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CHARLTON
Passing of flag symbolic for Charlton father, son
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012
Military service has become a tradition for one Charlton family.
SARATOGA COUNTY
Entries in soldier's diary reflected on surrender of Japanese
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012
A lot of people were in the same shoes as Joseph Gamache in the summer of 1945.
ROTTERDAM
Annual Toys for Tots drive kicks off
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012
The Marine Corps League kicked off the 2012 Toys for Tots campaign on Tuesday in the Hannaford Plaza on Altamont Avenue, which will serve as the new headquarters.
CAPITAL REGION
Military leadership shifts in area units (photo gallery)
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012
This weekend there are three major leadership changes for the New York National Guard, including two Saturday and one scheduled for today in Latham at the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters.
GLENVILLE
109th departs for Antarctica
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing sends two planes on their way to Antarctica; two more to leave today.
GLENVILLE
Guard lifts off this morning for Antarctica
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing is beginning its annual trek to the bottom of the world.
GLENVILLE
Air National Guard headed to Antarctica this week
Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
Members of the 109th Airlift Wing will depart Tuesday and Wednesday for the 24th year of support.
GLENVILLE
Welcoming events are boost to returning Guard members
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012
If Command Sgt. Major Frank Wicks had a choice, he'd be on the tarmac to greet all of the National Guard soldiers returning home from overseas.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Route 9P bridge to be named ‘Veterans Memorial’
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012
The Route 9P bridge across Fish Creek will be officially named the "Saratoga County Veterans Memorial Bridge" in a ceremony on Oct. 19.
SARATOGA COUNTY
Van for veterans to cut days it makes trip to VA Medical Center
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012
The county-funded van that takes military vans to VA appointments will operate on fewer days.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
In the Military: Civil War veteran’s descendants donate wealth of items to museum
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012
Descendants of Civil War Lt. Carlos Rowe, who fought with the Bemis Heights Regiment, have donated Rowe’s blue tunic, his sword, and a quantity of military records to the New York State Military Museum.
ALBANY
In the Military: Firefighter’s 9/11 sacrifice to be honored in run/walk/roll
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012
Area runners will shadow the footsteps of a fallen Brooklyn firefighter to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
ALBANY
Albany man helping soldiers to find their way home
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
An anti-war activist using concepts of shamanism and mythology has been invited by the U.S. military to help deal with American soldiers’ war trauma.
SARATOGA COUNTY
Mechanicville to honor its WWII dead
Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012
The city of Mechanicville, which had 7,500 residents in 1940, lost 53 of its native sons during World War II, more per capita than any other community in Saratoga County.
GLENVILLE
In the Military: Effects of drugs impressed upon Civil Air Patrol cadets
Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012
The folly of drugs was the message of the day at the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Encampment on the Stratton Air National Guard Base last week.
