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Young at Heart

by Chris Allen

Young at Heart Seniors Ministry lunches are picking up momentum; we had 36 enjoying hot baked ham and macaroni and cheese. There were many different desserts and hardly anything for leftovers. Bingo is a great hit and there was lots of laughter when Mary Beth called out an “H” instead of an “I.”

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Ways to prevent teen dating violence

According to the National Domestic Abuse Hotline, each year 1.5 million high school students experience physical abuse from a dating partner.  Only one-third of those victims seek help.

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Knox Nursery School brings snowman making inside

by Cindy Quay

KNOX — A statement in the February 2012 Knox Nursery School article referred to our “snow-starved winter,” and how different outdoor play time was without snow!  Frigid, bone-chilling, freezing, arctic cold — words being used to describe February 2015.  As for the outdoor play, it is almost nonexistent due to the frigid (there’s that w

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17 county execs back gov’s proposal to quell sexual violence on campus

Albany County’s Daniel McCoy is among 17 county executives from across New York backing Andrew Cuomo’s “Enough is Enough” campaign to prevent sexual violence on the campuses of colleges and universities, according to a release from the governor’s office.

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DA announces web page and app to fight cruelty to animals

ALBANY COUNTY — The district attorney’s office has a new web page, hosted at www.albanycountyda.com, on animal cruelty.

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