http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog Your hometown community resource Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:52:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I write this in the wee hours, fresh from the BSBPA Annual Community Meeting and Mixer, I find it very easy to focus on the "Green" theme of March associated with St. Patty's Day and the coming of Spring time. You see, the featured speaker this year was Karen ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2010/03/10/march-2010-edition/ Q. Describe your business and how you got started. Well, I guess I got started when I was in High School. I would do hair and makeup at slumber parties. Sometimes girls would then sneak away to meet their boyfriends! I also remember “trying” to color ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2010/03/10/featured-business-make-me-fabulous/ So it's our 3rd New Year together and as I contemplate the year that has passed, and the year that lies ahead of us, one word keeps coming back to my mind: profound. Its been an arduous year filled with great challenge, many changes and I for one am ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2010/01/27/winter-2010-edition/ Its the holiday season once again and "home for the holidays" takes on such an enormous feeling of warmth and joy. The next few weeks will be filled with the little things that makes us smile and hearts tug spontaneously. Donna Martin, co-owner of Village ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2009/12/08/december-2009-edition/ Q. Describe your business and how you got started. "Comfort, Care and Security" are the words our residents use to describe the Home of the Good Shepherd. The Home of the Good Shepherd is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of our residents and promoting independence and individuality. Along ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2009/12/08/featured-business-home-of-the-good-shepherd/ “Thanksgiving is not only a time to spend with friends and family, but it’s a time to remember how fortunate we are for the freedoms we enjoy as Americans and all of our many other blessings...it’s a time to remember that with what’s going on in today’s economy, there are ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2009/11/05/november-2009-edition/ Colors, colors are everywhere.....what a great time of year to be a Ballston Spa-ian. So much to see to tease the eye in the form of foliage, pumpkins, apple orchards, corn mazes, haunted houses; even the purple and gold of Spirit Week is an inviting change of pace to ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2009/10/07/october-2009/ Q. Describe your business and how you got started. My name is Leo Martin, owner of the Double M Haunted Hayrides. I started this business when I was a senior in high school. A friend of ours in the western part of the state told us about ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2009/10/07/featured-business-double-ms-halloween-hall/ Q. Describe your business and how you got started. Our business began 40 years ago as a carnival supplier to schools, churches and businesses. We added the Halloween division in 1981. We had close friends who had recently opened a Halloween store and urged us to ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2009/10/07/featured-business-halloween-hall/ Dear friends, neighbors and colleagues,       I feel like shouting "Wait Up!  I'm not done yet!" when realizing our Summer has come to an end.  Its been another successful season of community-unity filled with charming events and special camaraderie found close to home.       Its been nice spending time at the Kids' Creekside Village Playground ... http://ourtowneballstonspa.com/blog/2009/09/07/september-2009-back-to-school/