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'Time Is Not On Our Side': Beloved Restaurateur In Capital Region Seeking Kidney Donor 'Time Is Not On Our Side': Beloved Restaurateur In Capital Region Seeking Kidney Donor
'Time Is Not On Our Side': Beloved Restaurateur In Capital Region Seeking Kidney Donor A beloved chef and restaurateur known for giving back to the community is now turning to that same community in desperate need of help. Chef Yono Purnomo, founder of Yono’s Indonesian restaurant in Albany, suffers from kidney failure that has progressed to end stage renal failure. In early October, doctors told him he would need a live kidney donation. “It hit us both like a ton of bricks,” Yono’s wife Donna said on a Facebook page dedicated to the cause. “We knew based on his declining kidney function over the past few years that dialysis would become a life-saving necessity. We didn’t…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Update: Funeral Set For Ex-NYSP Trooper From Saratoga County Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer Update: Funeral Set For Ex-NYSP Trooper From Saratoga County Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer
Update: Funeral Set For Ex-nysp Trooper From Saratoga County Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer This story has been updated: Funeral arrangements are set for a former New York State Police trooper who died from an illness stemming from his time working in and around the World Trade Center site following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Retired Senior Investigator Nicholas Georgeadis, of the town of Wilton in Saratoga County, died Friday, April 28, at the age of 52, according to his obituary.  Georgeadis was assigned to New York City following the collapse of the twin towers and spent 13 weeks working at the site. In 2018, he retired after being diagnosed with a "rare,…

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by Michael Mashburn