Week of January 31 – February 6, 2014
Roohan Realty Welcomes T. Kane SARATOGA SPRINGS -Tara A. Kane, Roohan Realty’s newest Real Estate Salesperson, began her real estate career in 2002 and is following in the “family business.” Her grandfather is the broker/owner of a real estate company operating in Ossining, New York. Kane grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York and moved to Croton-onHudson before becoming a member of the Saratoga Springs community in 2010. She attended Westchester Community College and then transferred to Mercy College.
Gateway House Of Peace Receives Donation
BALLSTON SPA— Gateway House of Peace, a nonprofit charitable hospice expecting to open on March 1, received a $340 donation on January 29 from the Ballston Spa Rotary Club for a desperately needed electric dryer. Small donations of this nature are greatly appreciated by the Gateway House as they look to fill last-minute needs before they can officially open the house to its first residents in March. Donations are also being welcomed as Gateway volunteers continue to search for a snowblower.
Gateway House of Peace is a Not-for-Profit organization that is committed to nurturing hope and healing when lives are touched by the transition that family illness and care giving can bring. The Gateway House of Peace will provide people who are at the end of their life and their families with vitally needed support and care in a safe and loving environment. For more information call Joni Hanchett at (518) 450-1273 or visit gatewayhouseofpeace.org.
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O’Conor Appointed CEO of Saratoga County Capital Resource Corporation SARATOGA SPRINGS - Anita Daly, Chairman of the Saratoga County Capital Resource Corporation, has announced that Raymond O’Conor has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Saratoga County Capital Resource Corporation. The Saratoga County Capital Resource Corporation is a nonprofit local development corporation established in 2012 to promote
community and economic development and the creation of jobs in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Daly said. “We will play a meaningful role in developing programs to reduce unemployment and enhance our local economy by helping to attract new business and industry.” O’Conor has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, most recently having served as the president and CEO of Saratoga
National Bank & Trust Company. He was the founder of the Wilton Global Job Development Corporation and has significant experience in local and regional government having served as chairman of the Saratoga County Planning Board, Deputy Supervisor of the Town of Wilton, Chairman of the Wilton Water & Sewer Authority and as a board member of the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency.
L-R: Representing Gateway House Patti Veitch, Anna Stanko and Joni Hanchett. On behalf of the Ballston Spa Rotary Club, President Jere Blackwelder and Pete Champagne. Photo by MarkBolles.com.