Anthony and Filomena Fiacco never dreamed when they planted a blue spruce in their front yard nearly 30 years ago that the tree would someday be on display in Albany as an official state holiday tree.
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Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Schalmont High School ran past Lansingburgh, 35-20, today at Schenectady High School to win its first Section II Class B Super Bowl football title.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Saratoga Springs cashes is on its opportunities, taking advantage of favorable field position all night to defeat neighboring Ballston Spa, 31-7, in the Class AA Super Bowl at Colonie High School.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Jordan Davis could become the first runner to break 46 minutes at the Gazette Stockade-athon since 1994 on Sunday. Except for one thing . . . there might be somebody in front of him who does it first.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
The Shenendehowa boys and Saratoga girls squeak out close races in the Section II cross country meet.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Deep, talented and hungry, University at Albany will have a distinctly different look this year.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Senior defenseman Mike Schreiber comes up with three points, helping Union salvage a 3-3 ECACH tie with Brown.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Voters have to make sure no one's peeking
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Community pulls together to donate time, equipment and services for kids’ program
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Charlton’s elected assessor system has been a failure
Empire State has become a misnomer
Yanks’ hired guns finally won them a World Series
Welcome message from results in 23rd C.D.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Election results for several close races in Montgomery and Schoharie counties won’t be certain until a final tally is announced Nov. 17, according to the two counties’ Boards of Election.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
A Troy murder suspect — a nephew of Schenectady’s police chief — remained free Friday as attorneys on both sides of the case characterized his arrest as premature.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Police raids may stop drug dealers, but they hurt Hamilton Hill more than they help, according to one absentee landlord.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
SUNY-Cobleskill’s cross country program was a force when it was in the junior college ranks, but the Fighting Tigers have proved to be equally strong now that they are members of NCAA Division III. Last weekend in Utica, the Fighting Tigers not only won their second straight North Eastern Athletic Conference men’s title, but they also completed a sweep by taking the women’s crown at SUNYIT.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win. The Albany River Rats broke their winless streak Friday night with a 5-4 overtime win over the Lowell Devils at the Times Union Center, the winner a shot from Jamie McBain that Pat Dwyer said hit him in the pants and snuck into the net.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
In her more than 19 years at Mohonasen, Susan Nelson can’t recall a time when the teachers’ union and the district administration were so divided in their demands for a contract.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Schalmont did some positive things on both sides of the ball the last time it squared off with Lansingburgh. The Knights did a little more. Today, the
Sabres hope to reverse that.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Maybe Mohonasen’s state semifinal run last year wasn’t a once-in-a-generation thing. One year after graduation gutted the Mighty Warriors, they’re back in a Section II boys’ soccer final, taking on Glens Falls in today’s 4 p.m. Class A championship game. That game wraps up a day of four title games at Colonie High School.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
The Schenectady NAACP will honor six people Sunday at its first Freedom Fund Dinner in several years.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Lindsay Mayo scored twice as top-seeded Niskayuna beat No. 2 Saratoga Springs, 2-1, in the Section II Class A field hockey championship on the turf at Shenendehowa High School.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Taking care of business was the theme for the Union College football team as it prepared for the final two games of the regular season. If the Dutchmen (5-0 Liberty League, 6-2 overall) can defeat the U.S. Merchant Maine Academy today at 2:30 p.m. at Captain James Harvey Tomb Field in Kings Point, they will play for the conference championship in the regular-season finale next week at Susquehanna.
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