It was a show and tell, but instead of elementary school children, the participants were senior citizens who brought their long-loved toys.

The city school district has filled two key administrative positions that will be vacated at the end of the year by long-time employees, district officials said Tuesday.

One of the delights of the season is having the house fill with the aromas of homemade treats. When the treats are made from long-treasured family recipes, they stir memories of those who cooked before us. I asked readers to send along recipes that have been passed down in their family for three generations or more, from cook to cook, and that they look forward to making — and eating — every year.

Snowbird Bill Taylor drove to Mexico in October with his pickup truck loaded with personal belongings and enough baseball equipment to outfit a couple of little league teams

Carol Frank and Rudy go together like a horse and carriage or, in this case, a carriage driver and Morgan pony.

“Beauty head shot of yourself showing you how makeup can help make you look years younger.” That was the sentence in the Saratoga Springs continuing education brochure that caught my eye.

She goes paddling and hiking most of the year and skis in the winter. She’s enthusiastic and looks for opportunities to do these outdoor activities with others.

If you think she’s a 30-something, you would be wrong.

At 79, Doris Ludewig of Saratoga Springs has an athletic lifestyle and doesn’t let her age — or her arthritis — get in the way.

Some people have a gift for turning a house into a home. Diane and David Howell are two such people.

Schuylerville resident Susie Kane-Kettlewell, owner of Garden Masters, has established breathtaking gardens around her hillside home.

Osteoporosis has been billed by health professionals as “a pediatric disease with geriatric consequences.” The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that by next year, about 12 million people over age 50 will have osteoporosis.