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Saratoga County and North American Flight Services, the company that operates Saratoga County Airport, are being sued for $2 million for failing to properly clear trees from the flight path of planes landing on the airport's runway five.

The suit stems from a July 13, 2008, accident during which a lear jet owned by Jet Plaid LLC struck several trees while landing at the airport and was severely damaged. No one was injured in the accident.

The accident resulted in sanctions from the Federal Aviation Administration as well as the removal of the tall trees in the backyards of homes adjacent to the Milton airport.

One homeowner has refused to allow the county to remove the trees from his yard, and the county is in the process of using eminent domain to gain access to the trees.

For Bill Goslin the past week in Albany is just another example of what's wrong with the Empire State.

Jim Mullaney can't believe he overlooked it for so long. It was sitting right there, month after month on his credit card statement, while he painstakingly matched up the receipts from his recent purchases with the charges reported on the list of transactions.

BALLSTON SPA - Former 20th Congressional District Rep. John Sweeney will spend 30 days in the Saratoga County Jail after pleading guilty to a felony charge of drunken driving.

Johnstown woman hosts tea parties at Brookside Museum Sue McLane is 'The Victorian Lady.' A buyer and collector of antique clothing since the '80s, she's touched outfits that were hundreds of years old and become immersed in the stories of countless Victorian era couples and high profile players.

Thomas Gavin, left, assists homeowner Pat Gardineer, right, remove a wall of snow left at the mouth of his Berne driveway after snowplows passed through.

The Capital Region has a storied history with the Academy Awards, nominations-wise at least.

Noted garden writer, designer, lecturer and consultant Kerry Ann Mendez will be the featured speaker at the 1 p.m. March 3 meeting of the Boca Grande Garden Club at the Community Center Auditorium.

A year ago, Kyle Taylor was fighting cancer. Today, he's still fighting the disease but he's leading a normal life.

No snow equals a "no go" for the Ballston Spa Winter Festival. Hundreds of people usually turn out for the all day event, originally scheduled for Saturday, February 20th.

Trevor Marsicano made sure to stick around and congratulate Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick, but he felt pretty pleased, too.

Marsicano took 10th place in the 1,000 meters at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Wednesday, an event he won at last year's world championships held at the same venue.

Teammate Davis took the gold this time and another American, Hedrick, won bronze as all four Americans placed in the top 10. South Korean Mo Tae-Bum added a silver to his 500-meter gold.

"I'm very happy with that because that is the best I've looked and felt all season long," said Marsicano, who has had only one top 10 in four World Cup races in the 1,000 this year.

The 4 inches of snow that landed in and around the village Tuesday - the first significant snow in weeks - wasn't enough to save this weekend's Ballston Spa Winter Fun Festival.

A benefit for the Susan Odell Taylor School PTO will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 7, at the restaurant 51 Front Bistro and Wine Bar in Ballston Spa.

Several area businesses and a local attorney have expressed interest in being part of a new "lifestyle" center envisioned for the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park in Malta.

The new center, if built, would provide retail services to the growing number of workers at the park, which sits within the Luther Forest Technology Campus where GlobalFoundries Inc. is building a $4.2 billion computer chip factory.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which runs STEP to foster companies involved in the energy and high-tech centers, started seeking development proposals last year. The authority posted a list of "interested parties" on its Web site.

The Mayes family are big fans of goat milk, but not necessarily to eat or cook with-they wash and moisturize with it.

The family lives on a farm in Mechanicville where they have been making goat milk soap and lotion in their basement for 10 years. What started as a small family business has grown to become a much larger enterprise, still family-run, that now services 50 states and 30 countries.

"Because I was homeschooling my kids I was always putting the brakes on things. I didn't want to be big. Then they went away to school and we've been growing steadily ever since," said Mayes. "I made the soap myself up until two years ago when my son came home from college and took over; I made 85 bars a batch but he invented a system that mechanically helps lift the heavy pots and can make batches of 320."

Mayes said besides being a unique product locally, nationally and globally, she thinks what really makes the company, Alabu Inc., stand out is that it uses 100 percent goat milk.

Yet another DA, this time in New York, charges a teenager with felony child porn violations for sending a naked picture of themselves, both an 18 year old boy and a 15 year old girl.

When Trevor Marsicano of Ballston Spa crouches at the starting line in this montha s Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, he will follow his Olympic speedskater forebears from Saratoga County: Rich Wurster, John Wurster, Amy Peterson, Erin Porter, Kristen Talbot and Moira Da Andrea.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

If Ballston Spa music students have ever wondered what it's like to be a rock star, they're sure to find out by the end of the night on Thursday, Feb.

Two area teens were charged with felonies this weekend for "sexting," underscoring the need for parents to know what's on their child's phone and computer.

Two teenagers, who met in a church youth group, are charged with sending pornographic pictures over the internet, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office.