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A Measure of Justice for Amy Stock and Her Family
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by Arthur Gonick Saratoga TODAY ALBANY — These are the hardest stories to write. The stories where empathy and anger outweigh journalistic objectivity. Stories where you know the victim - cut down senselessly in the prime of life. Stories where you know several members of a tight-knit family, who have had to cope with unspeakable pain at the loss of a loved one. But these are the most important stories to write. They are written with the hope that we will never have to write stories like this again – though we realistically know that the
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PRESCHOOL FAIR Preschool fair at Library See pg. 15-17 The Six Surviving Stock Siblings and Family Members in Court to read their Impact Statements at the Sentencing of their SATURDAY, Sister Amy, who was killed by a Drunk Driver. Photo by MarkBolles.com
best we can hope for is to write them less often. This is ultimately a story about choices. Bad choices. And worse consequences.
During the early morning hours of July 19, 2015, Amy Stock was driving home from babysitting in Albany when a drunk driver struck her vehicle. A drunk
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at the intersection SARATOGA of First StreetSPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY Blotter 5 and Henry Johnson Boulevard at Schools include: 75 miles per hourParticipating – more than Obituaries 6
SARATOGA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ~ THE BEAGLE SCHOOL ~ KATRINA TRASK NURSERY See Story pg. 7 SCHOOL ~ ABUNDANT LIFE PRESCHOOL ~ NORTH COUNTRY ACADEMY & MILESTONES EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER ~ NEWMEADOW ~ SMALL WONDERS CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL ~ APPLE-A-DAY NURSERY ~ STORYBOOK ACADEMY ~ PRE-K IN THE PARK ~ ST. CLEMENT’S REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL ~ SPA CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL ~ SKIDMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER ~ MALTA MONTESSORI SCHOOL ~ ST. PAUL’S CHRISTIAN CHILDHOOD CENTER ~ SARATOGA REGIONAL YMCA PRESCHOOL ~ CHURCH MOUSE NURSERY SCHOOL ~ G.L.O.B.E. CHINESE IMMERSION PRESCHOOL ~ TIME 2 LEARN PRESCHOOL ~ THE WALDORF SCHOOL OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
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Economic Development A Good Bet? by Norra Reyes Saratoga TODAY
Is It Right for Saratoga? See pg. 12
This is the first in a three-part series that explores taxpayers’ investment in economic development in Saratoga County.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY SARATOGA COUNTY — When political strategist YOUR SOURCE FOR INFORMATION, INSPIRATION, AND ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY James Carville coined the phrase, “the economy, stupid” in answer to a question exploring top voter concerns, he could not have known it would become a SUNDAY Marty Vanags, president of the Saratoga County Prosperity standard part of the American vernacular. Partnership, on the steps of Saratoga Springs City Hall after Debates may rage throughout this Presidential elecpresenting his two-year plan for economic and job growth tion year on foreign policy, health care, immigration, and
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to the City Council. Photo by MarkBolles.com.