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Girl Gone Local: Unsolved mystery in upstate New York
It wasn't until a few weeks ago I heard of this unsolved mystery, and on July 8, 2020 the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office marked the...

Heather C Fazio
Jul 24, 20204 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: A Couch Named Marilyn
A while ago I put out a notice that I'm interested in hearing from local authors. Allow me to say how impressed I am by the talent we...

Heather C Fazio
Jul 8, 20203 min read
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Girl Gone Quarantined: An open letter to Price Chopper at 911 Central Ave, Albany
SHAME ON PRICE CHOPPER "I'm the primary caregiver for my partner's Grandmother. She is 77 years old and nonambulatory, which means I can...

Heather C Fazio
Mar 19, 20201 min read
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Girl Gone Local: Owner of Betty Boop Diner responds to shocking video and accusations
Yesterday I wrote a blog about the shocking video being shared on the Betty Boop Diner's Facebook page. The page is currently managed by...

Heather C Fazio
Feb 25, 20205 min read
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Girl Gone Local: Rats at Betty Boop Diner in Albany, says former employee
I was scrolling through Facebook on a lazy Sunday afternoon when I received an invitation to like the Betty Boop Diner Facebook page. I...

Heather C Fazio
Feb 24, 20202 min read
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Girl Gone Smart: ECT = Electroconvulsive Therapy
It’s a bit like being in a sci-fi flick. Huge whirring machine to your right, bright lights, doctors all around, pictures of puppies and...

Lydia Nightingale
Feb 21, 20203 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: Local author Nick Pignatelli has what you need
Are you tired of politics yet? Or perhaps you’re tired of the multitude of social media posts by friends who just learned the word...

Heather C Fazio
Dec 4, 20193 min read
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Girl Gone Eating: Super easy Thanksgiving appetizer recipes
In the early 2000s, my Aunt Fran wanted to do something special to honor my cousin Karen. Karen was diagnosed with breast cancer, and...

Heather C Fazio
Nov 26, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: The Ivy, a series
I want to tell you about a book series I really enjoyed, set at Harvard University. The book series I’m recommending this week is by...

Heather C Fazio
Nov 22, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: A ghost story for us north-easterners
I saved this one for the closest to Halloween, but it was tough. This book is considered one of the best 'scary' novels for 2019, and I...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 28, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: What was I thinking?
This is something I murmur to myself often. I must have asked myself this question at least ten times in the last two weeks, and it had...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 19, 20193 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: October reads for kids
From the time I was very young (probably too young) I was reading The Exorcist, anything by Stephen King, and collections of short horror...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 15, 20194 min read
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Girl Gone Local: Lobby Hero at Capital Repertory Theater
I wouldn't consider myself a theater enthusiast, but I do enjoy seeing plays that pique my interest, so take my thoughts and experience...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 10, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: The Lightning Thief
Girl Gone Smart would like to welcome Patrick to our blog roll! Patrick is an avid reader, musician, and all round cool dude. He doesn't...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 7, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: Little shop of... birds?
I hit a snafu in my reading schedule. I was supposed to review House of Leaves by Mark D. Danielweski this week but I left my Kindle at a...

Heather C Fazio
Sep 25, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: Sequel to A Handmaid's Tale - The Testaments
When I love a book, I can wax lyrical for ages about its ups and downs, but for The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, this is going to be tough

Heather C Fazio
Sep 22, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Local: A night at June Farms
It has been a pretty rough week for a thousand reasons but my husband, who knows me better than all, knew just the solution - June Farms....

Heather C Fazio
Sep 20, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Reading: It's horror novel time!
It's not October yet, but for lovers of horror, supernatural, and all things weird, there's no time like the present to start your fall...

Heather C Fazio
Sep 16, 20193 min read
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Girl Gone Eating: A summary of good eats in Albany from this summer
Every once in a while I like to pull together a list of good books I've written about, but this time I'm going to do a list of the places...

Heather C Fazio
Sep 6, 20192 min read
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Girl Gone Local: An invitation to The Lincoln Dress, A Ghost Story
Albany Ghost Story to be premiered at Siena College and then traveling to International Festival in Eastern Europe. WHO: Piper Theatre...

Heather C Fazio
Jun 14, 20192 min read
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