The following is a list of some of the top stories of 2007 as compiled by our editorial staff – Eric DeGrechie (Executive editor), Kevin Goodwin (News editor) and Mike Ryan (Features editor).
So many things happen in 365 days, that it's easier to just try to recap the highlights.
For a minute a few weeks ago, I thought I’d lost my mind. I’d caught the tail end of an interview on TV with a scientist who had written a book about laughter.
The holiday season is over and many business owners are hashing out final year-end numbers.
With the holiday season coming to an end and New Year’s fast approaching, the annual barrage of “get fit” schemes and weight loss plans are set to begin as you consider resolutions for 2008.
Mother Nature…the outdoors usually supplies me with a never ending pool of subject matter to write about.
It was a record-breaking season at the Spa with on track wagering of more than $123 million topping the previous high by nearly $6 million.
Despite icy conditions and a fair accumulation of snow, approximately 100 people packed into the American Legion Hall in Schuylerville on Monday, Dec. 17, for a public hearing on a proposed cell phone tower.
Cayden Whalen, a 3-year-old Ballston Spa boy, was diagnosed with leukemia in September.
Before the computer craze, my family did their holiday shopping either from stores or from catalogues.
Bank robber pleads guilty
With clips of the grandstand, stables and horses rounding the first turn, the Saratoga Race Course was added to the “Seven to Save” list.
Hiking up mountains, surviving two feet of snow in one day, running a marathon, tuning into NPR, snacking on farm fresh veggies and hummus - all things I’ve come to enjoy since moving to Saratoga Springs three and a half years ago.
Finding a location wasn’t easy, but Laurie Rickson found what she was looking for.
Between being featured in magazines and USA Today, the London family opened Max London’s Restaurant and Bar.
Wildlife Biologist Alayne Mathieson spends much of her time trapping, collaring and tracking lions.
No story is as synonymous with the holiday season as the Charles Dickens masterpiece, “A Christmas Carol.”
As The Chipmunks so eloquently put it in their celebrated holiday tune "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)," Christmas, Christmas time is near.
Al Mottau has played some of the best golf courses in the world over the last five decades and written about them in countless publications.
In 1943, seven young men, four of them brothers, decided to form a hunting club.
Schuylerville remained unbeaten in Wasaren League play with win Tuesday over rival Greenwich.
With its future uncertain, New York Racing Association announced the stakes schedule for the 2008 racing meet.
This fall, the people of Saratoga Springs made their voices heard.
How much land is developable in the Spa City?
Women’s health covers a wide spectrum of topics and conditions, including many that affect women separately from men.
Another “Black Friday” has come and gone, but I have not succumbed to this “national” holiday and the urge to go right out and plunge into the Christmas whirl before the Thanksgiving meal is fully digested.
Christmas is sneaking up fast, so to help people get in the spirit of the season, here's a list of some more of my favorite holiday fare.
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is upon us and it is easy to be consumed with all it entails—shopping, holiday party commitments and concerns about accomplishing so much in so little time!
It is that time of year again when we do all we can to prepare for the intense holiday bustle while battling the elements and often times damaging our bodies in the process.
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month began two weeks ago following a proclamation by the President of the United States.
Bill Johnson, founder of the North Country Academy, has been in the childcare business for more than 17 years, and his experience shows.
Have you ever thought of establishing your own tax deductible foundation or charitable fund?
Isn’t this a great world we live in.
I currently own about a dozen guns.
A young Saratoga Springs High School girls’ basketball team looks to extend its winning ways in the Suburban Council conference.
It is a 24/7 commitment to run a racing stable, but still I find it difficult to fathom that so many breeders, owners and trainers have remained passive on the racing franchise issue.
As the oldsaying goes, there are three keys to success inreal estate, location, location, location.
With three weeks until the current contract expires, locals want something done to insure horse racing in Saratoga Springs next year.
First Night Saratoga has grown over the years to become not only the largest First Night in New York State, but also the largest New Year’s Eve event in upstate New York, with approximately 14,000 revelers descending upon the Spa City for a dazzling family-oriented, alcohol-free celebration of the arts.
Some of you may remember a book from the early ’90s called “Merchants of Debt” or if not that one how about “Barbarians at the Gate”?
Last month, local writer Bairbre McCarthy’s new book, “The Keeper of the Crock of Gold,” hit shelves in Ireland.
Since 1984, the Saratoga Springs City Center has welcomed guests to the city for the first time and offered a variety of venues for locals to enjoy.
To finish off any holiday shopping, Jennifer Wait has gifts that anyone could use.
Thanks to the efforts of a devoted group of students at Saratoga Springs High School, emergency services are just a phone call away for many crime victims and senior citizens in the area.
Ballston Spa’s Victorian Holiday Weekend has been showing off what the “Village of Friends” has to offer for more than a decade.
Musicians can’t fight for rights they don’t even know they have.
Hungry for something new?
My friends – mostly senior citizens – often ask me why I ski, particularly as I get older and they head south for the winter.
Last week, I wrote about my interview with Ms. K, the professed “non-outdoors person.”
The Skidmore College Equestrian Team closed out the fall season with a win in their home show on Dec. 1, capturing first place out of the field of 13 at the Van Lennep Stables.
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