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How $2 Can Get You Free Frostys for an Entire Year

When I go to Wendy's, it's almost impossible for me to leave without getting a Frosty for myself. Now, for just $2, I can get one free every day for a year. Continue reading…

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How To Identify Holiday Scams

There are scams everywhere we look. During this busy holiday shopping season, here are some ways to identify if what you are buying, shipping or participating in are scams. Continue reading…

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Local Organization Changes Christmas with Gift Tag Program

This time more than any other, we're hoping to help other people in our community. If you need an idea for the holiday season, grab a gift tag! Continue reading…

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Get Free Pancakes Today And Help A Local Hospital

You can get some free pancakes today and also help out some amazing charities and a local hospital. Continue reading…

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Local Nerf Gun Charity Fight Next Week [PHOTO]

Do you remember getting into Nerf fights when you were a kid? Now, you can live like a kid again and benefit a local cause. Continue reading…

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Speedo Sprinters Bare It All for Great 'Claus'

Mild but rainy conditions are expected for Saturday's annual Santa Speedo Sprint in Albany. While temperatures are expected to be relatively comfortable for those who plan to be scantily clad, rainy...

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Get Your Free Taco Today

Get a free taco today at participating Taco Bells. The fast-food restaurant is also making a substantial donation to help end childhood hunger. Continue reading…

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New Matchbox Cars Set Benefit Frontline Heroes

In an effort to highlight and donate to frontline workers, Mattel has come out with a new way to do so. Here is a new Matchbox set by Mattel to recognize those on the frontlines. Continue reading…

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Hot Dog Challenge With Kristi From The TU

Kristi from the Times Union is joining us for the Hot Dog Challenge. She said she would never eat a convenience store hot dog until we asked her to for charity. We will give her $100 for every hot dog...

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Your Pet's Mug Can Be the Face of Brown's Brewery's Beer

I know my dog Freddie has an adorable mug. If you think that your pet has one too, they could be the face of one of Brown's Brewery's beers. They have teamed up with the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society to...

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New York Knicks’ Randle Draining Three’s for At-Risk Kids This Season

New York Knicks' star Julius Randle is taking more three's this season than ever before. As it turns out, he has a great cause attached to every three that he makes. Continue reading…

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Spectacular Christmas House in Saratoga is Season's Must See

There is an awesome display at one home in Saratoga that will blow you away. It's open every night of the week and it's a free show for all. Here's a little peek at "Lights on Walden". Continue reading…

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This Heart Wrenching Plea From A Local Mom To Assemblyman Lopez Should Be...

Tonight a listener forwarded to me a letter written by a mother in Selkirk to her local Assemblyman pleading for help with her disabled son. I read the letter and felt so much empathy for what this...

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Your Cans And Bottles Could Help Feed Rescued Horses – Learn About Hydrate...

If you are anything like me, you may have asked yourself recently, "Hey self, how can I help out a really great cause and get rid of all these Twisted Tea cans at the same time?" Well, fortunately for...

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Building for the Stars Charity Concert Coming Soon

Two amazing nights of music for an amazing cause!  Drake Bell from Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh will be headlining the Building for the Stars Concerts to benefit the American Cancer Society! Drake's...

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Scotia Duck Derby To Benefit Autism Society: Why I Love A Duck Derby

The Albany Chapter of the Autism Society Of America is hosting a duck derby in Scotia on Oct. 8. What's a duck derby, you ask? Well, it's where they take hundreds of rubber duckies and place them in...

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Racing Rubber Duckies For Charity? I’m In!

It's the inaugural rubber duck derby in support of autism awareness coming up this October and it's sure to be one heck of a sight! Continue reading…

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WATCH: Shen Assistant Principal Joins The Dance Team For Charity [VIDEO]

Assistant Principal is a thankless job. You toil and work to help your community's youth expand and extend their minds and never get the credit.  While the Principal gets all the glory and the teachers...

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Why You Should Support Bethany’s Walk on the Runway for the Northeast Kidney...

It was a warm evening on Cape Cod in 1986. A family vacation was about to turn into one heck of a hospital visit. At just 3 years old, my tiny little body would lie in a hospital bed with doctors...

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Local Haunted House to Benefit Family of Scotia Teen Killed by Train

Back in August a community was devastated by the loss of 16-year old Morgan Bowers who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train while walking along the tracks. Two months later, as we approach...

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‘Why Doesn’t She Just Leave?’ A Local Domestic Violence Story

"Why doesn't she just leave?" Continue reading…

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Sean and Bethany Are Live at Crossgates Mall Black Friday Morning – Check Out...

Obviously Crossgates Mall is a Black Friday destination for everyone, but we have got an extra special reason for you to come down nice and early on Friday morning. The Sean and Bethany Show will be...

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Santa Needs Your Help: WGNA’s Shop With A Cop

If you know me at all you know that making sure all children have a magical Christmas has always been a passion for me. I'm going to make it happen again this year, and need your help. Continue reading…

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Sean And Bethany Will Wrap Your Presents Today At Crossgates For A Great Cause

I know you don't want to wrap presents yourself, I know this because I hate doing it too! I will however do it for you if you will help us to raise money for WGNA's "Shop With A Cop"....

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Jimmy Fallon Donates 100k to Local High School

With so many cutbacks happening to our schools throughout the country, some say it is important to focus on the fundamentals like math, English, and sciences, and some also want to protect the arts....

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Musician from Clifton Park Helping Homeless in NYC [VIDEO]

When you don't have a girlfriend, you have a lot of time according to Will Boyajian of Clifton Park. But if you ask me this guys gonna have the ladies lining up with his good heart! Continue reading…

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Capital Region Grown Up Egg Hunt Moving Locations

The Troy Record announced that plans for the yearly Capital Region Grown Up Egg Hunt are changing. You're telling me there's a way to participate in an egg hunt but I don't have to drag a kid along...

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Springtime Splash For A Great Cause

I always love getting involved and being part of great local fundraising events. I won't be jumping in Saratoga Lake but you can. Continue reading…

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Be a Part of the Phil Sweeney Memorial Softball Tournament

I've played the game since I was 6-years old and as I celebrate my birthday this weekend, it's hard not to think of Phil Sweeney who won't get another birthday and won't play another softball game. For...

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Safyre Terry Pays It Forward By Selling Survivor Snapbacks

Young burn victim and fire survivor, Safyre Terry lost everything, except her positivity in a 2013 home fire that took the lives of her father and siblings. After the nightmare of a situation took...

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GNA Hunger Games

If I asked if you'd rather spend $10 on yourself or a complete stranger what you say? You'd have to think about it right? I know I would!  Regardless of your answer, the truth is, more people say it...

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Help Families of Vegas Shooting Victims

We are all deeply saddened by the horrific, senseless tragedy in Las Vegas last Sunday. Together with radio stations across America, we’re making a push to collect funds to help victims and their...

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Bengals QB Purchases Billboard Thanking Bills Fans

This whole story is fantastic and keeps getting better.  Days after Cincinatti Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton led a Cincinnati comeback over the Baltimore Ravens, propelling the Bills into the...

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Area Navy Veteran Surprised By Roofer’s Act Of Kindness

A local Navy veteran says he called Next Generation Roofing simply to get a price quote about some work that needed to be done on his home.  Disappointed that he could only afford about half of the...

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How Can You Get Books Into the Hands of Prisoners in New York?

How can you help New York State Prisoners books to read? Here's how: Continue reading…

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