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.
Even during hard times, some people have money to burn. Mark Lansing is one of them. He’s shelling out $12,000 for the early Fourth of July celebration that takes place today in Freedom Park in Scotia. “It’s sort of a traditional thing and generates some goodwill,” said Lansing, who has owned Jumpin’ Jack’s drive-in restaurant across from the park’s tennis courts and softball fields since 1976....
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