Sloansville News

Our undercover fact finder investigation into puppy mills went to two local counties where puppies are being bred and sold in conditions that animal cruelty experts call abusive, but the problem is, it's legal ...

In Nashville on the first Saturday of each month from 6-9 p.m. come join over a thousand visitors for the First Saturday Gallery Crawl and Art At the Arcade. via School Library Journal

Joseph Titus of Sloansville and Stephanie Cooke of Otego announce the engagement of their daughter, Stacey Titus, to Nick Sinstack, son of Gary and Penny Sinstack of Oneonta. via Daily Star

Two upstate New York Assemblymen are pushing for legislation that they say will ease the burden of rising fuel prices, particularly for truckers. via WSTM-TV Syracuse

“If you think it'll do any good - go ahead.”

HOME: A Memoir of My Early Years, by Julie Andrews . Hyperion, 339 pp., $26.95. In her new memoir, Julie Andrews recalls a February 1963 plane trip to Los Angeles. via Newsday.com

“We're just excited to be providing service and out reach to more people”

' A Montgomery and Fulton counties service agency will extend its reach into Schoharie County. via Gloversville Leader-Herald

“This doesn't live up to the law that we put in place and that means we have to change the law, make it stronger, put some amendments forward put more strength in the ability of Ag and Market's to go in there and protect our animals.”

Our investigation started with a viewers email describing dogs living in deplorable conditions at Happy Apple Kennel in Sloansville, so we decided to check it out for ourselves. via CBS 6 Albany

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker Wednesday announced an additional $372,500 in funding to help 16 towns develop local agricultural and farmland protection plans. via Empire State News

“We found out, so it was canceled.”

There will be no dwarf-bowling at Big Nose Kate's in Richmond Valley. If dwarf-bowling is right up your alley, Big Nose Kate's Saloon in the Richmond Valley section of Staten Island isn't your place after all. via Pennlive.com

“Christie's is a disinterested third party in this lawsuit and is unable to comment on the pending litigation. We are simply storing the work of art until the lawsuit is resolved.”

An art gallery has sued Christie's auction house and a man who tried to sell a $100,000 Andy Warhol painting that the gallery reported stolen nearly 10 years ago. via Buffalo News

“It's an exciting franchise that continues to reinvent itself for new generations of viewers. The youthful appeal of 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' will no doubt attract even younger new viewers.”

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 SCI FI Channel has acquired the fourth season of "Doctor Who" and that show's spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures" from BBC Worldwide America. via Earth Times

FUNDRAISER: The Niagara Regional Theatre Guild, formerly the Niagara Falls Little Theatre, presents "Broadway in Concert V," a fundraiser with the very best songs from Broadway, past and present, at 8 p.m. ... via Buffalo News

Will the noncom/Channel 6 fault line erupt into a bigger fracas? The Business Review reported last week that Freedom Communications is objecting to 35 noncommercial radio stations proposed for Upstate New York ... via TV Technology

THE theater lost some major figures this year, as well as a couple of sassy foot notes . via New York Post

“This is not quite your Hollywood production here”

Scrooge paces backstage in his top hat. Marley's ghost quietly reads his lines one last time from an oft-folded script. via New York Daily News