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By Jeff Wilkin
Gazette Reporter

With December here and Christmas just 24 days away, people will warm up for the holidays by visiting one — or several — festivals in the Capital Region. Tree stands are also up in Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, Queensbury and Amsterdam, among other places.

By Karen Bjornland
Gazette Reporter

At the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, you can skip down memory lane with a visit to a new exhibit, “Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning.”

By Stephen Williams
Gazette Reporter

At a time when demand on food pantries remains heavy, advocates are decrying Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to veto a bill that would have established a new tax credit for farmers who donate food.

By Daniel Fitzsimmons
Gazette Reporter

The husband and wife owners of a Gloversville construction firm were indicted Wednesday for fraud in connection with a 2013 building rehabilitation project in Amsterdam, according to the NYS Inspector General's office.

By Zachary Matson
Gazette Reporter

A pair of new school-based health clinics run by Hometown Health – one at the high school and the second at Mont Pleasant Middle School – had their ribbon-cutting on Wednesday.

By Ned Campbell
Gazette Reporter

A bill that would allow the town of Clifton Park to levy a hotel bed tax, money it would use to support the town’s booming hotel industry, was vetoed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this week.

A 23-year-old Gloversville man was charged with a felony Wednesday for allegedly having sexual relations with a 15-year-old female several times last year.

The Alplaus Avenue bridge opened on Wednesday after five months of reconstruction, which divided the Alplaus hamlet and causes traffic delays.

A Ballston Spa man is in critical condition following a four-vehicle crash Wednesday morning at the intersection of State Route 50 and West Avenue.

By Stephen Williams
Gazette Reporter

The legendary Mastroianni Brothers Bakery's name will live on, despite the company's shutdown in July and bankruptcy in September.