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1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Philomena Lawrence | Special to the Daily Sentinel

   Freddy’s Diner celebrates 25 years of food, music and memories (opens the original)

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   BOONVILLE — Walking into Freddy’s Diner, on the corner of Ford and Post streets, feels like a nostalgic trip back to the 1950s and ‘60s — an experience its colorful mural touts as “A Blast in the Past.” The restaurant’s informal dining room, which seats 45, features iconic Formica-topped tables, chairs and stoolsarranged along a counter. A vintage jukebox takes pride of place against one wall, and a lighted glass cabinet filled with retro Coca-Cola bottles and company mementos serv

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2. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Philomena Lawrence | Special to the Daily Sentinel

   At 83, David Salmon isn't done running the Boilermaker (opens the original)

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   UTICA — At 83, David Salmon has little left to prove on the road race circuit. Yet this weekend, the former Port Leyden resident will once again return to Utica for the Boilermaker 15K, a race he has run for more than four decades and one that has become as much a family reunion as a competition. Salmon first ran the Boilermaker in 1983, five years after the race began. Aside from three years sidelined by injury, he has returned every summer since, earning first place in the men’s 80-and-old

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