TH RIN
A TIMES UNION PUBLICATION
CO
The largest-circulation print newspaper in New York’s Capital Region
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • Volume 4 • No. 8
Clinical Experts in Physical Therapy Who Help You Heal and Recover Nearby Outpatient Clinics: A Member of Trinity Health
Clifton Park, near Shoppers World: (518) 348-6197
Battenkill Chorale Presents a Pop-Up Concert Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council FormerlyFormerly Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council
the most important partner Formerly Saratoga County Economic Opportunity YouYou are are the most important partner in your Councilin your child’s We’re here to help you Youeducation! are the We’re most important in child’s your child’s here to partner help you You are the education! most important partner in your education! child’s education! We’re here to help you child ready forchild kindergarten while getget youryour child ready for kindergarten while We’re here to help you get your ready for kindergarten get your child ready for kindergarten while providing support for the whole family. providing support for thefor whole family. while providing support for the whole providing support the whole family. family.
You may qualify for Head Start! We provide free early learning You may for Head Start! provide free early learning families programs You mayqualify qualify for Head Start! WeWe provide free to early learning You may qualify for Head Start! We provide free early learning programs including preschool classes income-eligible programs including preschool to income-eligible families programs including preschool toclasses income-eligible with children ages 3-5. families including preschool classes toclasses income-eligible with children ages 3-5.families with children ages 3-5. with children ages 3-5. LEARN MORE APPLY TODAY! LEARN &&APPLY TODAY! LEARN MORE &MORE APPLY TODAY! 518-288-3206 lifeworksaction.org 518-288-3206 || lifeworksaction.org 518-288-3206 | lifeworksaction.org Some programs have income guidelines.This This institution is an equal provider and employer. Some programs have income guidelines. institution is anopportunity equal opportunity provider and employer. Some programs have income guidelines. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
EARN EXTRA CASH! BECOME A TIMES UNION CARRIER $2000 STAY-ON BONUS $1000 AFTER 30 DAYS AND $1000 AFTER 60 DAYS
CONTACT US TODAY! TIMESUNION.COM/CARRIERS OR (518) 454-5689
SARATOGA SPRINGS/ CAMBRIDGE - After months of practicing individually in their homes, singers with the Battenkill Chorale have been meeting for in-person rehearsals since early August, in preparation for 2 performances of a Pop-Up Concert on September 11 and 12, 2021. Both concerts are free and open to the public. Attendees should bring their own chairs, practice distancing, and wear a mask. The hour-long program includes beautiful works by composers Lauridsen, Gjeilo, Mendelssohn, Fedak, Forrest and others. Noah Palmer will conduct, with accompanist Erich Borden on keyboard. The first Pop-Up performance will be at 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 11 at High Rock Park in downtown Saratoga Springs. We will be set up in the small pavilion at the south end of the park. That day is also the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and we encourage attendees to visit the 9/11
Glenville, in Socha Plaza: (518) 360-1037
memorial at the other end of the park before or after the performance. The second Pop-Up performance will be on Sunday, September 12, at 4 pm, in the barn at Beloved Farm, 105 McKie Hollow Road, Cambridge. There will be limited seating and masks required inside the barn, but you will also be able to hear the concert from the lawns around the barn. No parking is permitted near the barn or in the driveway that circles it, but you may drop off passengers at the barn before parking in the field across the road. We hope you will be able to join us! And stay tuned for our upcoming winter season, when we will be performing a wonderful array of Bob Chilcott’s compositions and arrange-
Latham Farms, near Hannaford: (518) 360-1036
Free detailed, written quotes, references provided with driving directions Better Business Bureau A+ rating.
Request a FRee estimate
518.479.1400 broweasphalt.com We aCCePt
Driveways • Parking Lots • Sport Courts • Private Roads ments on January 15 and 16 at Zankel Music Center in Saratoga Springs, under the baton of Guest Conductor Gene Marie Callahan.
Middle Grove United Methodist Church Chicken BBQ MIDDLE GROVE - Chicken BBQ at Middle Grove United Methodist Church, Sat., Sept 11 from 3-6pm or until sold out. Meal includes: ½ chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, roll, drink and cookie. Tickets are $12. DRIVE THRU – TAKE OUT ONLY. Church is located at 429 Middle Grove Rd. (corner of Middle Grove Rd. and North Creek Rd.)
PAGE 2 LOCAL FIRST - COR • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Paw Prints
Guide To Adopting A Shelter Dog
15 Facts About Horses
Pet adoption rates soared during the COVID-19 pandemic. The desire to adopt was so significant that animal shelters around the country nearly emptied. According to Dr. Elizabeth Berliner, an associate clinical professor and the director of the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University, as many as one in five pet-owning homes adopted a new pet during the pandemic. Animal shelters are once again reaching capacity. As with many industries, there simply isn’t enough staff to care for all the animals. Furthermore, animal adoption saturation over the past year may have contributed to fewer people seeking new pets. Those who still have room and love to share can put these tips to use as they look for a furry friend to call their own. • Do your research. Ensuring your pup can seamlessly transition from the shelter to your home requires some pre-adoption legwork. This animal will be occupying a spot in your home and heart for 10 years or more if all goes well. The size of the dog, age, anticipated energy levels, exercise needs, shedding capacity, and overall personality can affect how well the dog fits in. Research breeds and try to find one that suits your household and lifestyle before visiting the shelter. • Start local first. Don’t discount local groups when searching for pets. Many small rescues can’t afford the time or money to maintain a website or constant social media presence. But they make up for that by being hands-on when matching pets with people. • Be sure everyone is on board. All members of the household need to share the same enthusiasm for the dog. Weigh everyone’s opinions, but expect that certain people will take on more responsibility for the pet than others. • Consider your finances. Although adopting a dog is initially less expensive than buying, there’s still the adoption fee to consider and other costs that come with dog ownership. Routine vet visits, emergency medical situations, food, grooming, training classes, toys, and other needs should be considered. The American Kennel Club previously found the average annual costs for dog ownership is $2,500. One-time or irregular costs, such as a crate, spaying/neutering or emergency vet care, cost an average of $2,100. However, these rates vary depending on where you live. • Is space available? Dogs need space. While a chihuahua may need less space than a Great Dane, make sure you have adequate room in a home, apartment and backyard for the breed you are considering. The day a dog is welcomed into the family is a joyous occasion. That joy only increases when prospective dog owners do their homework and find a dog that will fit right in with their families.
Dog s m ay be man’s best friend, but horses have been companion a nd a ssi st a nce animals for millenia. In fact, archaeological evidence indicates that humans formed intermingled relationships with horses nearly 5,500 years ago. Horses provided people with much of the essentials they required for group survival. Khan Academy indicates that the domestication of the horse ushered in an era of innovation in transport and communication. Horses also were invaluable animals on the farm or in early villages. Horses still serve many practical functions, but they’re more often than not companion animals or relied on for riding hobbies and sport. Horses are majestic and fascinating animals, and these 15 interesting facts show just how incredible these beautiful animals are. 1. Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up. 2. Horses have the largest eyes of any mammal that lives on land. 3. People once believed horses were colorblind. In fact, horses can see colors, but are better at detecting yellows and greens than purples and violets. 4. A horse’s body contains 205 bones. 5. Because a horse’s eyes are on the side of its head, it is capable of seeing nearly 360 degrees at one time.
Creating Healthier Bonds Between Pets and People Since 1937! 3930 HWY 20 • Nassau au
518.245-3223 3
Hours: Mon-Fri 8-7:30; Sat 8-1 -1
www.nassauvet.com om m
NASSAU Veterinary Clinic Your “Full Service” Veterinary Clinic
6. The fastest sprinting speed ever recorded for a horse is 55 miles per hour, though they generally trot at around four miles per hour. 7. Horses evolved from a very small animal about the size of a dog or baby lamb that was called a hyracotherium. This ancestor lived in tropical rain forests in North America and ate leaves. 8. Hooves are made from the same protein that comprises human fingernails and hair. 9. The Przewalski’s horse is the only truly wild horse species still in existence. The last remaining wild population is in Mongolia. 10. A male horse is called a stallion, while a young male horse is a colt. A female horse is a mare, while a young female is a filly. 11. Ponies are not immature horses. They are a small variety of horse. 12. Estimates suggest there are around 60 million horses in the world. 13. Early civilizations used horses as a form of food. But in 732 A.D., Pope Gregory III said the ritual consumption of horse meat was a pagan practice and had to be abolished. Islamic and Jewish communities also advocated toward avoiding horse meat. Today there is no specific law in the U.S. banning horse meat, but most people still steer clear of it. 14. An adult horse’s brain weighs 22 ounces, or about half the weight of a human brain. 15. Horses like sweet f lavors, which is why you can tempt them with sweet treats like apples and sugar cubes.
Antique Outboard Motor Wet Swap Meet - Mohawk Hudson Chapter Antique Outboard Motor Club, Inc. SCHROON LAKE - • Buy, sell or trade motors, boats & parts • Get advice on your old motor • Find sources for parts & services • Wet Meet (boats in the water ) • Antique motor displays • Identify your motor. Location: Schroon Lake Town Boat Launch, Dock Street, Schroon Lake, New York. Sunday, September 12th, 2021: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. For further information contact Michael Glenn 518-505-3558. Open to the General Public and no Admission Fee! Refreshments Available (donations accepted).
Adirondack Fiddlers SCHUYLERVILLE New style and Old Tyme Fiddling, Adirondack Fiddlers. Sunday September 12th 1:00 pm to 4:30. American Legion Hall, Clancy St. Schuylerville, NY. All fiddlers and musicians young and old, public welcome. Round and square dancing. Food available. For more information call (518) 274-6817.
645 Albany-Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12211 • 518-454-5501 • Fax 518-454-5541 www.crwnewspapers.com
Fun park gems go on auction block Former Magic Forest owner selling collection ByLINE: PETE DEMOLA
LAKE GEORGE - Want to buy a logstyle “Christmas in the Forest” display? How about a bee’s nest table, a swan head from the boat rides at the former 1950s-era Story Town U.S.A. in Lake George, an “animated” stuffed squirrel or a menagerie of fiberglass mannequins? And that’s to say nothing of all manner of old-school weaponry, from the vintage starter pistols cowboys toted at a once-popular Wild West theme park in
the Catskills to wooden tomahawks and spears. If you’ve got a hankering for nostalgia and cash burning a hole in your pocket -or even want to cobble together your own theme park from spare parts -- then this auction is for you: Jack Gillette, son of theme park guru Arthur Gillette is putting his personal collection on the auction block. Gillette sold Magic Forest in Lake George in 2019 and retired. “I have no place to store it,” he said. “I decided to get rid of everything, about 95 percent of the stuff.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF COLLAR CITY AUCTIONS
Magic Forest, Lake George signage is on the auction block along with bits and pieces of the magical world kids loved.
Disassembly for some items is required, including the thicket of metal mushrooms that winning bidders will be required to pry loose from their concrete beds. The online sale, facilitated by the Delanson-based Collar City Auctions, launched Wednesday. The collection of Please see AUCTION 8
Pistol helps tell the story of legendary Adirondack guide North Country museum gets 1851 Colt carried by Sabattis ByLINE: PHILIP TERRIE ADIRONDACK EXPLORER
Saratoga Automobile Museum Corvette Car Show SARATOGA SPRINGS Join us for a Corvette Car Show on Sunday, October 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vehicle pre-registration is $15 per car and day of registration is $20 per car (includes two admissions to the museum the day of the car show). The show will feature a Peoples Choice Award. We’ll also have the High Noon food truck here! This event is free for spectators to enjoy these beautiful cars! Contact Megan Hennessey at (518) 401-5185 or megan@ saratogaautomuseum.org
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
PHOTO BY MIKE LYNCH / SPECIAL TO THE TIMES UNION
Adirondack Experience registrar Hanna Person holds Mitchell Sabattis’ pistol. The gun is an 1851 Colt Navy, a popular pistol produced for military and civilian markets through 1873.
BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE - It was the golden age of Adirondack sport. The lakes were full of trout, the woods full of deer. The carnage of the Civil War was over. Urban men (and a few women), many of whom barely knew one end of a rifle from the other, set out for the spectacular lakes of the central plateau. They hunted and fished, and they lounged around the fire in front of a bark lean-to. They required a guide, a local man who could lead his clients to hot spots for fish and game, could supply and carry a guideboat, and could generally keep his clients healthy and well-fed before sending them back to the metropolis. Some of these guides became legendary: Alvah Dunning of Raquette Lake and Harvey Moody of Saranac Lake, for example. But none achieved quite the reputation of Mitchell Sabattis of Long Lake. And Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake just acquired what they believe to be a true piece of
Sabattis’ history -- a gun that was gifted to him by an author, as well as apparently others, who had hired him as a guide. An Abenaki Native American, Sabattis was born in Parishville in 1824 and was one of the first settlers on Long Lake. By the 1840s, when urban sportsmen were beginning the decades-long process of mythologizing their camping expeditions in wilderness adventure narratives, Sabattis was already known as a reliable guide. Joel T. Headley, whose “The Adirondack: or Life in the Woods” (1849) was hugely popular, hired Sabattis sometime in the ‘40s to guide him through what was then an unmapped, mostly unexplored wilderness paradise. It’s hard to tell from Headley’s description of Sabattis Please see PISTOL 10
JR AUTOMOTIVE
321 Old Corinth Rd., Hadley
518-696-5511
HUNTER WHEEL ALIGNMENTS NOW AVAILABLE Approved Auto Repair
ALL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS MAINTENANCE •TOWING•
PAGE 4 LOCAL FIRST - COR • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Political Season is Coming Soon! To place a display ad contact
Heidi Gaschel Account Executive
(c) 518-965-1714 (o) 518-454-5515
Heidi.gaschel@theadvertiser.us
Saratoga Christian Women’s Connection “Summer’s End” Luncheon WILTON - You are invited to our “Summer’s End” luncheon on Tuesday, September 14th, from noon to 2 pm. $20.00 cash, inclusive. Circa’21 Restaurant at McGregor Country Club, 359 Northern Pines Rd., Wilton, NY. Our Special Feature is Kathy Handy, our favorite retired IT teacher from Saratoga Library who will speak on the “other 90% of the fun and useful things our cell phones provide that we do not know how to use”. She will have flyers available to take home. Our Speaker will be Cherie Lasher from Wells, NY who will speak on “Known, Accepted & Restored”. Reservations are necessary by September 9th, call Ellie at 518-5843779 or Anita at 518-5834043. Menu includes Gourmet Mac and Cheese (meat
Quality
Th Se e Fo Cap rvin rO g ver ital R e 16 g Yea ion rs!
Lawn & Landscape
• Drainage • Grading • Topsoil • Excavation • Brush Hogging • Tree & Brush Removal • Seasonal Cleanup • Retaining Walls • Sod • Mulching • Patios • Landscape Design & Installation • Asphalt Repair
HYDROSEEDING Quality You Deserve. Service You Can Trust. RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL FULLY INSURED
518-879-9312
and vegetable choices), green salad, dessert and beverages. Presented by Saratoga Christian Women’s Connection
Adirondack Folk School Schedule for September 2021 LAKE LUZERNE - 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846. (518) 696-2400 - www.adirondackfolkschool.org - All classes are held at the Adirondack Folk School unless otherwise noted. Saturday September 11 - Autumn Leaves with Russ Jennings. #18880911. 1/2 day. 9am-1pm. Tuition $65. Member Tuition $55. Materials fee $40. Saturday September 11 - Woodturned Lidded Boxes with John Kingsley. #1841-0911. 1 day. 9am4pm. Tuition $105. Member Tuition $85. Materials fee $15. Saturday September 11 - Blacksmithing 102 with Russ Jennings. #1886-0911. 1/2 day. 2pm6pm. Tuition $65. Member Tuition $55. Materials fee $25. Saturday & Sunday, September 11&12 - Intro-
CASH FOR CARS AND TRUCKS We Buy Junk/Unwanted Cars And Trucks
Up to $500.00 Plus No Title. No Problem.
Prompt, Courteous and Professional for a change of pace *(Market Price)
duction to Chip Carving with Dennis Wilson. #1789-0911. 2 days. 9am4pm. Tuition $210. Member Tuition $170. Materials fee $25. Sunday September 12 - Blacksmithing 103 with Russ Jennings. #18870509. 1 day. 9am-4pm. Tuition $125. Member Tuition $105. Materials fee $25. Sunday September 12 - Rugs from Rags with Caroline Dvorak. #17960912. 1/2 day. 12pm-4pm. Tuition $80. Member Tuition $60. Materials fee $10. Monday-Friday September 13-17, and Monday-Saturday, September 20-25 - Build a Wee Lassie Canoe with Larry Benjamin. #1817-0913. 11 days. 8:30am-5:30pm. Tuition $1150. Member Tuition $1100. Materials fee $900. Wednesday September 15 - Open Forge Night with Steve Gurzler. #18580915. 1+1/2 hours. 6:30pm8pm. Tuition $0. Member Tuition $0. Materials fee $20. Thursday & Friday, September 16-17 - Learn How to Create Dry-Laid Stone Walls with Ernest Orsini. #1818-0916. 1 day. 9am-3pm. Tuition $210. Member Tuition $170. Materials fee $65.
Saturday September 18 - Build a Rustic Birdhouse with Don Polunci. #1824-0918. 1/2 day. 9am12pm. Tuition $55. Member Tuition $45. Materials fee $10. Saturday September 18 - The Art of Cheesemaking: 102 with Sheila Flanagan & Sal Speights. #1854-0918. 1/2 day. 9am1pm. Tuition $55. Member Tuition $45. Materials fee $35. Saturday September 18 - Needle Felted Fall Decor with Barbara Boughton. #1868-0918. 1 day. 9am-4pm. Tuition $105. Member Tuition $85. Materials fee $25. Saturday September 18 - Make a Sapling Bow and Arrow with David Cornelius. #1845-0626. 1 day. 9am-4pm. Tuition $105. Member Tuition $85. Materials fee $15. Saturday September 18 - Swirling Star Bowl/ Basket with Beverly Cornelius. #1763-0501. 1 day. 8:30am-5:30pm. Tuition $130. Member Tuition $110. Materials fee $30.
WE FOCUS ON LOCAL.
645 Albany-Shaker Rd., Albany, NY 12211 • 518-454-5501 • Fax: 518-454-5541 Todd Peterson ... PUBLISHER Jennifer Morrell ... Advertising Executive 518-454-5513 Heidi Gaschel .... Display Advertising Consultant Heidi.gaschel@theadvertiser.us • 518-965-1714 Art Department Laurie Phelps, Roberta Mullins, Rick Mullins Classified Department Margaret Bunkoff .... 518-454-5503 Email: classifieds@crwnewspapers.com Fax: 518-454-5542 Hours are: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Distributed Weekly To Over 185,000 Homes 518-454-5501; Fax 518-454-5541
Please Call R.C.’s
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY To Our 188,000 Customers CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE: Monday at 4:00pm
Free Towing • Open 24/7
Reproduction without permission is prohibited. The majority of the ads in this publication were created by and are the sole property of Capital Region Weekly Newspapers and cannot be reproduced without express permission from the publisher.
518-683-9285
CAPITAL DISTRICT - Email: CapRegSocialHappenings@gmail. com - Facebook: Capital Region Social Happenings -- @CapitalRegionSocial Open to the public at large. CDC & COVID compliant. Masks required on everyone. Inside seating is limited; outside seating is unlimited. $12 pp and that includes beverages and snacks. Plenty of free parking. Handicap accessible. Call 518-452-6883 for more information. Location in Colonie: 435 New Karner Road (Hanover Square Offices and Apts.) at “Hill” door. Friday Night – September 10: DON “THE SOUL MAN” HYMAN returns to our stage to entertain us with music and stories of the original music. This is guaranteed to be a fun and participation evening. Performance starts at 7 pm.
League of Women Voters of Saratoga County
SARATOGA COUNTY The League of Women Voters of Saratoga County will be offering Voter Registration tables in September at the Saratoga Farmers Market, 112 High Rock Road. Saratoga Springs. Residents can learn where to find information about polling places, information about registration, early voting, absentee voting , information on the five ballot resolutions, and pick up absentee voting applications and voter registration forms. The LWV tables will be available (weather
TOWN OF DAY • 2021-2022 GARBAGE PICK-UP ~ WINTER SCHEDULE
Have You Had Your COVID Vaccine?
QUEENSBURY - Welcome to Warren County. We pride ourselves on our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a robust vaccination effort has been a huge part of it. If you haven’t been vaccinated, we can help! Please consider getting vaccinated to protect yourself, your loved ones and our community. Locations for vaccinations: NYS Mass Vaccination Site: Aviation Mall, Queensbury. Appointment: covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ . Local pharmacies - most have vaccine on hand. Warren County Public Health 518761-6580.
27th Annual Town of Greenfield, Town-Wide Garage & Craft Sale!
GREENFIELD - September 11th & 12th from 9 AM to 4 PM, Rain or Shine – Numerous sales located throughout the CDCDA SHOW
Curbside by 7:00 AM (Last weekly pick-up Sept. 9th) Every other Thursday as follows: September 23 • October 7, 21 • November 4, 18 December 2, 16, 30 • January 13, 27 • February 10, 24 March 10, 24 • April 7, 21 • May 5, 19 (Start weekly pick-ups June 2nd , 2022) If there is inclement weather on Thursday, recycling will be picked up on Friday.
RECYCLING CENTER – YEAR ROUND HOURS Wednesday 8-2 Saturday & Sunday 8–4 Closed All Legal Holidays and Severe Snowstorms
75 TABLES
RECYCLING ~ WINTER SCHEDULE
COIN HOBBY Sunday September 12th 11 AM ‘til 4 PM POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER Washington Ave. Ext., Albany
JEWELRY
AT PCC SINCE 1975
Curbside by 7:00 AM • Starting September 13, 2021 Mondays - Both Sides of Lake Thru May 23, 2022 (If there is a Holiday on a Monday, pick-up will be Tuesday.) Memorial Day week pick-up will be on Tuesday, May 31st – North side Wednesday, June 1st – South side Summer schedule will resume with pick-up Mondays – North side of Lake Tuesdays – South side of Lake the following week
permitting) on: Saturday, Sept. 11th, 9-1; Wednesday, Sept. 15th, 3-6; Saturday, Sept 25th, 9-1; Wednesday, Sept 29th, 3-6.
GOLD-SILVER
Capital Region Social Happenings September Concert Series Announced
Friday Night – September 24: EDD T. “The Human Jukebox” CLIFFORD will be performing on our stage. He has been named “The Man of 40 Voices”. He recreates the music that you heard on the jukebox years ago. This is guaranteed to be an enjoyable evening. Performance starts at 7 pm.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • LOCAL FIRST - COR PAGE 5
Town of Greenfield (including Greenfield Center, Porter Corners, and Middle Grove - Saratoga County New York). Tons of stuff to browse and buy at numerous garage sales located throughout the tri-village area! Free maps of all of the garages sales will be available beginning September 10th at the Stewart’s Shop in Greenfield and Middle Grove, the Post Office’s at Middle Grove, Porter Corners and Greenfield Center, the Town Hall in Greenfield, the Greenfield Center Baptist Church, and the Greenfield Lions Information/Silent Auction Tent.
Glens Falls Collaborative Postpones Wing Fest and Pet Fest
GLENS FALLS - The community events Wing Fest and Pet Fest have been postponed. Wing Fest will be back in April 2022 and Pet Fest will return in May 2022. Wing Fest is an annual
event where restaurants compete to see who has the best wings. There is live music, plenty of great wings and awards in several categories. Pet Fest showcases the pets and animals sector of the Glens Falls Collaborative with demonstrations with the Glens Falls Police Department’s K-9 Unit, demos from agility dogs, low-cost microchipping for pets, tutorials on Pet First Aid and CPR, adoptable pets, and much more. “With them normally being spring festivals, the committees had trouble securing vendors for a fall event. Also, with the high price of wings, we would have had trouble securing enough for that large of a crowd,” says Glens Falls Collaborative President Robin Barkenhagen. For more information, visit www.glensfallscollaborative.com
Porter Corners UMC Yard Sale
PORTER CORNERS The Porter Corners UMC announces a huge yard sale
on Friday, September 9 and Saturday September 10 from 9am to 4 pm both days. We have received so many donations from the community and have so much to offer in our sale. Additionally, several residents will be setting up there own yard sales on our church property. This sale will be bigger than ever! Lunch will be available for purchase from The Rocking Table which will be set up on the grounds.
Stillwater Class of 1971 – 50 Year Reunion
CAPITAL DISTRICT The Stillwater Class of 71 is now planning their 50 year reunion. Event date is October 16, 2021 at the Hideaway Restaurant at the Saratoga Lake Golf Course. Anyone interested in attending or needing information, please call Chuck Capeci at 518-3713225 or Cathy Sgambati at 518-664-7927. Deadline for tickets is Sept. 16, 2021.
COLONIAL EXCAVATING F Inground / Above Ground Pool Removal F Excavating F Grading F Hydroseeding F Tree & Stump Removal F Land Clearing F Roadways F Hauling F Demolition F Water F Sewer F Septic F Stone Driveways NEW HOME SITE WORK PACKAGES
www.colonialexcavating.com COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL
(518) 369-5947
FREE ESTIMATES FULLY INSURED
PAGE 6 LOCAL FIRST - COR • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
NEVER CLEAN YOUR GUTTERS AGAIN ES OR WORRY ABOUT DANGEROUS ICICL
30 DAY FAMOUS
FALL SALE
25% OFF AN ENTIRE PURCHASE PLUS
PERMANENT SOLUTION
PROBLEM
FREE GUTTER CLEANING *
& TUNE UP AND
NO MONEY DOWN NO PAYMENTS NO INTEREST 4.7/5 stars with over 300 reviews. SERVING EASTERN NY SINCE 1973 It’s not too late for us to clean your gutters for FREE to prevent expensive water damage, dangerous icicles, and ice damage. We’ll clean and tune up your clogged, leaky old gutters for the last time. Then we’ll install Gutter Helmet® and Helmet Heat® so you’ll never have to climb up a shaky ladder again to clean your gutters or worry about someone getting injured from falling icicles.
CALL FOR A FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATION
FOR 12 MONTHSt
We’ve installed over 14,000 gutter jobs locally
• Rain goes in, leaves and debris stay out • Installs on new or existing gutters • Helmet Heat melts damaging ice and snow during winter • Lifetime Guarantee
(518)881-1066
www.AlbanyGutterHelmet.com 110 Rotterdam Corporate Park, Schenectady, NY
* Void where prohibited by law. Promotions may not be combined or used with prior purchases. Customer will receive 25% off total list purchase price. Promotion to be applied by sales representative at time of contract execution with 75 foot minimum purchase. Available at time of initial visit only. Expires 9/30/2021. Free gutter cleaning and tune up applies only to gutters on which new Gutter Helmet is purchased. (t) No Money Down, No Interest, No Payments applies if the balance is paid in full within 12 months. Gutter Helmet of Eastern NY [GH] is neither a broker nor a lender. Financing is provided by 3rd party lenders unaffiliated with GH, under terms and conditions arranged directly between the customer and such lender, all subject to credit requirements, approval and satisfactory completion of finance documents. Finance terms advertised are estimates only. GH does not assist with, counsel or negotiate financing other than providing customers an introduction to lenders interested in financing GH customers.GH is not responsible for typos. ©2021 Gutter Helmet of Eastern NY
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • LOCAL FIRST - COR PAGE 7
L A ST C H A N C E !
e l a S l l Fa 31 DAY
WINDOW & DOOR SALE BUY ONE
WINDOW or PATIO DOOR
GET ONE
40OFF %
ANDERSEN’S EXCLUSIVE FIBREX OUTPERFORMS BOTH WOOD AND VINYL WINDOWS
PLUS
Rock-Solid Warranty.
Renewal by Andersen® provides one rock-solid warranty that covers your windows, doors and installation.
Energy Efficient.
**
Our HeatLock glass is up to 70% more energy efficient and helps keep your floors and furniture from fading.
Twice as Strong as Vinyl.
y
Our windows’ Fibrex material is twice as strong as vinyl which means no warping or cracking with weather extremes.
Master Certified Installers.
Our installers are factory-trained employees, not sub-contractors. We will protect your home and furnishings and leave your home spotless.
CALL FOR A FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATION!
*
(518)881-1773
NO Money Down NO Payments NO Interest for 1 year
t
* Void where prohibited by law. Promotions may not be combined or used with prior purchases. Customer will receive 1 window at 40% off list price for every 1 window purchased at list price. The least expensive windows are the windows that are 40% off. Promotion to be applied by sales representative at time of contract execution with 8 window minimum purchase. Available at time of initial visit only. Expires 9/30/21. (t) No Money Down, No Interest, No Payments applies if the balance is paid in full within 12 months. Renewal by Andersen of Eastern NY [RBA] is neither a broker nor a lender. Financing is provided by 3rd party lenders unaffiliated with RBA, under terms and conditions arranged directly between the customer and such lender, all subject to credit requirements, approval and satisfactory completion of finance documents. Finance terms advertised are estimates only. RBA does not assist with, counsel or negotiate financing other than providing customers an introduction to lenders interested in financing RBA customers. **APG25 (AAMA/WDMA/ CSA 101/I.S.2/A440-08) pressure differential applied to the windows (48”x48” size) in the lab on structural test only. Most Renewal by Andersen double-hung, picture and casement windows meet this structural performance. Temperature performance tested in different chamber. (x) RBA is not responsible for typos. Some Renewal by Andersen locations are independently owned and operated. “Renewal by Andersen” and the Renewal by Andersen logo are registered trademarks of Andersen Corporation. All other marks where denoted are marks of Andersen Corporation. © 2021 Andersen Corporation
AndersenWindowsAlbany.com 1 1 2 Ro t t e rd a m I n d u s t r i a l Pa r k , S c h e n e c t a d y, N Y
* Void where prohibited by law. Promotions may not be combined or used with prior purchases. Customer will receive 1 window at 40% off list price for every 1 window purchased at list price. The least expensive windows are the windows that are 40% off. Promotion to be applied by sales representative at time of contract execution with 8 window minimum purchase. Available at time of initial visit only. Expires 9/30/2021. (t) No Money Down, No Interest, No Payments applies if the balance is paid in full within 12 months. Renewal by Andersen of Eastern NY [RBA] is neither a broker nor a lender. Financing is provided by 3rd party lenders unaffiliated with RBA, under terms and conditions arranged directly between the customer and such lender, all subject to credit requirements, approval and satisfactory completion of finance documents. Finance terms advertised are estimates only. RBA does not assist with, counsel or negotiate financing other than providing customers an introduction to lenders interested in financing RBA customers. **APG25 (AAMA/WDMA/ CSA 101/I.S.2/A440-08) pressure differential applied to the windows (48”x48” size) in the lab on structural test only. Most Renewal by Andersen double-hung, picture and casement windows meet this structural performance. Temperature performance tested in different chamber. (x) RBA is not responsible for typos. Some Renewal by Andersen locations are independently owned and operated. “Renewal by Andersen” and the Renewal by Andersen logo are registered trademarks of Andersen Corporation. All other marks where denoted are marks of Andersen Corporation. © 2021 Andersen Corporation
PAGE 8 LOCAL FIRST - COR • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
2021 Events in Hadley & Lake Luzerne HADLEY/LAKE LUZERNE - Now through Sept 5: Lake Luzerne Heritage District welcomes visitors to four historic sites along Main St Downtown Lake Luzerne. Thursdays-Saturdays 11-3PM Sundays 123PM Rockwell-Harmon Cottage, Kinnear House Museum, Gailey Hill oneroom school house, Pagenstecher Pulp Mill. Sept 11 to Oct 10 Sat & Sun only • Sept 12: HLLHS Annual Anniversary Party & Program, “Covering News of today in the Adirondacks” with Bob Condon 12 Noon Waterhouse Restaurant, Rt 9N, Lake Luzerne $ • Sept 25 & 26: HLLHS Visit Your Local Museum Event, Kinnear Museum of Local History, 52 Main St,
Lake Luzerne • Sept 26: 22nd Annual Pug & Pumpkin Party 11-3PM at Lake Luzerne’s Butler Park Pavilion, Rt. 9N. 10 Contests, Non-Pug & Best Pug Kisser included. • Nov 28: Lake Luzerne Chamber Holiday Stroll 4-6PM Lake Luzerne’s Butler Park Pavilion, Rt. 9N • Dec 4: Annual Holiday on the Hudson Community-wide Gift & Craft Fairs, Church Bazaars, Breakfast with Santa. • April 30: Maple in April Festival www.Hadleynybusiness.org AFS-Adirondack Folk School www.adirondackfolkschool.org HBA-Hadley Business Assoc. www.hadleynybusiness.org RFPL Rockwell Falls Public Library https:// rockwellfalls.sals.edu LLRCC-Lake Luzerne Regional Chamber Com-
merce https://lakeluzernechamber.org LMC-Luzerne Music Center www.luzernemusic.org HLLHS-Hadley Lk Luz Historical Society kinnearmuseum@gmail.com
Ag Drive-In Movie Night with Charlotte’s Web and Farmland SARATOGA COUNTY - The Saratoga County Agricultural Promotion Committee presents Ag Drive-In Movie Night hosted at the Malta DriveIn. On Sunday September 12th the public is invited to enjoy one of two movies; Charlotte’s Web for the families and Farmland a documentary for the more mature crowd. Gates will open at 6:00 PM and the films will be shown simultaneously at approximately 7:20PM. Entrance to the
HELP WANTED ALLMARK TREE AND CRANE SERVICE HAS NEW CAREER OPENINGS THAT COULD BE YOURS! As we move back to regular life, our operations are expanding rapidly. We offer you full-time work with consistent hours from day one.
We are currently hiring for Arborists/Climbers, Ground Assistants, Equipment Operators. CDL Drivers. Start your career today, and we will reward great work ethic with team leadership positions. We welcome veterans applications.
•Earn up to $30/hour, depending on job & experience •Overtime is paid at time and a half •We offer Healthcare Insurance after 90 days •Retirement Plan available after 1 year If you are looking for a new start or to re-enter the workforce with an employer who has a 30- year track record of honesty, positivity, and good humor...
Text Job to 518-255-8012
AUCTION CONTINUED FROM 3
more than 800 items will be available for bidding until Oct. 1. Arthur Gillette conceptualized a theme park empire that stretched from the Adirondacks down to the Catskills, providing fixtures and rides for the Land of Make Believe in the Adirondacks (of which many of the fixtures were eventually transferred to Story Town U.S.A in Lake George), Carson City and Indian Village, Gaslight Village, Catskill Game Farm, Hoffman’s Playland, Animal Land and Magic Forest. The elder Gillette started with a wooden merry-go-round after World War II, Jack said. After patching it up, he went out on the road with his uncle. The Gillette Brothers Traveling Show, which followed in the 1950s, remains active and under family ownership. Fueled by the expansion of the U.S. interstate system, the string of theme parks took off in the 1950s, including the former Magic Forest (now Lake George Expedition Park), where the items are currently being stored. Among the crown jewels is a Disney-sanctioned Snow White exhibit once displayed in a Chicago department store. Jack Gillette said he has no idea how much the items are collectively worth, but thinks they’ll strike a nostalgic chord with those in their 50s and 60s. Many of the statues being liquidated play into racist tropes, including those depicting indigenous people and those of Asian descent, and what’s labeled as a “cave woman” with dark-colored skin brandishing a rolling pin (another darkskinned figure has a bone through the drive-in is $15 per carload and can be purchased in advance by calling 518885-8995 or at the venue on the day of the event. All proceeds will go to the Agricultural Promotion Committee Scholarship Fund. Since 2013, the committee has given out over $10,000 in scholarships to many deserving and committed young people. The committee remains committed to highlighting the importance of farmland protection, food security, and the local economic activity generated by farming. The classic rendition of EB White’s Charlotte’s Web and the groundbreaking documentary Farmland are the perfect way
PHOTO COURTESY OF COLLAR CITY AUCTIONS
Giant fiberglass shaving mugs, once components of a theme park ride, are among the artifacts being auctioned off by Collar City Auctions.
nose). The sale marks the last chance the public will likely have to access such a large collection and purchase a piece of their favorite childhood park, said Randy Passonno, president of Collar City Auctions. “It’s probably the last collection around for all of that memorabilia from all of those theme parks,” Passonno said. “It’s what [Jack] held back all of these years.” Items are listed on Collar City Auction’s website, each with an accompanying photo. Also on the auction block are artifacts -- including multiple pixies in various states of acrobatic pose -- from the now-defunct Danbury Fair, a Connecticut mainstay that ran for over 150 years before shutting down in the early 1980s. The Danbury Fair Mall is now at that site. “It was a good life and run,” Jack Gillette said. “Fairy tales and Mother Goose are a thing of the past.”
to share the message with both the younger and older members of the Saratoga County Community. You won’t want to miss this first-time-ever event! It is sure to sell out and be a great time. Call the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County for tickets 518-885-8995 or email Nicolina Foti for more information nvf5@ cornell.edu.
Saratoga County History Roundtable Presentation SARATOGA COUNTY - The Saratoga County History Roundtable will offer a presentation by Russ VanDervoort, Waterford Town Historian,
at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa on Thursday September 16 at 7:00 PM. Russ will tell the story of a 150 year old murder for hire plot that a newspaper called “The Most Damnable Murder Plot ever Ventilated!”, an event that unfolded in 1870-1871 that involved participants from throughout Saratoga County. Preregistration required for the presentation at the Museum by email to Jim Richmond at saratogacohisotryroundtable@gmail.com. The program will also be available LIVE at 7:15 PM on the Saratoga County History Center Facebook page https://www.facebook. com/brooksidemuseum/
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • LOCAL FIRST - COR PAGE 9
Home Solutions
The Guide to Your Best Lived Home.
Did you know? When remodeling a home with the ultimate goal of making it more attractive to prospective buyers, homeowners can benefit from taking stock of current trends, including the style of home that’s most popular. According to a 2020 Homes.com survey of more than 5,000 adults across the United States, modern farmhouse is the most favored house style. The survey asked participants to choose from a selection of styles, including mid-century modern ranch, Spanish colonial/southwest, bohemian craftsman, Italianate, French chateau, and Tudor. The modern farmhouse style was the most popular choice in
AJC Painting & Decorating
42 of the 50 states, proving that home style preference is not beholden to geography. Respondents gave a host of reasons for favoring the modern farmhouse look, including that the style is “aesthetically appealing but not boring” and that it looks “simple, cozy, and not too busy.”
Serving the Capital Region for 25 Years
Did you know? According to KidsHealth.org, more than one-third of child injuries and deaths happen at home. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that most incidents at home occur where there is water, such as in the bathroom or kitchen; heat or flame, like in the kitchen or around the grill; toxic substances, like those found in medicine cabinets or beneath kitchen sinks; and in places where kids can fall, such as on staircases.
Painting by the Professionals Interior/Exterior • Sheetrock Taping & Spackling • Light Carpentry
Owner
• Water
Softeners • Sulfur & Iron Stains • Reverse Osmosis • Chemical Free Systems • Well Pumps • Pressure Tanks • General Plumbing Free Water Analysis Free Estimates Fully Insured
518.265.9407
All calls returned within 2 hours.
Stephen Bono
M&H
Water Conditioning
516-779-6407
East Greenbush, NY
mhwaterconditioning.com
Parrothead500@gmail.com
WQA Certified Over 30 Years Experience
Upstate Pressure Cleaning “The Pressure’s On Us!”
BEST OF TH
APITAL RE
EC
’21
CONTRACTOR CONTRACTOR CONTRACTOR
N GIO
Voting Ends Thursday, March 4th
BEST OF TH
BEST OF TH
!
www.timesunion.com/bestof2021 VOTE APITAL RE AP A T I L C R E E EC SERVING THE CAPITAL DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS
’21
N GIO
Residential and Commercial
VotingNow EndsScheduling Thursday, March for:4th ’21 Available Evenings Weekends Voting Endsand Thursday, March 4th www.timesunion.com/bestof2021
TE Licensed -• Insured - Bonded •V OSwimming Pools Car Charging Stations www.timesunion.com/bestof2021 V Owww.SandSElectricNY.com TE SERVING THE CAPITAL DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS • Hot Tubs & Spas • Ceiling & Exhaust Fans
!
!
www.upstatepressure.com
LICENSED LICENSED LICENSED ELECTRICAL LICENSED CONTRACTOR ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL
N GIO
- Home Siding - Roof Soft Washing - Decks, Fences & Patios - Gutter Services - Graffiti Removal - Masonry Surface Cleaning - Surface Rust Removal - Oxidation Removal
Residential and Commercial SERVING THE CAPITAL DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS SERVING THE CAPITAL DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS Available Residential Evenings andand Weekends and Commercial Residential Commercial
Call us for a free estimate! $25 OFF $25 OFF a Full Home Wash a Soft Roof Cleaning 518-229-0129
Licensed - Insured - Bonded
Available Evenings and Weekends Available Evenings and Weekends Licensed - Insured - Bonded www.SandSElectricNY.com
Licensed - Insured - Bonded
www.SandSElectricNY.com
www.SandSElectricNY.com
PAGE 10 LOCAL FIRST - COR • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
PISTOL CONTINUED FROM 3
how much is accurate and how much reflects the stereotyping of Native Americans that permeated Eastern white culture by midcentury. Native Americans, diminished in numbers by war and disease, their patrimony stolen in fraudulent land deals, were no longer an impediment to white expansion, and their PHOTO BY MIKE LYNCH / SPECIAL TO THE TIMES UNION reality was often erased by the An engraving on Mitchell Sabattis’ pistol says “MITCHELL stock figures romanticized in SEBATTIS FROM H.B.P. J.S. F.I.M. 1867.” James Fennimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking tales and a was given to Sabattis. The backstrap, the shelf of other novels, stories, and poems brass piece in the handle, is engraved: -- from William Gilmore Simms’s “The “MITCHELL SEBATTIS FROM H.B.P. Yemasee” to Henry Wadsworth LongfelJ.S. F.I.M. 1867.” The misspelling of his low’s “The Song of Hiawatha.” name might be the fault of the engraver, or Headley’s portrait of Sabattis is a perhaps the clients never saw his name in familiar mix of unconscious racism and writing. admiration for the “noble savage.” What The condition of this pistol is shaky. are we to make of Headley’s declaration Nothing is missing, but the iron is highly on parting from Sabattis, “I ... shook his corroded, and the breech, just ahead of honest hand with as much regret as I ever the cylinder, has been blown out. A friend did that of a white man”? In the very same of mine, an expert on firearms of the Civil breath, Headley goes on to depict a man of War era, speculates that an obstruction such sterling character that the account in the barrel caused a mishap. Sabattis seems lifted from Cooper: “I shall long may have kept it for sentimental reasons remember him -- he is a man of deeds but put it aside in a damp environment. and not of words -- kind, gentle, delicate There is no trail between Sabattis’s home in his feelings, honest and true as steel.” in Long Lake and the Gettysburg, PennIs Headley’s Sabattis a flesh-and-blood sylvania, dealer from whom the museum man? Or is he a clone of Cooper’s Chinbought it. gachgook? Sabattis’ Long Lake neighbors Laura Rice, the museum’s curator, surapparently knew him better; he was a mises that the initials are of three clients pillar of his church and was elected to who, like Headley, wanted to thank Sanumerous town offices. battis with something more lasting than When they parted, Headley gave Sabatthe daily wage (about a $2.50 per day) that tis a few personal items “as mementos of they paid him. Rice called it an exciting me.” These included a “canister of powder, acquisition: “A gift to a guide from his a pocket compass, and a small spyglass.” grateful clients makes it interesting, but The bestowal of gifts on a much-apprethe pistol’s dedication to one of the most ciated guide was not unusual, and the respected and sought-after Adirondack Adirondack Experience museum has guides of the 19th century makes it even recently scored a talismanic example, a more so.” pistol presented to Sabattis in 1867. This story was first published by the It’s an 1851 Colt Navy, a popular pistol Adirondack Explorer, a nonprofit news produced for military and civilian marorganization covering issues and commukets through 1873. The serial number on nities within the forest preserve. this pistol identifies it as new the year it
Saratoga County to Host Sheep Shearing Clinic SARATOGA COUNTY - Saratoga County 4-H is offering a Sheep Shearing Clinic this fall to youth ages 10 and older. The event will take place at the 4-H Training Center on Middleline Road in Ballston Spa on Septem-
ber 16th, 2021 at 5pm. This clinic will exhibit the art of sheep shearing and preparing wool breeds for show. Participants will be provided a hands-on learning experience from professional shearer Siri Swanson. Siri Swanson is a Shepherd and Shearer of Yankee Rock Farm. Swanson has abundant of background knowledge
in the sheep industry and has been shearing for the last 5 years. Siri along with shearing partner, Colin Siegmund, strive to maintain animal comfort and top-quality clipping. Space is limited and expected to fill quickly. Payment of $5/family is required at entry or prior to the clinic. The event is free of charge for 4-H members and their families. Please
This Week in Saratoga County History - Poultry Entrepreneur of Corinth SARATOGA COUNTY - Submitted by Rachel Clothier September 2, 2021 Rachel Clothier is historian for the Town of Corinth, operates the Corinth Museum, and is retired from Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls. A century ago, Corinth was home to some of the top Rhode Island Red chickens in the state. Backyard hens have become popular in recent years but poultry breeding was a big business in our region in the earlier 1900s. Charles August Diedrich was born in 1877 to German immigrants, who came to Corinth in the last half of the nineteenth century. He married Agnes Judge and opened a grocery store in Corinth in the fall of 1900. Less than a year later he took his brother-in-law, Clifford Bush, as a partner. The Diedrich and Bush Grocery store was located on Palmer Avenue where the current Dollar General now stands. The progressive grocery store later took orders and made deliveries by automobile, a first in this community. In 1906 they were “dealers in groceries and provisions, fruit, candy, tobacco and cigars, also hardware, tinware, drugs and patent medicines.” Seven years later they advertised the store as “leading grocers, dealers in grocery and provisions, salt and smoked meats, poultry foods and poultry supplies.” They were also agents for Prairie State egg incubators. This increased emphasis on their poultry line of goods corresponded directly with Mr. Diedrich’s second endeavor – the Adirondack Poultry Yards. This part of the business was located at his home on the corner of Sixth and Pine Streets, a few blocks from the store. Here he worked to breed some of the finest stock of Rhode Island Red chickens in the area and eventually the state. All across the region the Adirondack Poultry Yards had displays of their fowl – at the Saratoga County Fair, the Washington County Fair held in Hudson Falls, the Mohawk Valley Poultry Show in Schenectady and the Fort Orange Poultry Show in Albany. Each time Charles Diedrich and his Rhode Island Reds brought home numerous ribbons and cash prizes. In 1913 at the Saratoga Armory Show he had the biggest class of birds in the poultry exposition. An exhibit of the birds won top honors at the state fair and he contact the 4-H office for additional information or to register at (518) 8858995 or email our Livestock Educator at rjl287@ cornell.edu.
Diedrich & Bush 1913 - Source: Corinth Museum
even showed poultry at Madison Square Garden in 1915. A year later the poultry show in New York City was promoted as an “American billion-dollar industry” and visited by thousands who witnessed the Adirondack Poultry Yards receive numerous ribbons. Tragedy hit the Adirondack Poultry Yards in the early spring of 1920. Fire broke out at about 5 a.m., possibly from a defective brooder, a device used to keep young chicks warm. Forty pure bred chickens and thirty large fowl died in the fire. It was reported that all of these fowl had won prizes at the state fair the previous year and many of them were valued at more than $100 each. Mr. Diedrich had no insurance on his poultry business. Soon he was back in business and shipping eggs to be incubated and hatched throughout the United States. Ironically, he even displayed pet foxes at the Saratoga County Fair in 1921. The last mention in the newspapers of the Adirondack Poultry Yards was in 1925. After nearly 50 years of business Charles Dietrich and Clifford Bush were ready for retirement, closing the store in the summer of 1946. Their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas made their store a favorite for shoppers in the area. Mr. Diedrich’s poultry endeavors were recognized throughout the state and beyond. Sources: numerous newspaper articles and local advertising brochures
4-H is the Youth Outreach component of Cornell Cooperative Extension that connects youth 5 -19 to hands-on learning opportunities that help
them grow into competent, caring, contributing members of society. To learn more go to ccesaratoga.org.
AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY The Capital District Humanist Society Presents: Good Vibrations: The Interplay of Music and Physics CAPITAL DISTRICT - Why do we find the combination of certain musical pitches pleasing? Why does the same note sound different on different instruments? Can musical instruments be improved? Dr. Laurie McNeil. Who is both a physicist and a musician, will explore how principles of musical acoustics affect the way instruments work and how we experience musical sound. This program will take place online, via Zoom, on Sunday, September 12th, 2021 at 1 PM EDT. Current paid CDHS members will automatically receive an invite to the meeting via e mail. Any One Who Is Not a Paid Member Can Attend. Simply log onto our Meetup Page, https:// www.meetup.com/Capital-District-Humanist-Society/ and use the RSVP function. The link to the meeting will then be available to you.
Curtis Lumber Car and Truck Show 2021 BALLSTON SPA – Curtis Lumber, 885 Rt. 67 – Join Curtis Lumber for their 11th annual family and pet-friendly Car and Truck Show on Sunday, September 12 from 11am-3pm. The show is FREE for spectators. All makes of cars, trucks, and tuners are welcome. (no-cut off years). $20 per PRE-REGISTERED ONLINE show vehicle OR $25 show vehicle registration DAY OF SHOW. We highly recommend that you pre-register your show vehicle. All registered vehicles with receive a free
goodie bag, dash plaque, and gift. 40+ awards and trophies will be awarded! Gorgeous custom-designed, handcrafted wood “shifter” awards, and trophies made of domestic and exotic hardwoods by the Northeast Woodworkers Association are available to win. No two awards are alike, and each award is truly a piece of art! Music by DJ Jason La Juene of Raven Events, giveaways, 50/50 raffle to benefit the WTEN Pet Connection, food trucks, and more! Leashed pets are welcome. For full details visit www. CurtisLumberCarShow. com or find the event page on Facebook!
serve.org. Please provide your name, phone number, email address and the number of people attending within your party. For up to date program trail and program information, visit the website at www. wiltonpreserve.org. The Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park is a non-profit organization that conserves ecological systems and natural settings while providing opportunities for environmental education and outdoor recreation.
Monarch Walks at Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park
SARATOGA/WILTON - Wednesday, September 15, 2021. 4:30-6:00pm. Call Monday or Tuesday between 10am-noon to place an order, 518-5842585. Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable, Salad, Roll, Gravy. Dinner For 2 /$25.00 (Cash Only).
WILTON - On September 12th at 1:00pm there will be a guided walk at Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park which will focus on the majestic monarch butterfly. The Monarch Walk will give participants a chance to look for monarch butterflies on a nature walk during their peak season just before they start to head to Mexico for the winter. The monarch butterflies love Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park for its many nectar species and its open pine/ oak savannah. The walk will cover about a mile of gently rolling terrain leaving from the Old Gick farm trailhead. A second Monarch Walk at the Old Gick Farm trailhead is also scheduled for Sunday September 26th at 1:00pm. The walk will not take place if there is rain. These walks are part of the Hudson Valley Ramble events. Registration is required, space is limited. For more information about the walk or to register, please contact the Park Office at 518-450-0321 or email info@wiltonpre-
Saratoga/Wilton Elks Lodge #161 Roast Beef Dinner for Curbside Pick Up
Columbia High School Class of 1986 35-Year Reunion CAPITAL DISTRICT - Columbia High School’s Class of 1986 is celebrating it’s 35-year reunion on Saturday, September 18th at Birch Hill from 6-11pm. There will be a full BBQ, unlimited beer/wine option, bonfire and live music! Visit: www.chs1986. com for registration details and a list of who’s attending.
Watercolor Painting in Nature – Landscapes at Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park WILTON - If you want to get outside, get some pointers from an artist, and combine your love of art and nature, this is the workshop for you! These
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • LOCAL FIRST - COR P AGE 11
Please send your news and photos to bulletinboard@crwnewspapers.com Please include contact information.
free workshops are offered on two different days at Delegan Pond of Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park. The workshops are scheduled in late September to take advantage of Autumn’s display of colors. These two workshops will utilize watercolors and are scheduled for Thursday, September 23rd from noon to 3:00pm and Saturday, September 25th from noon to 3:00pm with local artist Catherine Wagner Minnery. This program is appropriate for participants older than 13. Workshop size is limited to 12 participants. All supplies will be provided but if you prefer to use your own supplies, you can bring them. This is a free program. Saratoga Arts made this program possible with a Community Arts Grant funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Registration is required by September 18th. Space is limited. For more information or to register for the program, please contact the Preserve & Park office at 518450-0321 or via email at info@wiltonpreserve.org. Please provide your name, phone number, email address and the number of people within your party.
ing, fabrics, jewelry, party vendors, pet supplies, food treats, and just about anything you can imagine may be found here. New vendors are signing up every month. Snow or rain, the sales go on and it is a fun activity the entire family enjoys. Come browse, visit, eat, or just get out of the house with a friend. All proceeds go to our local charities. All markets are usually held the fourth Sunday of each month: except December, May, June, July, and August. Next sale dates are October 24th. November 14th and 28th (for holiday shopping) . An 8 foot table and chairs are just $15; call Linda at (518) 289-5470 for information or to sign up for a table(s). Masks should be worn by everyone; especially those unvaccinated.
group will cover approximately 1.5 miles of trail. The September Moonlight Hikes are scheduled for Sunday September 19th and Monday September 20th, both beginning promptly at 8:00pm. In the month of October, the hikes are scheduled for Tuesday October 19th and Wednesday October 20th, both beginning promptly at 8:00pm. This is a free program guided by an environmental educator. Registration is required. Space is limited. For more information or to register for the program, please contact the Preserve & Park office at 518-4500321 or via email at info@ wiltonpreserve.org. Please provide your name, phone number, email address and the number of people within your party.
September & October Moonlight Hikes at Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park
22nd Annual Halloween Pug & Pumpkin Party
WILTON - Are you interested in traversing the trails of Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park at night? View nature in a new light, or lack thereof, as we walk the trails under the full moon. An unforgettable experience for all ages! The
LAKE LUZERNE - “The Wonder of Warlocks, Witches & Wizards Part II Live. Sunday, September 26, 2021. 11am-3pm. At Pavilion Park, Rt. 9N, Lake Luzerne. 10 contests including Non-Pug and Best Kisser. For info. Pam Morin 518-696-7184, pammorin@frontiernet.net
Sign Up - Indoor Craft & Garage Sale For 2021 SARATOGA COUNTY - On Sunday, September 19th, from 11-3 pm the popular Elks Ladies Auxiliary Indoor Craft and Garage Sale at the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Club on Elks Lane will resume. Admission is free with over 40 vendors; parking is great, bargains galore, and lunch, We offer household items, sports equipment, hand-made items, cloth-
Residential & Commercial • Free Estimates • Fully Insured • Guaranteed
PAGE 12 LOCAL FIRST - COR • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
OPINION
Blame Congress, Not Supreme Court, For Eviction Ruling Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
In a major victory for constitutional norms, the Supreme Court overturned a lawless and essentially authoritarian policy of the Trump administration, and progressives are furious. You read that right. Let's catch up. On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the CARES Act, and Donald Trump signed it into law. One provision of the massive $2.2 trillion legislation imposed a temporary ban on evictions for renters in response to the economic hardships caused by the pandemic. The case for the moratorium at the time didn't rest on public health, but on the fact that the country was heading into a lockdown. Asking people to pay rent when they were told they couldn't go to work didn't make a lot of sense. When the ban expired, long after the lockdowns ended, Congress opted not to extend it. So, with much self-congratulation, the Trump administration's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an eviction moratorium of its own, this time under the dubious pretext of stopping the spread of COVID-19. That moratorium extended into the first months of the Biden administration. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that the CDC didn't have the authority to nullify rental contracts across the country, but if Congress wanted to pass a law to continue the policy, as it had under the CARES Act, it could. Congress declined. Instead, leading Democrats asked Biden in effect to defy the court and just do it again. At first, the White House said it couldn't because that would be unlawful. But then Biden did it anyway, admitting he
was doing it just to buy some time and violating his oath of office in the process. As expected, the court blocked the ban last week. "Last night, the Supreme Court immorally ripped away that relief in a ruling that is arbitrary and cruel," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a statement the following day. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) denounced the decision by a "Republican-packed Supreme Court" that he says will "put millions of people in danger." Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) declared on Twitter, "The Supreme Court is on the wrong side of history in the midst of this crisis." White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement that the administration is "disappointed" with the ruling, which it knew was coming. I think the conservative majority wasn't nearly as "extreme" as it should have been. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in his July ruling, had told the administration it couldn't do this unilaterally. The president responded in bad faith. The court should have read him the riot act. Moreover, the very idea that a politically appointed bureaucrat has carte blanche to do whatever he or she wants simply by invoking a crisis is a profoundly dangerous principle. You'd think Democrats, after four years of fretting over Donald Trump as a would-be dictator and his various assaults on democratic and constitutional norms, would have some appreciation of this. Personally, I'm not convinced that even Congress has unbridled power to negate millions of legal contracts and
abrogate property rights indefinitely. The unsigned ruling didn't address this idea, which is at least a debatable proposition. Indeed, the court's majority took no position on the policy at all. Rather, it said: "If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue, Congress must specifically authorize it." And this is what is so infuriating about the attacks on the court. For decades, the legislative and executive branches -- under Democrats and Republicans alike -have refused to do their jobs as outlined in the Constitution. They behave like children, whining about what policies they want, but they are unwilling do the work to get them. Then, when the Supreme Court behaves like a grown-up, preventing this administration or that one from ruling like monarchs, politicians complain about that, too. Worse, some see the court doing its job as an argument for packing it with pliant enablers of this dysfunction. The most dismaying thing about the court's decision isn't the utterly reasonable majority ruling, but the minority's dissent, written by Justice Stephen Breyer. The court's liberals believe that unless Congress explicitly denies the CDC's power to do something, the court should assume the executive branch can do whatever it wants. Imagine the reaction if the Trump administration made this kind of argument. People wonder why our institutions are suffering from a crisis of legitimacy, when the answer is obvious: Our elected leaders would rather whine and cast blame than do the jobs they were elected to do.
Send Us Your Thoughts Regarding Our Opinion Pages. We look forward to expanding our papers with diverse views.
Please send to bulletinboard@crwnewspapers.com
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • LOCAL FIRST - COR P AGE 13
OPINION
Sorry Joe, This Was Not A Success By Rich Lowry
Talk about a catastrophic success. The Biden administration wants credit for the Afghanistan evacuation as measured by the sheer number of people it flew out amid a security and humanitarian crisis of its own making. This is the arsonist bragging about how many fires he has put out. T ho s e w it h memor ie s t h at stretch past a couple of weeks ago will recall the halcyon days when a mass evacuation at a civilian airport exposed to suicide bombers and other attackers wasn't, according to Joe Biden, even conceivable. Biden contributed to the collapse of the Afghan military by denying it air cover, gave away Bagram Air Base for no good reason, pulled out U.S. troops before our diplomats and civilians, drastically underestimated the gathering Taliban offensive, and then, caught unawares by the fall of Kabul, scrambled to jury-rig a desperate rescue that shouldn't have been necessary in the first place. That the U.S flew out more than 115,000 people out of Kabul is a testament to the awesome capabilities of the United States military. It is not in any way a vindication of President Biden's exit. The evacuation itself has been costly. Because we outsourced security outside the airport to the Taliban, our service members were forced to operate in dangerous conditions. A nearly inevitable attack last week killed 13 of them. That's the loss of more Americans in one day than were killed in action most years in Afghanistan since 2015. Then, we failed by the most important metric. We left hundreds of Americans behind who wanted to leave, a squalid betrayal that was unfathomable before the Biden team began to try to prepare the public for it a week or so ago. It's hard to imagine any prior American president, perhaps with the exception of Jimmy Carter, abandoning Americans behind enemy lines. Theodore Roosevelt mustered the naval might of the United
States to save one American who had been kidnapped in Morocco in 1904. Barack Obama traded five Guantanamo detainees for Bowe Bergdahl in 2014. Even Biden felt the impulse to get every last American out. He pledged to do it in his interview with George Stephanopoulos. In order to keep his promise to the Taliban to get out by Aug. 31, though, he broke his promise to his countrymen. We still don't know how many U.S. green-card holders, to whom we should also feel an obligation, have been left behind. And there have been reports that the Taliban was blocking our most deserving Afghan allies from getting to the airport, meaning the Afghans we got out weren't necessarily the most endangered. Even if the evacuation had been flawless and complete, the underlying situation speaks of an abysmal failure. After 20 years, we lost a war to a Taliban that now controls more territory than it did on September 11, 2001. The Taliban hasn't renounced al Qaeda; indeed, the Haqqani network, a key element of the Taliban that has been responsible for security in Kabul, is closely allied with the terror group. Biden talks bravely of launching counterterrorism strikes from "over the horizon," but failed to secure a base in a neighboring country. We will have to operate from hours away in the Persian Gulf, even as our intelligence capabilities in Afghanistan are drastically diminished. Our ineptitude and dishonorable conduct have shocked our allies, who need to place their trust in our competence and reliability. Biden's supporters have resorted to the defense that almost all of this was inevitable. Yet, for years, the Afghan army fought and bled after we had stepped back into a support role, suggesting an unsatisfactory stalemate was achievable at a relatively low cost. Biden rejected that option. Instead, he chose defeat and disgrace. All of the exertions to rescue people from the wreckage over the last two weeks can't change that.
How Biden Got It So Wrong:
What Explains The President's Epic Afghanistan Miscalculation
S.E. Cupp, Tribune Content Agency
Like many fellow Americans, I know a number of men and women who served in Afghanistan. And whatever you think of the imprudence of the Afghan war, there is no doubt our U.S. service members were doing an important job there, and have more than earned our respect and gratitude. With them in mind, they certainly deserved an end to this war after 20 years. But they didn't deserve to end it this way. Nor did the Afghan people. The last few weeks have been difficult to process, and impossible to defend. And yet, that's just what President Biden did on Tuesday in a speech to the American people, inexplicably calling our Afghan withdrawal "an extraordinary success." With all due respect to the president, that is preposterous. Biden is not a stupid man. Nor is he an evil man, or an incompetent man. I still believe Biden is the right person to lead our country through a very tumultuous and fragile time. However, and let me be very clear: He has disastrously bungled Afghanistan, and the damage from that will be long-lasting, catastrophic, and perhaps irrevocable. It boggles the mind. There was no good reason -- absolutely none -- to end our military engagement in the haphazard, irresponsible manner that Biden chose to. There were countless other options at his disposal besides rushing an operation he promised would be "safe and orderly," then proved anything but. All that has happened -- the immediate collapse of the Afghan government, the emboldening of ISIS-K, a mad crush of Afghans and Americans desperate to leave the Taliban-controlled failed state, and even the needless deaths of U.S. service members to terrorist attacks -- was predictable. And everything that will invariably happen next -- increased instability in the region, a rise in terror attacks, new threats to American national security, distrust by our allies, dismissal by our enemies -- is known to Biden as well. He is not new to this arena. As a Daily News editorial pointed out, Biden himself warned 20 years ago that "If we leave Afghanistan in chaos, it will be another time bomb waiting to explode." So what accounts for such a miscalculation? How can we explain why a smart, experienced and decent man would make the absolute worst decisions? The lamentable answer, per the new normal: politics. Generals are always prepared to fight the last war, the saying goes. But in America's
increasingly irrational and decreasingly substantive politics of personality, presidents are always prepared to fight the last president, too. Biden's election was admittedly, if nothing else, an overwhelming mandate to undo the Trump era. And he began right away. There were a whopping 25 executive orders in January, many of which were a direct response to former President Trump's actions, from strengthening the Affordable Care Act to extending COVID-19 relief, ordering mask mandates for federal workers, to addressing climate change. In February, Biden issued an "Executive Order on the Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions," undoing seven of Trump's past executive orders or memoranda. In toto, he's signed 55 executive orders, 34 presidential memoranda, 109 proclamations and 20 notices. He issued more executive actions in his first 100 days than Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush combined. While that speaks in part to the intransigence of today's Congress, it's also a clear attempt at dismantling his predecessor's legacy. Biden's voters are, undoubtedly, not complaining. But when it comes to war, it's often more complicated than merely dismantling. For one, there are things presidential predecessors did -- or didn't do -- for a reason, because generals advised them to, or allies expected them to, or complicated circumstances demanded it. For another, some things can't be undone easily. There's a reason Obama couldn't simply close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, as he promised while campaigning. There's a reason Trump couldn't renegotiate a better Iran nuclear deal, or the Paris climate accord, as he promised. And yes, there's a reason Obama -- and Trump -- couldn't just quit Afghanistan. Instead of making decisions methodically, even it meant staying longer than he wanted, Biden seems to be fighting his predecessors. It's a bad strategy, no matter who's employing it. Trump's attempts to undo the Obama doctrine were often confused and ill-advised by generals. Obama's desire to undo the Bush doctrine led to a considerable miscalculation in Syria. When it comes to war and foreign policy, presidents must be clear-eyed, nonpartisan and rational. Biden's Afghanistan blunder was not the result of clear-eyed thinking, experience and logic, but a misplaced focus on personality, politics and posterity.
PAGE 14 LOCAL FIRST - COR • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
COPS, COURT AND FIRE CALLS Albany man charged in January slaying ALBANY -- A 28-yearold Albany man has been charged in connection with a homicide that occurred in January, Albany police said Friday. Nicholas Higgins was arraigned in Albany County Criminal Court on second-degree murder and weapons charges, police said. Police believe Higgins is connected to the homicide of 23-year-old Uizaie Brigman, who was found dead Jan. 11 inside a vehicle on Ontario and Hamilton streets in Albany with gunshot wounds. The investigation was conducted by detectives from the Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit. Following his arraignment, Higgins was returned to the Albany County Jail where he has been incarcerated since his arrest June 30 as part of a joint investigation with the state Attorney General's office, according to police.
Two killed in Northway collision CHESTERTOWN -Two people were killed in a head-on collision on the Northway Friday night in Warren County, State Police said. Troopers said the crash happened at about 10:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes as Dennis M. Ford, 65, of Saranac Lake, driving a 2017 Mini Countryman north in the southbound, collided head-on with a southbound Volvo SUV. The Volvo's driver was airlifted to University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington in critical condition. The Volvo's front seat passenger and rear passenger were declared dead at the scene. They were a man, age 27 or 28, from New Jersey, and a woman,
age 30 or 31, from the Boston area, police said. Ford was airlifted to Albany Medical Center and is in fair condition. Police are withholding the names of the victims pending family notifications. The crash remains under investigation, police said.
Man, 47, wounded in Albany gunfire ALBANY -- City police are investigating a shooting Friday on Central Avenue where a man was wounded in the leg. At about 10:20 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of Central Avenue just west of Lexington Avenue for reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located a 47-year-old man with a gunshot wound. The victim was treated by emergency medical personnel and taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital where he is listed in stable condition. At this time the investigation remains ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 518-462-8039.
2 arrested after gate crashed, shots fired WESTERLO -- Two men were arrested Friday in a late-night dispute that included a gate-crashing, a broken window and a half-dozen shots fired into a car with a .22 rifle, Albany County sheriff's deputies said. The sheriff's department said they responded to the disturbance call on County Route 111 at about 11:20 p.m. to find that a Connecticut man, 42, had driven his car through a metal gate and then argued with an "acquaintance," a 40-year-old Westerlo man, the homeowner. After the Connecticut man broke a window in the home, the Westerlo man pulled out a rifle and fired shots at the other man, who was in his car, striking the vehicle about six times,
deputies said. The Connecticut man was charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespassing and released pending a future court date. The Westerlo man was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief and was to be arraigned in Town Court.
York City dead inside of the vehicle. Authorities said Bailly was taken to the Albany Medical Center but later succumbed to his injuries, though the date of his death was not provided.
The bicyclist is in critical condition. If anyone was in the area at that time or has any information, call police at 518-783-2620, referring to Colonie Police incident # 21-056854.
Colonie bicyclist in critical condition
Drugs, guns found in Albany search
COLONIE -- Town police are investigating the circumstances of a bicycle accident that left the rider with a serious head injury. The police Traffic Unit said at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday the bicyclist was found lying on Loudon Road in front of JJ Rafferty’s. Police said it is as yet unclear if the bicyclist fell off the bike or was struck by a motor vehicle. It does appear the bicycle had been struck by a motor vehicle, either at time of crash or after the bicyclist was already on the ground, police said. The bicycle is described as a blue Crestwood Freespirit mountain bike.
Motorcyclist killed in Queensbury collision
ALBANY -- Police arrested a man after finding a handgun and drugs in two homes on Thursday, officials said. The 48-year-old was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. Detectives arrested the suspect while executing a search warrant Thursday morning at a home on the 100 block of Morton Avenue as part of an investigation. Authorities said they found a loaded handgun inside the home and the suspect had a "quantity of crack cocaine" concealed in his clothing during the arrest. The same investigation took detectives to an Old Hickory Drive location where they found fentanyl. The man was arraigned and jailed.
Claverack crash kills two men CLAVERACK -- State Police said they are investigating a car crash in Columbia County that killed two men on Sunday. Troopers responded to the report of a car that went off Preusser Road after striking a utility pole and bursting into flames around 1 a.m., officials said. Troopers found Robert Bailly, 32, of Stockport outside of the car suffering from severe injuries, and a second man identified as Kyle Germann, 25, of New
HOROSCOPE
Week Of September 12, 2021 ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 If you’re single, get prepared to mingle, Aries. If you’re attached, then your relationship will only grow stronger in the days to come. Romance is in the air, so embrace it. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, even if you’re feeling a little stuck in your relationships, do not push others away. There may be a solution you’re simply not seeing. Delve deeper. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, it may be time to break away from the typical routine — at least for a little while. This can offer you a new perspective that puts you on an interesting path. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Someone close to you may be thinking of a reinvention and wants your opinion, Cancer. Support this person and all the changes he or she desires. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Good habits will pay off in the days to come, Leo. So if you’re ready to make some changes, think about those that will improve your overall
QUEENSBURY -- A Glens Falls man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a collision between his motorcycle and an SUV, Warren County sheriff’s deputies said. Some time before 2:30 p.m., Gary P. Pecor, 57, was driving his 1998 Yamaha motorcycle west on Quaker Road when he entered the intersection with Dix Avenue. At the same time, a Bolton Landing man, 62, driving a 2015 Honda CR-V east on Quaker Road, began making a left turn onto Dix Avenue and drove into Pecor’s path, deputies said. Pecor died as a result of health and well-being. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, if you’re feeling pressured to have fun, then you probably will not enjoy yourself no matter how hard you try. Try not to force things and take them as they come. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 A place you always enjoyed visiting may no longer hold the same appeal for you, Libra. That’s okay because everyone grows and evolves. Enjoy finding a new source of inspiration. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 You must make yourself available if you expect others to want to share ideas or information with you, Scorpio. So far you may have been a bit distant. Change this. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21 Figure out where your comfort levels lie, Sagittarius. Only then will you know just how far beyond those levels you’re willing to push yourself to try new things. CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, even though you have strong instincts about something, your emotions also may be running hot. Therefore,
injuries. Alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors in this crash, which remains under investigation, deputies said. It is the second time in less than a week, authorities said, that motorcyclists were killed when another vehicle pulled into their paths. Two riders were struck and killed by a car in Richmondville on Sunday.
Rake attack alleged State Police in Greenwich say a 36-year-old Salem man threw a woman out of a Hebron home Saturday night, then against a propane tank, and when a neighbor tried to help the woman the man struck him several times with a garden rake, causing injury and sending the neighbor to the hospital. The suspect is charged with assault, criminal contempt, criminal mischief, menacing, resisting arrest and criminal possession of a weapon. you might not be able to trust your instincts just yet. AQUARIUS Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, your energy levels could be waning, but that’s because you have been pushing yourself very hard lately. It’s time to rest to be recharged for later. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Don’t let others be your sole focus this week, Pisces. Figure out how to put yourself first without ignoring those around you. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS SEPTEMBER 12 Kelsea Ballerini, Singer (28) SEPTEMBER 13 Chris Hansen, Journalist (62) SEPTEMBER 14 Andrew Lincoln, Actor (48) SEPTEMBER 15 Prince Harry, Entrepreneur (37) SEPTEMBER 16 Nick Jonas, Singer (29) SEPTEMBER 17 Alex Ovechkin, Athlete (36) SEPTEMBER 18 Jason Sudeikis, Actor (46)
HOUSE OF THE WEEK
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 • LOCAL FIRST - COR P AGE 15
281 State Street, Albany
PHOTOS BY ROBERT KRISTEL / PRODUCTION HOUSE STUDIOS
The mansion was built as a single family home in 1880. It was designed by architects Ogden and Wright.
T
his week’s house is a brownstone mansion in Center Square, built in 1880 as a single-family home and currently used as a bed-and-breakfast. It is 8,487 square feet and has 10 rooms set up as bedrooms. The current owner was restoring the property, but has decided to sell it instead and recently dropped the price by $100,000. The bedrooms could be converted to apartments. Highlights include flamboyant wrought iron railings installed in 1896; a gorgeous carved staircase, inlaid wood floors and impressive mouldings, LEIGH chandeliers and marble HORNBECK staircases throughout the HOUSE OF building. THE WEEK Parking for 10-plus vehicles in the back. Taxes: $21,352. List price: $699,000. Contact listing agent Colin McDonald with McDonald Real Estate Company at 518-505-4977.
■ If
you have seen or own a particularly interesting home for sale to feature, send the address to lhornbeck@timesunion.com
From top: One of 10 rooms in the current bed-andbreakfast setup; the grand front staircase; a third-floor sitting area. At far left, an example of the marble fireplaces and impressive windows found throughout the house.
■ To
see more House of the week photos, go to Leigh Hornbeck’s Places & Spaces blog at http://blog.timesunion. com/realestate
For all your home and renter insurance needs. Call: 518-785-5054 | Text: 518-424-7865 Email: nyeliteservices@gmail.com Victor F. DeVito, YOUR UPSTATE Elite Agency Servicing All Nationwide Accounts – Auto-Home-Life-Business Not all Nationwide affiliated companies are mutual companies and not all Nationwide members are insured by a mutual company. Nationwide is on your side, and the Nationwide N and Eagler are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. 2015 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. NPR-0784A0(12/15)
Get Your Rate Now!
PAGE 16 LOCAL FIRST - COR • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
"BE CLEAN!" MICAH HOUSECLEANING, LLC (518) 681-2575 $25/hour
BUYING GOLD & SILVER Highest cash prices paid. Jewelry, vintage costume and turquoise, coins, watches, knives, military, toys, antiques, etc. 50+ yrs. exp. Call Joe first. (518) 669-2274
Fall Lacrosse Programs For Boys CAPITAL DISTRICT Capitalland lacrosse will be running a boy’s fall lacrosse program. Players can chose to play on Wednesdays night, Sunday afternoons or BOTH. Programs will start on Sept. 15 and end on Oct. 24. Each group will play for an hour and a half each day/ night. Levels include: a co-ed K – 5th learn to play program; boys instructional programs for beginner & novice players grades 2nd – 5th & 6th- 10th; an advanced instruction program for players in graders 3 – 6 & 7 – 9 who want to refine their game while being introduced to more advanced techniques. For more information on all of these programs go to www. capitallandlacrosse.com or e-mail us at chad@capitallandlacrosse.com.
Fall Lacrosse Programs For Girls CAPITAL DISTRICT - Capitalland lacrosse will be running a girls fall lacrosse program. Players can chose to play on
CHEAPER THAN DUMPSTERS Old appliances and furniture REMOVED FROM YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. Small or Large jobs. CLEANOUTS. Call Bill the Junkman at (518) 256-6124. Credit cards accepted. DAN THE CAN MAN Bag your bottles & cans. I will pick them up for you. Call (518) 583-3317 leave message.
Wednesdays night, Sunday afternoons or BOTH. All programs will start on Sept. 15 and end on Oct. 24. Each group will play for an hour and a half each day/night. Levels include: a co-ed K – 5th learn to play program; girls instructional programs for beginner & novice players grades 3rd - 10th, an advanced program for players in graders 6th –8th and one for 9 - 10 who want to refine their game while being introduced to more advanced techniques. For more information go to www.capitallandlacrosse. com or e-mail us at chad@ capitallandlacrosse.com.
Fall Field Hockey CAPITAL DISTRICT Capitalland Field Hockey will be running a girls fall program. Players can chose to play on Wednesdays night, Sunday afternoons or BOTH. All programs will start on Sept. 15 and end on Oct. 24. Each group will play for an hour and a half each day/ night. Levels include: a K – 3rd learn to play program; instructional programs for beginner & novice
DIVORCE $389.00 - Uncontested Make Divorce Easy – only 1 Signature, Inc. poor person app. Info: (518) 274-0380
FIREWOOD & MULCH $200/cord cut, split & del. Mulch $35/yd. All colors. Honest & dependable service. Call Harvey (518) 338-5898
players grades 4th – 6th & 7th – 10th, an advanced program for players in graders 6th –8th and one for 9th & 10th who want to refine their game while being introduced to more advanced techniques. For more information go to www.capitallandlacrosse. com or e-mail us at chad@ capitallandlacrosse.com.
HYPNOSIS WITH HARMONY HYPNOSIS Hypnosis can help you quit smoking, control appetite, fears and phobias. Michael Yates. (518) 810-5362 www.harmonyhypnosis.biz.
RESIDENTIAL WANTED I BUY HOUSES! CASH!! Any price, area or condition. FAST FAIR OFFERS! (518) 441-6376
STUMP ’N GRIND Stump grinding service, big or small, insured & backyard accessible. (518) 301-5712
from across the globe to Albany Medical Center for necessary pediatric heart surgery which cannot be performed in their home nations. A parent accompanies each child.
To register to play or to support the event through sponsorships or program advertising go to www. giftoflife7190.org. Rotary District 7190 includes 41 local clubs and
stretches from Albany to Warren Counties to the north and east and west from Rensselaer to Montgomery and Fulton Counties.
Rotary District 7190 Annual Golf Tournament – Benefits Pediatric Heart Patients CAPITAL DISTRICT - Rotary Clubs from throughout the Capital Region are sponsoring the 23rd annual “Gift of Life International Golf Tournament on Monday, September 20, 2021 at Pinehaven Country Club in Guilderland, NY. The tournament provides funding to bring children
LOCAL NEWS.
Formerly Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council
We are a community of neighbors helping neighbors build bright and stable futures! • Energy Services • Family Services • Food Programs
• Immigrant Services • Early Childhood Education • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
518-288-3206 | lifeworksaction.org Some programs have income guidelines. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.