time jobs for persons, predominately, of low and moderate income," said Bradley Birge, administrator of the city's planning and economic development office.
SARATOGA COUNTY - Ten years after welcoming 9/11 first responders to Saratoga Springs for an all-inclusive weekend of fun and relaxation, the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce and Saratoga Convention and Tourism Bureau announced Monday,
December 12, a similar respite program for New York State National Guard members who have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. News of the respite program, which will welcome over 160 soldiers to the region for what the chamber hopes will be an allexpenses paid and custom-tailored
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Geyser Rd. Principal pg 6 Gift Guide pgs 7-10 Business
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Pulse
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