Tobacco foes smolder as plan cuts funding
January 24, 2012 - New York collects more than $2 billion annually in tobacco taxes and in money from a 1998 settlement with tobacco companies, but the amount used for anti-tobacco initiatives has gone up in smoke.
Families in Transition program offers comfort to children without permanent homes
December 20, 2011 - Volunteers in Ballston Spa Central School District’s Families in Transition program are preparing special Project Night Night packages for the children it serves. The packages are intended to ease some of the uncertainty the children may be feeling while residing in a local shelter or motel due to a loss of housing or a domestic violence issue.
Parent teen forum draws few parents
December 15, 2011 - Shenendehowa Community Coalition were there but where were all the parents. That was the major question confronting members of the Shenendehowa Community Coalition at last week’s parent-teen forum on substance abuse in the Shen school district.
Area nonprofits connect with community at first-ever Disabilities Awareness Day
December 10, 2011 - Army Sgt. Olan Aldrich sustained 120 shrapnel wounds in a rocket-propelled grenade explosion in Iraq. The Lake Luzerne resident suffers from temporary memory loss and seizures, but has found help through Stride Adaptive Sports, one of three-dozen area nonprofits set up at Saturday’s first-ever Disabilities Awareness Day at Wilton Mall.
Shen teens tackle drinking, drug problems
December 7, 2011 - In a time when underage drinking and drug abuse is prevalent, some teens from Shenendehowa High School are taking a stand.