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Volume 7 • Issue 46 saratogatodaynewspaper.com
Homeless Go Figure! in Saratoga ‘Day Without a Home’ Event Raises Awareness of the Homeless by Chelsea DiSchiano Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA COUNTY – Scattered in abandoned buildings, stairwells and hallways and huddled in the dark nooks and crannies of Saratoga, we pass by the homeless every day, simply letting them blend into the scenery while we walk by with our usual everyday worries. We may throw them some change or give them our leftovers from a restaurant, but most of us do not stop to actually think about whom
these people are and why they are sitting on those sidewalk curbs. Who exactly are the people behind those worn down faces? What caused their lives to spiral downward at such a rate that they resigned to living under an open sky instead of under a roof? Sometimes when we pass by and see them bundled up in layers of coats and blankets on an icy winter day, we shudder to imagine what it might be like to be in their shoes, and simply hope we never have to find out. The Saratoga County Housing
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Math Teacher, Businesswoman to Compete in Fitness America 2012 Competition by Francis LaBelle for Saratoga TODAY
SCHUYLERVILLE – Jodi Mehan and Angela Annese were eagerly discussing the months of training and preparation for their upcoming competitions at Fitness America 2012 in Las Vegas. Mehan, a mother of two who also owns and operates Challenge By Choice fitness studio in Schuylerville; and Annese, a math-
ematics teacher at Saratoga Springs High School, told of the different paths that have placed them on the same road. All was going smoothly – until Mehan pulled out a sweet potato. “You're not going to eat all THAT, are you?” Annese asked. “You're supposed to have one serving; that's about three. “Don't start on me,” Mehan said. “You've been eating things like nut
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A P.L.A.N. for the Future by Patricia Older Saratoga TODAY PROVIDENCE – Knee-deep in mud next to the waterline of the marsh, a small doe picked her way along, nibbling on small slivers of grass poking up from the mist-shrouded water. As a flock of geese passed noisily overhead, she raised her head, looking first toward the opposite side of the marsh, then back toward the darkening forest. For a
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Inside TODAY… Publisher’s Desk pg 5 Education
few moments, she stood motionless, her breath coming out in puffs of silvery smoke, and then she took a cautious step forward, lowering her head to graze. That scene was one of several breathtaking moments during a recent hike on the new trails opened by Saratoga P.L.A.N. (Preserving Land and Nature,) in the Hennig Preserve in
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