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Volume 6 • Issue 1 SaratogaPublishing.com Candlelight vigil in support of family’s double tragedy
Abundant Change by Daniel Schechtman Saratoga TODAY Saratoga Abundant Life Church Senior Pastor Dale Jensen came across the Jason F. Wright novel, Christmas Jars, during the early months of 2010. The book, which floated the idea of collecting change in a jar throughout the year, followed by prayer and meditation on whom to donate the sum total to, struck a chord with the Pastor, who brought the concept back to his
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Local church raises money and hope Church. “He came across this idea and thought it was a great match for us about a year ago,” said Associate Pastor Joe Galarneau of Saratoga Abundant Life Church. “The concept is during the year you continually put your change in a [quart sized] jar. At the end of the year, in prayer you pursue directions from God about who you should give this to. That doesn’t necessarily mean
that you’re going to give it to someone that has a need. It’s more about that fact that you feel like God is directing you to give this jar to this person.” The church and its congregants immediately responded to the idea, and seven months before the Christmas season, over 100 jars were purchased for the cause.
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Photo by Cathy Duffy
Broadening Broad Street Federal dollars stimulate growth in Schuylerville by Yael Goldman Saratoga TODAY Longtime Schuylerville residents know that gradual change can be a good thing. After decades of dormancy, the village’s business district is slowly coming back to life. In the past year, five new businesses have opened – four of them Downtown and one on Route 29 – and more are expected to pop up in the New Year. Schuylerville is trending slowly Photo by MarkBolles.com upwards,” Dave Roberts, President of the Five new businesses open in downtown Schuylerville Area Chamber of
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Commerce, said. “Property is inexpensive here, and there are so many great spaces and development opportunities. People are finally starting to catch on.” As the area’s industrial heyday fizzled out in the last century, Schuylerville’s economy and business community underwent both loss and change. With far fewer local jobs, the once brilliant and bustling Broad Street (Schuylerville’s main drag) slowly grew accustomed to a variety of vacant buildings and storefronts.
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Inside TODAY... Adirondack Trust makes donation pg 2 Obituaries pg 4 City Council pg 9 Mardi Gras tickets on sale pg 9 Saratoga Publishing news pg 11 First Night photos pg 17
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