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By Brett Samuels
Gazette Reporter

The impact of holiday spending isn’t limited to big chain stores. Local business owners are hoping to drive customers to their shops on Small Business Saturday, the day after Black Friday.

A Massachusetts man admitted Wednesday he tried to coerce a minor into sexual activity over the Internet and traveled to Colonie to carry the act out, federal prosecutors said.

A former Saratoga town councilman has now been missing for a year and the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department is again asking the public for help in finding him.

Faces sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison

By Daniel Fitzsimmons
Gazette Reporter

Firm claims rival stole employees, sales data

In a story straight out of Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant," New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officers found a pile of illegally dumped garbage - but luckily, no one had to go to jail to take care of the problem.

There's more than one way to cook a turkey, but one technique in particular has skyrocketed in popularity over the past couple of years.

By Daniel Fitzsimmons
Gazette Reporter

Firm claims rival stole employees, sales data

Here are six things about this year's shopping season you need to know.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a rising Republican star and daughter of Indian immigrants, has accepted President-elect Donald Trump's offer to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the coming administration, according to a person familiar with the selection process.