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Getting to Know: Saratoga County Chamber’s Todd Shimkus, author of ‘I’m Not Ready For This’
GETTING TO KNOW - Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce President Todd Shimkus had visited his mother, Amy, who had Alzheimer's, for 75 consecutive days at The Wesley Community when COVID-19 was labeled a pandemic and nursing homes had to shut their doors to visitors. The experience of not seeing h → Read More
Malta to turn former restaurant into town park with lake access
MALTA - Malta Supervisor Mark Hammond envisions a town park where families can picnic and people can fish or launch non-motorized boats at the former Mangino Restaurant property, which borders Saratoga Lake. The town closed on the property on Feb. 16; the site contains almost three acres with 90 f → Read More
Saratoga County sheriff’s deputies to be paid to maintain body cameras
BALLSTON SPA -- Saratoga County sheriff’s deputies will begin receiving $750 annual stipends from 2025 until the county’s contract with the Saratoga deputies' union expires in 2027 to maintain body cameras. “While our members do not have an option whether or not to wear body cameras, our concern → Read More
Changes ahead for Saratoga Springs City Council meetings
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Saratoga Springs City residents will have to wait until all of the City Council's business agenda is finished before they will be allowed to speak at meetings starting in March. That includes voting on motions. Also, the meetings will begin at 5 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. The c → Read More
Officers involved in November Saratoga Springs shooting to return to work soon
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The three officers involved in the Nov. 20 shooting on Broadway are set to return to work soon, just as the District Attorney prepares to send out subpoenas in the case. In the Nov. 20 incident, Saratoga Springs police officers shot a man numerous times after he failed to lowe → Read More
Candidate for Saratoga Springs police chief job Jillson retires
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Lt. Robert Jillson, who was on a short list to possibly become the next police chief of the Spa City, retired Friday following 33 years in law enforcement. Saratoga Springs Police Chief Shane Crooks is anticipated to retire in June and Jillson, who scored a 99 on the civil ser → Read More
Saratoga Catholic parents to meet with city mayor in private
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Parents, students and family members from Saratoga Central Catholic School will meet behind closed doors Thursday evening to discuss the previously proposed homeless shelter at 5 Williams St. The meeting is neither open to the public nor the press. “It is an opportunity for t → Read More
Officials boast salt science, plow blades as cost, environmental savers
EDINBURG– As town snow-plow driver Matthew Ginter Jr. pulled out of the Edinburg Highway Department garage on a brisk January morning, he turned on the brine dispenser and a mixture of 23% road salt and 77% water began spraying on the road. The transition to a reduced-salt brine is a major shift → Read More
Saratoga Springs church admonishes those against shelter, making threats
SARATOGA SPRINGS - A Saratoga Springs church that helped house homeless people when Code Blue first began in the city around a decade ago has expressed disheartenment following recent comments and events surrounding the now quashed proposal to create a permanent Code Blue and 24/7 homeless shelter a → Read More
Couple continues to pledge funds for a homeless shelter as Saratoga Springs ponders next move
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Saratoga Springs residents Lisa and Ed Mitzen have been trying for years to help the city address its homelessness population, offering for at least the last six years to provide $1 million to create a homeless shelter. For those last six years they’ve watched as each idea has → Read More
Saratoga Springs fire chief Joseph Dolan placed on paid leave
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Saratoga Springs Fire Chief Joseph Dolan has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation into a complaint that he is employed by two fire departments. “It could be for as little as four days,” said James Montagnino, the public safety commissioner. Montagnino said he r → Read More
One event canceled, others still on as Greater Capital Region braces for cold
CAPITAL REGION - Extremely cold weather hitting the Greater Capital Region is causing officials to urge caution for people still looking to participate in upcoming activities Friday and Saturday, while some events have been rescheduled. The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill warning → Read More
Wilton Bed Bath & Beyond to close
WILTON - Liquidation sales will begin at the Bed Bath & Beyond store located on Route 50 in the Shoppes At Wilton over the next few weeks and months as the company prepares to close that location. It has been widely reported that the retail company is closing an additional 87 stores on top of → Read More
The Biz Beat: Coffee Planet runs on family
BALLSTON SPA–One table is placed in the front of Coffee Planet in Ballston Spa–a reminder of owner Kim Tribley’s grandma Marion Tribley. “I knew I wanted to be in the restaurant business at a very young age,” she said. “My grandma was a waitress at Hoffman’s and she let me serve coffee once to c → Read More
Saratoga Springs police chief eyeing retirement
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Saratoga Springs Police Chief Shane Crooks is considering retirement after 19 years with the department, almost three as its leader. “I have advised the commissioner that I am tentatively looking at a June retirement date,” Crooks said in an email Tuesday. Crooks began wor → Read More
The Biz Beat: Schenectady thrift store offers reuse, repurpose potential
Behind a table full of watches, jewelry and other trinkets and just in front of some leather furniture sits a Green 1970 Honda CB350. It’s one of the few items you might easily notice in the packed store that makes up URBAN ReSTYLE. Others like pins, signs, some of the books or small statues → Read More
Saratoga Springs students plead for district to keep Latin program
GREENFIELD: Saratoga Springs High School student Ciara Byrne’s parents took Latin, her older siblings did too. She said her younger brother even wants to take it. Bryne was one of several students and parents to speak recently at a school board meeting regarding the potential loss of the Lati → Read More
Saratoga Springs sets public discussion date for Union Avenue changes
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Laura Faulk’s family uses Union Avenue every day, including her kids, who ride their bicycles along it. “My husband's work is on that route and my son’s school is on that route,” she said Tuesday evening during the Saratoga Springs City Council meeting. Faulk was one of ov → Read More
Edinburg supervisor Raymond recognized as longest-serving Saratoga County board member
EDINBURG -- Jean Raymond never imagined uprooting her life in Stamford, Connecticut, to move to Edinburg, let alone eventually becoming the town supervisor. However, this year she marks 36 years in the position, becoming the longest serving supervisor on the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors. → Read More
Biz Beat: Mechanicville bakery to open retail-only location in Malta
MECHANICVILLE - By the time Stacie Blair was 5 years old, she had memorized her grandma Erma Hartman’s banana bread recipe and was able to bake it on her own, no adult supervision needed. “It’s one of those things you come in, try it and you step back in time,” she said.A loaf of bread using that re → Read More