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In Saratoga Springs, Michael and Stacie Arpey have donated $1 million, allowing the Franklin Community Center to expand its services into the Massie Center building on Washington Street. The community center provides social services, a food pantry, after-school prevention program, affordable housing and other services to children and adults in the city. Located on the city’s West Side, the center was running out of room for its programs. With covid, demand for its services is even higher than normal this year, and the community center was already working on expanding on its current site when it got the opportunity to purchase the Massie Center. With the donation from the Arpeys, the center can now expand into the 10,000-square-foot center without having to wait to raise the additional money needed for the purchase. The building will be known as the Michael and Stacie Arpey Community C
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Created: December 11, 2020 04:22 PM
There was a major milestone Friday for a Glens Falls-based charity dedicated to helping recovering addicts.
An organization called Freedom Machines gave away its 1,000 bike. Founded in 2016 by two local men who are in recovery, the organization provides refurbished bicycles to those who are committed to staying drug and alcohol-free. We ask for 90 day sobriety. We go on the honor system. We like to say, ‘Hey, you re going to be here and do it, hold some accountability, and then we invite you down to come pick out a bike, or if we need to we can deliver, explained co-founder Mike Romanowski.