Saratoga Springs News

Here are some things to check out this weekend in throughout the Capital Region: Captain Squeeze and the Zydeco Moshers perform their feet-tapping, hand-clapping Louisiana-style accordion blues/rock/funk music starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Canal Square Park, Remsen Street, Cohoes. And check out Gavin Park in Wilton on Saturday.

Wurld founder given prison term in Saratoga County Court.

Regional convenience store and gasoline chains have been busy lately with store openings.

Cities in Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Schenectady and Saratoga counties - with the exceptions of Johnstown in Fulton County and Saratoga Springs in Saratoga County - saw slight population decreases.

As long as Governor Paterson is apparently going to be trapped in the state for the foreseeable future, perhaps he should contact his buddy Joe Bruno to score some prime boxes at Saratoga.

The City Council on Tuesday closed a nearly $3 million budget gap by approving a variety of cuts and dipping into its cash reserves.

"We can stimulate our own economy starting right now," motivational speaker Erika Dietz said to a crowd of 130 people in a conference room.

A Maryland man who led state and local police on a high-speed chase through Saratoga County unexpectedly pleaded guilty to a felony charge on Tuesday.

A move by the state Lottery Division to introduce electronic blackjack, baccarat, roulette and craps games to its eight racinos is proving unpopular in the city, which this year lost $3.3 million in annual state aid for hosting 1,700 video slots at Saratoga Gaming & Raceway.

Ron Kim, commissioner of public safety, plans to recommend tonight the City Council approve a contract between the city and Saratoga Emergency Medical Services for ambulance transport.

Good Morning, Racing City, USA and World! ... Hall of Famer Edgar Prado had a great Saturday at Belmont Park when he won the Suburban with Dry Martini and the Dwyer with Kensei (a stablemate of Rachel Alexandra). Dwyer betting favorite Warrior's Reward broke poorly and got up for the show. Isn't it so true that most races are either at the start or in the stretch? The Jim Dandy on Union Avenue is next for the three year olds from the Dwyer on Saturday, August 1st and the older males will Saratoga Sunrise in the Whitney on the 8th. ... The NYS Senate stalemate drags on. California may have its problems (an understatement?), but at least there is a government in Sacramento. Nuff said. ... Summer 2009 is washing along and please, let's not have a repeat of '08 where the fist three weeks of the six week racing meet washed out. Beach weather is coming. I can just feel it! ... And we're ending this column right back where we started it, we'll across the street, anyway. Across the street from the Racing Hall of Fame is the Main Gate. And yesterday and today (sounds like a Beatles album, huh), the Independence Day Weekend feature inside of the Main Gate is not thoroughbred horse racing. However, Li'l Stevie had a great time at Circus Smirkus. If you couldn't make it into the Big Top yesterday, you can still catch the great youth circus today. Isn't there a little Ringling in all of us? ... And Dat's Everything ... From Soup Ta Nut! Circus Smirkus photo by Stephen Sherokey

Following an 8-month search process, St Margaret's Episcopal Church of Belfast has found a new rector, Skidmore graduate Rev. Martha G. Kirkpatrick.

Chuck Fetekes says the timing of the fire at his Lansingburg eatery couldn't be much worse - 4th of July weekend and a day after floodwater at another of his locations in Cohoes cost him half a day that he could have spent preparing to open a new shop in Saratoga Springs.

Signs of the recession could be on display in the sky at your local fireworks show.

Families pass time by playing wiffle ball outside the gates at Saratoga Performing Arts Center before listening to the Dave Matthews Band for free. Here are tips for the some of the best places to catch free SPAC.

WTEN and other television stations owned by Young Broadcasting Inc. are scheduled to be auctioned later this month as part of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.

A decision by the Civil Service Employees Association to forgo a giant inflatable rat at a Spa City protest was well advised, as torrential rainfall besieged pickets in front of the City Center shortly after their demonstrations began on Tuesday, June 30. ... Mayor Scott Johnson says the city cannot afford the CSEA proposal.

Tears rimmed Saratoga Springs resident Joseph Hauser's eyes as he watched his daughter, Charlotte, disappear behind the gymnasium door.

For those itching to pack the cooler, chomp a cigar and thumb through racing stats under the Saratoga sun, post time just got a little bit closer.

The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden presents the first retrospective of the work of Yaddo's Anne Truitt, a pioneering figure in the development of American abstract art.