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Today is Giving Tuesday
The Post-Star reminds readers that today is Giving Tuesday, a day that smaller nonprofits raise money to fill gaps in their annual budgets, the story says. The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls is looking to raise $2,500 for art education. Glens Falls Hospital will purchase books and other items that can entertain younger patients and to support the hospital’s Behavioral Health Center Stabilization Unit. The Family YMCA of the Glens Falls Area is looking to fund need-based scholarships and the YMCA’s Silver Bay Association conference center is looking to help families with adopted or foster children, the story says.
[Our calendar is full of fundraising activities if none of the above float your boat. Read more here.]
State DA orders Saratoga Lake Landlord to be nice
The owner of Saratoga Lakeview mobile home park, Michael Giovanone, cannot interfere with the tenant’s general happiness in their homes, says a letter from the New York State Attorney General's Office, written in June, according to a Times Union story. Continued harassment is a Class A misdemeanor. According to the story, the letter lists a number of harassing activities. For instance, the landlord may not turn off water or tell renters they must move if the rent is late.
Garvey Kia expanding in Queensbury
Garvey Kia is preparing to invest $4 million in a stand-alone dealership showroom on Quaker Road in Queensbury, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. The company has a combined VW and Kia dealership on Quaker Road already. If all goes according to plan, the 18,000-square-foot dealership would open fall 2023.
Narcan for the North Country
Adirondack Health Institute's Rural Communities Opioid Response Program delivered 125 Narcan-based opioid overdose kits to five counties in northern New York, the Adirondack Sun is reporting. The Narcan Emergency Boxes will be hung on walls of public buildings, private retailers and elsewhere. Each box contains four doses of Narcan nasal spray, which is used in the case of opioid overdoses.