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Capital Region Veteran Completes 4K Mile Kayak, Bike Ride Fundraising For Service Dogs
An Army veteran from New York went the distance - 4,000 miles to be exact - to help his fellow veterans in need of service dogs.
Saratoga County native Jimmy Thomas, age 61, of Ballston Spa, completed the final leg of his arduous, five-month journey on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Flanked by a police escort made up of several local agencies, Thomas arrived at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum (ESAM) in Glenville at around 2 p.m.
Awaiting him at the finish line were dozens of community members, veterans, and police officers, as well as a firetruck with its ladder extended, draping an American fl…
Republican Marc Molinaro On Track To Win In NY’s 19th District (Developing)
This story has been updated.
Republicans appeared poised to win in New York’s 19th Congressional District, with Marc Molinaro seemingly on track to defeat Democrat Josh Riley early Wednesday, Nov. 9.
Molinaro, the Dutchess County executive, was leading Riley by 2.2 percentage points, 51 to 49 percent, as of early Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, with more than 95 percent of the votes in.
The 19th Congressional District includes the counties of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster, as well as portions of Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery, and Rensselaer counties.
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