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More Than Shopping: September Workshops at the Farmers’ Market
A trip to the farmers’ market can fill your shopping bag, but it can also leave you knowing something you didn’t know before. This September, the Saratoga Farmers’ Market is offering four hands-on Wednesday workshops where participants will learn a new skill, meet local experts,…
DiscoveringGeorge Foster Peabody, with Glenn Underwood
Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum will host a presentation focusing on the life of American banker and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, presented by author and artist Glenn Underwood. During this program, taking place on September 9 at 7 PM, Underwood will…
$400,000 in Funding Available to Help Close the Digital Divide
Community organizations across the Greater Capital Region have an opportunity to receive funding to help more residents access the technology, skills and support they need to fully participate in today’s increasingly digital world. The Digital Equity Coalition of the Capital…
Franklin Community Center’s Largest Fundraising Event Returns
Franklin Community Center announced the return of its Fall Affair, the organization’s largest fundraising event of the year. Now in its second year, this event will take place on Thursday, September 17, at Saratoga Casino Hotel from 6:30 to 8 p.m. bringing together friends,…
Albany Nepalese community holds vigil as Rasuwa flood casualties rise
With rescue efforts underway and casualty numbers increasing by the day, many Nepalis in the Capital Region, much like the Nepalis back in Kathmandu, say there is an air of worry and sadness as they watch and wait.
We deserve more than another lesson in resilience
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch of Worthy Ground, I have found myself in a space of grief. Just a little over four years ago, my hometown and the counties around us were destroyed by what was deemed a one-in-one-thousand-year flood. For four years, I’ve…
Six Albany-area nonprofits receive funding from opioid settlement fund
Six Albany-area non-profit organizations focused on addiction services are receiving grants totaling $518,000 from Albany County's opioid settlement fund.
North Country Honor Flight to unveil new transport vehicle
BETA Technologies will unveil a one-of-a-kind vehicle to honor veterans this weekend
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood CEO talks Saratoga County expansion, healthcare roadblocks
As the federal government continues to explore changes to access to reproductive healthcare across the country, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood is set to begin managing sexual and reproductive health services in Saratoga County by 2028. The consolidation will aim to bring…