Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
It wasn’t too long ago that the mayor would duck out of Schenectady City Council meetings to take important phone calls. Now, he just glances down at his Blackberry and types a quick message.
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