Saratoga TODAY June 9-15, 2023

Jenna Amodio. Photo provided by Jennifer Furze. See Story pg. 33

Rendering depicting aerial view of proposed project at 500 Union Ave. Image: Balzer & Tuck Architecture. See Story pg. 9

Saratoga County 4-H Begins Construction Of New Educational Center

4-H Seeking Donations To ‘Lead The Legacy’ Campaign

by Dylan McGlynn Saratoga TODAY

BALLSTON SPA — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County has announced the groundbreaking of a new educational center at the 4-H Training Center.

The 3,650-square foot facility will be a Community STEM and Agricultural Educational Center, according to a press release. Greg Stevens, a program leader at the 4-H Program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County, said it will contain three additional classrooms and ADAcompliant bathrooms.

“Our hope for this facility is that we’re providing not only three additional classrooms for our 4-H programs, but in addition, we’re providing meeting space for the community, for Saratoga County residents, for other youth service organizations, adult service organizations,” said Stevens. “We’re really trying to make our 4-H Training Center a hub of activity in Saratoga County.”

One classroom will be used primarily as a 4-H STEM classroom, while the other two classrooms will be adjoining with a dividing wall, according to information on the CCE Saratoga website. The ADAaccessible restrooms will also contain showers.

Stevens said the project initially began roughly eight years

ago, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Eight years ago, the 4-H Program Committee that I had at that time was tasked with identifying what we need out at our 44-acre facility,” Stevens said. “At that time, we were basically maxed out of the space to provide any other programming that we do, whether it be agriculture, STEM, 4-H shooting sports.”

After reviewing multiple options, Stevens said the group ultimately decided to construct a new building on the property.

“In the end, we landed on, ‘Let’s build new,’” said Stevens. “Let’s provide not only meeting space, but restrooms that are not only accessible to the new building, but are also accessible to folks that may want to use our pavilions, maybe using the pond to fish, or even the green space for any types of community events.”

He said many of the 4-H programs have seen strong involvement since the end of the pandemic.

“Ideally, we’re looking to make this a state-of-the-art classroom,” Stevens said. “We have a very large robotics program, and we’re looking for more space for them to meet. All of our programming since COVID has really rebounded, and the time is now.”

Saratoga County 4-H has the largest 4-H robotics program in New York State, according to the CCE Saratoga website.

The pandemic delayed

fundraising for the project, and 4-H is currently seeking donations for the ‘Lead the Legacy’ campaign to help reach their target goal of $500,000. Currently, they have raised nearly $400,000, according to the release.

Financial support has been provided by Stewart’s Shops and the Dake Family Foundation, Curtis Lumber, the Golub Foundation, and The Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust among others, the release states.

The 4-H group is looking for assistance in reaching their total goal of $500,000. For more information, visit https://ccesaratoga. org/4-h-youth-development/ lead-the-legacy.

“We’ve raised about threequarters of what we need to make it as we envision,” said Stevens. “We have enough to build the shell of the building, but we’re really still in need of some folks to help find not only our mission important, but the training center facility itself as a desirable location, and help support us getting over the top.”

Construction on the building initially began in mid-April. Stevens said that while contractors have not given a timeline, he hopes the facility can be opened by the fall.

“It’s been going really fast, and really well,” Stevens said. “All these people that are doing the work for us out there have really stepped up in the name of 4-H. … We’re excited about the future of our program, and the future of the 4-H Training Center.”

Photo provided by Greg Stevens.

Saratoga County Career Center Announces June Virtual Workshops

BALLSTON SPA — The Saratoga County Career Center in conjunction with the Greater Capital Region Career Centers will hold the following free virtual career workshops in June:

June 13 at 10:30 a.m.: Interview Preparation. Learn how to articulate your strengths, what questions to expect, how to address difficult topics, and ace the interviewing process. Facilitated by Schenectady.

June 17 at 10 a.m.: Goal Setting. This workshop explores how goal setting works, why goals are important, and provides helpful resources to get you started to reach your dreams. Facilitated by Washington and Albany.

June 15 at 11 a.m.:

Completing Job Applications. Statistics show approximately 50% of mid-sized companies and almost all large corporations use an applicant tracking system to screen candidates for job opportunities. Learn how to prepare your online application to get the most visibility from hiring managers. Facilitated by Warren and Washington.

June 22 at 1:30 p.m.: Social Media. Your social media presence can make or break your ability to find a job. Learn how to use social media to your advantage in searching for a job and marketing yourself to land the job or career you’ve always wanted. Facilitated by Schenectady.

June 27 at 11 a.m.:

Overcoming Barriers. Join an informal discussion about how to overcome potential stumbling blocks to finding a job. Whether you’re facing transportation needs, childcare needs, prior justice system involvement, inexperience, health concerns or more, this workshop will provide you with resources and strategies to help you meet your goals. Facilitated by Saratoga and Fulton-Montgomery-Schoharie. Registration is required for all workshops. Visit https:// thejoblink.org/calendar/ to register or call the Saratoga County Career Center at 518884-4170 for more information.

The workshops are offered as part of the Saratoga County Career Center’s WorkPays! workforce education campaign.

The Saratoga County Department of Workforce Development provides comprehensive training and employment services to residents through its Career Center and works with local businesses to attract and retain the local workforce.

SS Preservation Foundation Kicks Off 2023

Summer Sunday Stroll Season This Weekend

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation has announced that this year’s strolls start on Sunday, June 11.

Historic walking tours will be offered every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. through Labor Day in various neighborhoods throughout the city. Tours highlight the Gut neighborhood, mail-order houses on the east side, architecture of the Saratoga Spa State Park, the diverse history of the historic West Side, mansions of North Broadway, and more.

The first of 13 tours of historic Saratoga Springs kicks off with “Down In The Valley: Exploring The Gut” on Sunday, June 11 at 10:30 a.m. Alexandra Morgan will

explore the area behind Broadway known as “The Gut,” which was home to many working class and Jewish families who provided important contributions to the community. This tour meets at the northwest corner of Putnam and Spring streets at the Hathorn Spring.

Upcoming this month:

-Sunday, June 18 - Historic Madison & Fifth Avenues.

Deborah Studwell will lead a tour of residential streets which are lined with elegant Victorian and Craftsman houses near the Saratoga Race Course. Meet at: NE corner of Nelson and Fifth avenues.

-Sunday, June 25 - Historic Congress Park. Join Charlie Kuenzel for an entertaining

and educational stroll through historic Congress Park. Meet at: Outside of the Canfield Casino Tours will be limited to 30 and tickets must be purchased in advance. The cost per tour is $15 for SSPF members and $20 for non-members. For additional information visit www.saratogapreservation.org, call 518-587-5030, or email Nicole Babie, Membership & Programs Director, at nbabie@ saratogapreservation.org.

Founded in 1977, the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that promotes preservation and enhancement of the architectural, cultural, and landscaped heritage of Saratoga Springs.

Week of June 9 – June 15, 2023

Michael E. Hudak, Jr.

WILTON — Michael E. Hudak, Jr., died June 1. A funeral service was held June 8 at Compassionate Funeral Care; calling hours were held prior to the service. Interment will be at a later date at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. For online condolences, visit www. compassionatefuneralcare.com

Dennis Wilson Spilman

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

Dennis Wilson Spilman has joined his loved ones in Heaven. A service will be held at 4 p.m., Sunday, June 11 at Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church. Calling hours will be from 2 - 4 p.m. prior to the service at the church. For online condolences, visit www. compassionatefuneralcare.com

Penelope “Penny” Miller

ALBANY — Penelope “Penny” Miller, 83, of Saratoga Springs passed away on June 5, 2023 at Albany Med. Burial will be at G. B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Burke Funeral Home, 628 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com

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Robert Earl Burke

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

Robert Earl Burke, 85, passed 6/2/2023. Mass: 10 a.m., Friday, 6/9/2023 at St. Clement’s followed by burial at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Celebration of life following 1-5 p.m. at the ITAM, 247 Grand Ave. Saratoga Springs. Memorial donations to Principessa Elena Society, 13 Oak St. Saratoga Springs. www.burkefuneralhome. com

Mrs. Inez Bethea Tillman

SARATOGA SPRINGS

— Mrs. Inez Bethea Tillman passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at Granville Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. At Inez’s request there will be no calling hours or service at this time. There will be a memorial service at a later date. For online condolences, visit www. compassionatefuneralcare.com

Judith Ann Lanzone

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Judith Ann Lanzone passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 27, 2023 at the Wesley Health Care Center. She was 82. Calling hours were held Friday June 2, 2023 at Burke Funeral Home. A funeral home service followed. www. burkefuneralhome.com

Richard ‘Ric’ Jesmain, Jr.

BALLSTON SPA — Richard ‘Ric’ Jesmain, Jr. was called home at the age of 53 after a long battle with cancer. Calling hours 12-1 p.m., Saturday, 6/10/23 at St. Clement’s Church followed by Mass, then burial at St. Peter’s cemetery. A GoFundMe has been setup to help with expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ ric-jesmain?utm_campaign

Robert E. Carte

GANSEVOORT — Robert E. Carte passed away at his home in Gansevoort on Sunday, June 4, 2023. A celebration in Robert’s honor was held at the Schuyler Park Pavilion in Saratoga Springs on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. For online condolences, visit www. compassionatefuneralcare.com

SARATOGA SPRINGS POLICE DEPT

Drew McCarthy, 39, of Halfmoon, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Angel Marrero, 51, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal possession of a weapon, assault, criminal tampering, and menacing.

Somaria Edwards, 30, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation, and vehicle equipment violation.

Ricky Reyome, 48, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal mischief.

Marcus Jackson, 33, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation, and vehicle equipment violation.

Trashaun Mosley, 42, of Kingston, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation.

Devan Hildebrandt, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with petit larceny, assault, criminal possession of stolen property, criminal obstruction of breathing, and grand larceny.

Talique Grant-Lynch, 21, of Schenectady, was charged with petit larceny, and criminal mischief.

Kevin Kelly, 42, of Saratoga Springs, was charged May 18 with criminal trespass.

Rian O’Callaghan, 22, of Ballston Spa, was charged with criminal contempt.

Gloria Rhodes, 50, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with assault.

Daniel Gudar, 46, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with exposure of a person.

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Shawn Soderberg, 48, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal impersonation, and disorderly conduct.

SARATOGA COUNTY COURT

Dennis M. Phillips, 32, of Cobleskill, pleaded to felony DWI, charged April 2022 in the town of Saratoga. Sentencing July 24.

Crim S. Trerise, 57, of Middle Grove, was sentenced to 4-10 years’ incarceration, after pleading to felony sexual abuse, charged June-August 2017 in Greenfield.

Jonathan E. Trow, 41, homeless/ Saratoga Springs, was sentenced to 9 years’ incarceration and 5 years’ post-release supervision, after pleading to felony burglary, charged October 2022 in Saratoga Springs.

James M. Brush, 47, of Malta, pleaded to felony grand larceny, charged in Saratoga Springs. Sentencing July 27.

Patricia M. Pullar, 47, of Clifton Park, pleaded to vehicular assault in the second-degree, a felony, first charged in Wilton. Sentencing Sept. 15.

Brendan J. Ryder, 29, of Cohoes, pleaded May 30 to making a terroristic threat, a felony, charged March 2023 in Clifton Park. Sentencing Aug. 1.

NEW YORK STATE POLICE

On May 27, State Police of Saratoga charged Stephen D. Sewall, 54, of Milton with aggravated driving while intoxicated and multiple other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. Troopers received

the report of a hit-and-run crash on Northline Road in Milton, located the vehicle that fled on East West Road in Saratoga, and conducted a traffic stop. The driver was identified as Sewall. No injuries were reported as a result of the crash. Sewall was arrested for DWI and transported to SP Saratoga for processing, where he recorded a 0.31% BAC, which is more than three times the legal limit.

SS POLICE DEPT.

Angeliz Laboy, 19, of Troy, was charged with assault, resisting arrest, and obstruct governmental administration.

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Greenfield Appoints New Building Inspector

GREENFIELD — The Town of Greenfield Town Board recently appointed Justin Reckner of Greenfield to Building Inspector and Zoning Administrator. Reckner will head the department.

Reckner has more than 15 years of experience in construction, having most recently worked as Building and Codes Department Head for the city of Glens Falls. Before that position, he worked in many areas of construction including positions as site supervisor at VMJR Companies and Bonacio Construction for ten years. Reckner also has years of experience as a carpenter and heavy equipment operator. Reckner has been a life-long resident of Greenfield.

The Town of Greenfield is home to 8,200 residents in Greenfield, Porter Corners, Middle Grove, Lake Desolation and Maple Ave. It spans more than 41,000 acres of land bordering the Adirondacks and is the largest town in Saratoga County, by square mile.

Saratoga Senior Center to Stage World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Presentation June 15

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

The Saratoga Senior Center hosts a World Elder Abuse Awareness Day presentation from 9:45- 11 a.m. Thursday, June 15.

The event is free and open to the public. The presentation is suited for members, families, friends and staff in the services industry and includes: Free Breakfast Sandwiches from Fat

Paulie’s; Financial Exploitation and How to Protect Yourself, presented by Phil Vacca, Herzog Law Firm; Common Scams and How to Avoid Them, presented by United States Attorneys Office, and a Q & A session with Herzog Law, US Attorney and Domestic Violence Advocacy of Mechanicville.

Seating is limited and RSVP required. Call 518-584-1621

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Dept. Announces Five Promotions and Appointments

BALLSTON SPA — Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo recognized the promotion and appointment of several members of the Sheriff’s Office command staff during a ceremony at the county’s public safety Facility on June 2. Jeffrey R. Brown has been promoted to the rank of Undersheriff. First hired as a Road Patrol Deputy Sheriff by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office in September of 1998, Brown was promoted to the rank of Investigator in 2005, and Lieutenant assigned to the Criminal Investigations Unit

in 2014. Brown resides in Clifton Park.

Additionally: Patrick M. Maswich, of Milton, has been promoted to the rank of Chief Deputy; Steven L. Brown, of Milton, has been promoted to the rank of Captain; Matthew J. Martingano, of Clifton Park, has been hired as the Assistant Corrections Administrator holding the rank of Captain, and Captain Kevin Herrick, of Stillwater, has been assigned as the Captain of the Criminal Investigations Division.

Justin Reckner of Greenfield. Photo provided.

Special Events in June at Saratoga National Historical Park

STILLWATER — Saratoga

National Historical Park announced a series of special events will take place in June.

Recreating History and the 24th Regiment at the Visitor Center. June 10, 10 a.m. Discover how His Majesty’s 24th Regiment of Foot, recreated, portrays a famed British regiment as they were during the Battles of Saratoga. Group members will be available after the talk to provide information on reenacting and how you can join.

History Caravans. Meet at the Visitor Center. June 13 and 27, 9:30 a.m. Park Volunteers lead caravan-style tours of the Saratoga Battlefield.

What’s the Plan? Visitor Center. June 14, 1 p.m. Join Park Ranger Eric Schnitzer

as he reviews the background to the strategic planning of British military operations for 1777 and reveals the surprisingly diverse origins of the people composing the invasion forces.

18th Century Medicine. Visitor Center Lawn. June 17, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Volunteer Joe Craig explains the Healing Arts at the time of the Revolutionary War.

Silent Wings: Raptor Rehab and Education. Visitor Center. June 18, 1 p.m. The Wildlife Institute of Eastern New York return to the park to present, “Silent Wings: Raptor Rehab and Education.” The program is designed for all ages to see live birds of prey up-close and to learn about their impressive adaptations and behaviors.

A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown. Visitor Center. June 24, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saratoga County’s horse racing history is nearly as old as its Revolutionary history and it remains a vital part of the region today. Join a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in both stories at one place as Saratoga National Historical Park welcomes the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and their exhibit A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown.

Saratoga National Historical Park is located at 648 Route 32, in Stillwater. The Special Event schedule can be found at go.nps.gov/sara.

RISE Housing & Support Services

Highlights May Success and Growth Milestones

BALLSTON SPA — RISE Housing and Support Services in May celebrated the completion and opening of Dominic Hollow, a new affordable and supportive housing complex that provides workforce housing for local residents and includes a component of supportive housing for people with disabilities located in Ballston Spa.

Dominic Hollow is a 60-unit apartment program which contains 18 units designated as Supportive Housing for individuals living with mental health or substance use concerns, 12 units designated as Transitional Apartments for individuals with psychiatric disabilities, and 30 units designated as Affordable Housing for the general community. The project completion and opening was assisted by the help of the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR),

Also in May, RISE, again with the help of OMH and HCR, broke ground on Riverview Apartments, a joint effort with Hudson River Community Credit Union who donated the land for the project in Corinth. When finished, it will have 30 units designated as Supportive Housing, and 30 units designated as affordable or workforce housing for the general community, with 15 units prioritized for seniors.

RISE celebrated the construction of RISE Above, a substance use recovery residence, with a groundbreaking ceremony.

Additional operational funding was made possible for Riverview Apartments through the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI). RISE also received a milliondollar FHLB Affordable Housing & Community Investment to assist in the development of the affordable housing units.

Closing out the month,

The rehabilitation facility –sited within walking distance of Dominic Hollow in Ballston Spa - Walking will be the first in the area to offer an increased level of care. This facility will be staffed with nurses, counselors, a medical director, and provide substance use treatment on-site.

“Providing housing as a foundation for improvement enables members of our

community who are living with mental health, substance use, or other life challenges to remain safe and healthy while they work toward their goals,” said Sybil Newell, executive director of RISE, in a statement. “(We) celebrate not just one, but three milestones of growth. We can’t wait to see the change this will affect, and the success of the people we’re helping.”

For more information about RISE Housing & Support Services, visit: https://www. riseservices.org/.

RISE Above, rendering of a new substance use recovery residence in Ballston Spa.

Plans For The New Brookmere Resort Make Progress At Former Longfellows Site

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — So long, Longfellows. Say hello to Brookmere.

The parking lot is empty now. The buildings, trimmed in green and topped in clay hues, vacant. A large roadside sign that stands in front of the compound that has played host to so many the past quarter-century reads Thanks For The Memories, underscored by a promise: Stay Tuned For What’s Next.

The approval of plans to convert the former Longfellows Hotel and Restaurant into the Brookmere Hotel are advancing through the city’s Land Use Boards. Construction is anticipated to commence this month. An opening has been targeted for fall 2024.

Plans include the demolition of specific select structuresincluding the removal of an entry canopy, a covered entrance (porte cochere), and the existing Longfellows restaurant and banquet facility.

In its place, the transformed resort, renamed Brookmere, will house an 88-room hotel, a 200-seat ballroom, a Spa, and a 65-seat restaurant open to both spa and hotel guests, as well as

the general public.

Overall, the site’s footprint will expand from 65,000 square feet to 90,000 square feet.

The project was first introduced in January to the Saratoga Springs Planning Board. The select structures have since been deemed to not have architectural or historic significance and the Design Review Board approved demolition of those select structures in May.

Post-demolition, a new addition will be constructed that will connect the existing 18-room inn to the 32-room hotel. The existing inn and hotel will also be renovated. Additional plans include a new entryway and lobby, lounge, restaurant/bar and ballroom. Offices will be added to the basement section of the addition and guest rooms added to the second and third floors, bringing the total room count to 88.

The development is a collaborative effort between many entities: Bonacio Construction, Spring City Development - formed in 2021 as a restructuring of the real estate development arm of Bonacio Construction, the Atlanta, Georgia-based interior design firm Sims Patrick Studio, as well as the local design firms

Balzer & Tuck Architecture, and the LA Group. Hay Creek Hotels, which is headquartered in New Hampshire will manage the resort.

Longfellows, a popular local restaurant and hotel complex at 500 Union Ave., closed its doors

in January, shortly after co-owner Steve Sullivan announcing its pending closure and the acceptance of an offer from a group of investors/operators to purchase the property. The property sold for $4.9 million, according to county deed records

recorded on Jan. 13.

“It’s been a great 26-year run,” Sullivan said at the time. Over its 26 years in business, Longfellows accommodated thousands of hotel guests and hosted over 2,400 weddings and countless catering events.

Longfellows, at 500 Union Ave. in Saratoga Springs on June 5, 2023. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

Rendering depicting a new addition framed by the existing hotel and inn at 500 Union Ave. Image: Balzer & Tuck Architecture.

Longfellows, at 500 Union Ave. in Saratoga Springs on June 5, 2023.

Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

City News : A New 6 PM Start for Saratoga Springs Council Meetings

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

The City Council staged its first meeting of the month on Tuesday, June 6. The meeting began at 6 p.m., a one-hour earlier start-time than the regular 7 p.m. start of meetings during the past several years. The new 6 p.m. start is expected to remain in place in future meetings.

Proposal to Prohibit Firearm Possession While Intoxicated Tabled, For Now

A vote to create a new section in the City Code to prohibit possession of firearms in a public place while intoxicated or impaired by drugs, was tabled Tuesday night.

The proposal currently instructs that no person shall be intoxicated or impaired by alcohol or drugs or a combination of alcohol or drugs in a public place while possessing a firearm. A “public place” is defined as any

public highway, public street, public sidewalk, public parking area or in any vehicle or vessel or premise open or accessible to the public. Intoxicated and impaired by alcohol and/or drugs is defined under NY DWI and related case law.

Some revisions to the proposal are anticipated to take place and the measure is expected to return to the council table at a future meeting.

Co-Chairs Appointed to Restorative Justice Panel

-City Mayor Ron Kim announced the appointment of Rev. Heather Williams and Camille Davis as co-chairs of the newly approved Restorative Justice Panel.

Last month, the City Council, by a 4-1 vote, approved a resolution that acknowledges “Saratoga Springs has supported and allowed racism and hate” during its history, and set the groundwork for the formation of an 11-member Restorative Justice review panel. That panel is charged with providing the council recommendations of

what form restorative justice in the city should take. A report is anticipated to be presented to the council by late December 2023. Rules for Homeless Shelter: minimum of 1,000 feet from schools

-The city seeks to create a Local Law ensuring any homeless shelter sited in Saratoga Springs be located a minimum of 1,000 feet from the grounds of any Primary or Secondary educational facility. As such, the council approved forwarding its intent to the city Planning Board to amend the Unified Development Ordinance. The UDO is the so-called “rule book” for land development in Saratoga Springs.

City Receives AA+ Rating

-Finance Commissioner Minita Sanghvi provided the council with Standard & Poor’s Report, in which S&P Global Ratings assigned to Saratoga Springs an ‘AA+’ rating.

“This is great news,” Commissioner Sanghvi told the council. “What this means is Saratoga Springs has a strong economy.”

“After some revenue disruption in fiscal 2020, the city has returned to positive operations,” reads the report in its credit overview.

It also documents a stable outlook for the city: “The stable outlook reflects S&P Global Ratings’ opinion of Saratoga Spring’s strong budgetary performance, supported by good financial-management policies, practices, resulting in very strong reserves, which we expect will likely continue during our two-year outlook,” according to the report.

City Climate Action Plan Draws Multiple Bidders SARATOGA SPRINGS — The City received seven bids in response to its call for consultants to collaborate with the city to define and create a Climate

Action Plan.

The bids, unsealed on June 6, ranged from a low of $57,500 (from Climate Action Associates LLC) to a high of $75,000 (Anchor QEA Engineering PLLC).

The scope of services request that the consultant engage city staff and commissioners to secure feedback on planning aspects that impact various city departments. Additionally, its requests consultants host a Public Meeting to present general information and benefits to the public, develop an inventory and gather data related to city emissions, identify climate action goals, set GHG reduction targets for city operations, and finalize a Climate Action Plan.

On December 20, 2011, the Saratoga Springs City Council unanimously approved the Climate Smart Communities Resolution and pledged to be a Climate Smart City.

Saratoga County Launches DWI-Ignition Interlock Enforcement Initiative

BALLSTON SPA — The Saratoga County Department of Probation and the county Sherriff’s Office received a $35,000 grant from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee for enforcement of the State’s DWIIgnition Interlock Device (IID) Enforcement Initiative.

The funding will be used to enforce the state program aimed at catching convicted drunk drivers who break the law by operating vehicles without ignition interlock devices or by circumventing or tampering with the devices to make them inoperable.

The program’s goal is to increase compliance with the state’s DWI laws, while helping law enforcement identify and arrest those individuals attempting to operate a motor vehicle without a court-ordered interlock device.

The grant funds training as well as overtime costs for law enforcement, allowing agencies to conduct targeted sweeps aimed

at catching offenders between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Interlock devices are installed on the ignition of a vehicle to prevent the operator from starting it if they’ve been drinking. An individual must first blow into the device, which can then prevent the vehicle from starting if the presence of alcohol is detected.

Individuals convicted of drunk driving must install an ignition interlock device installation on any vehicle they intend to operate as a result of Leandra’s Law, which also makes it a felony to drive drunk with a child under 16 in the vehicle. The law took effect in December 2009 and is named in memory of 11-year-old Leandra Rosado, a passenger in an SUV who died when the vehicle’s intoxicated driver crashed on the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City.

Under Leandra’s Law, judges are required to order all drivers

convicted of misdemeanor or felony drunk driving charges to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on any vehicles they own or operate for at least six months at their own expense.

Individuals who attest under oath that they have sold or transferred title to their vehicles – and as a result aren’t ordered to install the device – still have the ignition interlock condition on their New York driver’s license and DMV license file. These individuals are still prohibited from driving a vehicle without an interlock, but some continue to do so in violation of Leandra’s Law.

The law also makes it illegal to tamper with or circumvent an ignition interlock device. Individuals may face jail time if convicted of any offense under the law. In addition, individuals on probation may be charged with a violation of their sentence if charged with an ignition interlock offense.

BALLSTON

Brookview Court Inc sold property at 52 Arcadia Ct to Joseph Cannone for $368,573

Brookview Court Inc sold property at 48 Arcadia Ct to 1687 Foster LLC for $364,878

Steven Jeffers sold property at 400 Middle Line Rd to CQC Holdings LLC for $1,100,000

Debra Balliet sold property at 107 Hollister Way to Laurie Pollard for $375,000

Eastline Holdings LLC sold property at 40 Timber Creek Dr to Almonte Gacuya for $544,980

JKM Builders LLC sold property at 10 Katharine Ct to Xiangfei Kong for $440,891

Paul Galchus sold property at 108 Ballston Ave to Joshua

Loiselle for $290,000

GALWAY

Charles Quinlan sold property at 5306 Sacandaga Rd to London and Local for $450,000

GREENFIELD

Saratoga County of sold property at 300 Brigham Rd to James North for $121,100

Lana McCall sold property at 426 & 427 Sandhill Rd to Matthew Freihoffer for $400,000

MALTA

Michael Rusnak sold property at 42 Thimbleberry Rd to Britt Young for $277,500

Debra Schreiber sold property at 98 Pepperbush Pl to Marie Zendran for $225,000

Malta Land Company sold property at 10 Spinnaker Dr to Patrick Murphy for $791,469

Degraff Bloom Custom Builders sold property at 146 Cramer Rd to Jules Martowski for $522,000

SARATOGA

Saratoga County sold property at 21 Morgans Run to Christopher Sass for $168,400

David Ceriotti sold property at NYS Rt 9P to Jon Consentino for $175,000

John Arpey as ref sold property at 61 Gates Ave to Gould Bros. Rentals for $217,405

John Barber sold property at 428 Burgoyne Rd to Alexandra Swan for $315,000

SARATOGA SPRINGS

Luciano Properties LLC sold property at 9 Jenna Jo Ave to Barry Pronold for $225,000

Azusa Mihara sold property at 71 Crescent Ave to David Collery for $310,000

Antonio Ballestero sold property at 4 Gilbert Rd to Lofranco Homes LLC for $250,000.

Conor Woods sold property at 6 Karen Dr to Erin OConnell

for $350,000

Satish Kumar sold property at 2205 Doubleday Ave to Farah Bhatti for $1,025,000

Ashleigh Edwards sold property at 43 Marvin St to Trevor McCarthy for $560,000

Gerald Weatherwax sold property at 35 Covell Ave to Deborah Becktoft for $150,000.

Thomas Dwyer sold property at Grand Ave to Derby Stallion LLC for $200,000

Irwin Millman sold property at 7 Troon Ct to Gregory Hutchison for $420,000.

WILTON

Frank Sansiveri sold property at 3 Evergreen Dr to James Lamarco for $340,000.

Ballard Road Development LLC sold property at 5 Blue lupine Lane to Paul Rogan for $316,800

Robert Searles sold property at 47 Castleberry Dr to bryan Shackelton for $535,700

This beautiful home at 107 Hollister Way in Ballston Spa was listed by Darlene Chorman of Roohan Realty and sold for $375,000.

Stewart’s Shops

Celebrates 75 Years of the Make Your Own Sundae

In 1948 Philly Dake had a simple idea — let people make ice cream sundaes the way they want them. Stewart’s Shops’ customers loved this idea and the Make Your Own Sundae was born.

The notoriety of the Make Your Own Sundae grew with the help of TV programs like Stewart’s Western Sundae and as an early advertiser on shows like Hopalong Cassidy, Hawkeye, and Whirlybirds. This flagship sundae remains a customer favorite to this day, stirring a fond nostalgia with so many.

What is a Make Your

Own Sundae? A Make Your Own Sundae starts with the ice cream of choice from the cone counter. Customers can then choose as many or as few toppings as they prefer.

Toppings include chocolate sauce, strawberry sauce, caramel sauce, marshmallow topping and pineapple topping. Then customers can finish it off with chocolate or rainbow sprinkles, mini M&Ms®, fun chips and don’t forget the nuts, whipped cream and the cherry on top!

Stewart’s Shops invites all our customers to join the

75th Make Your Own Sundae Anniversary celebration on Sunday, June 11th! Stop by your local shop for $1.75 Make Your Own Sundaes all day.

President of Stewart’s Shops, Gary Dake said, “My Aunt Philly truly left her mark on Stewart’s Shops. She believed that ice cream should be an experience and the Make Your Own Sundae is one of her many legacies.”

About Philly Dake-

As the Executive Vice President of Stewart’s Shops and a key leader for 50 years, Philly Dake has made many contributions to Stewart’s Shops. She was the creator of Philly Vanilla ice cream, which remains one of the most popular half gallon and pint flavors. A natural philanthropist, Philly Dake was always finding ways to give back. Her generosity and passion for the arts and education supported many nonprofits including SPAC and the YMCA. In 1999, she created the Make Your Own College Scholarship Program to help the children of Stewart’s Partners with college costs. This program has awarded over $6 million to over 1,500 recipients.

Caruso Builders Begin Work On Townhome Community In Malta

MALTA — Caruso Builders have begun work on a new development of townhomes in Malta near the Malta Drive-In Theatre.

Located at 2782 Route 9, the development will be known as Sage Estates and will contain 34 lots for 68 units, said Anthony Caruso, president of Caruso Builders. Caruso said he was aiming to add a townhome community to his company’s portfolio and cited the convenient location of the development.

“We don’t have any type of townhome community in our portfolio, and it was really something that I was looking to do,” said Caruso. “I felt the location, in close proximity to Exit 13, SPAC, and Saratoga in general, had some really strong benefits.”

The company has completed a majority of site-clearing work, Caruso said, and plans to begin work on infrastructure in the coming weeks. He said the first model home from the development is planned to

be constructed in the fall.

“So the direction we’re looking to go with this townhouse site would relate to the other homes that we’re building throughout the area,” Caruso said. “It’s not going to be an entry-level price, but we’d like to try to keep it under what you’d typically see for a product of this type a few minutes outside of Saratoga, or in and around the downtown Saratoga area.”

The development is located across from the Malta Drive-In and is roughly 10 miles south of SPAC and downtown Saratoga Springs.

“Everything that we put into a single-family home plays a part in a townhome,” Caruso said. “It’s just a different product type and opens us up to the clientele that is really not interested in a single-family, and in more of a townhome and townhome community.”

Caruso, who is an area native and founded Caruso Builders in 2009, said it is exciting to continue to develop properties in his home region.

Saratoga Federal Offers

Family

& Community Day

June 10

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

Saratoga Federal is hosting a Family & Community Day to members and residents of the local community on June 10 from 12 to 4 p.m. Members of the community are invited to join as they kick off the summer season and another great year. Plus, receive a $25 Wind-Chill Factory Gift Card for opening an account. Enjoy a round of mini golf, lunch or ice cream, courtesy of Saratoga Federal.

Saratoga Federal staff will be onsite at the Wind-Chill Factory from 12 to 4 p.m. to answer questions and open accounts. There will be no minimum balance required when opening an account at the event.

Saratoga Federal has been providing financial services to the community since 1945 and is open to all individuals who live, work or attend school in Saratoga County. Details are available at www.saratogafcu.org/windchill.

Plans Filed To Turn Former Sunmark To Gas Station/Convenience

MILTON — Site plans have been introduced to redevelop the former site of Sunmark Credit Union at 202 Northline Rd to a convenience store and gas station.

Plans were filed with the Town of Milton Planning Board in late March for the site. The location is currently owned by Gary DeRusso, president of Adirondack Land Development,

Store

LLC, and is pending a sale to Lucky Petroleum owner Surinder Cheema, according to the filed plans.

The site is located across the street from Adirondack Trust Company at 162 Northline Rd. Designs for the property were developed by Nolan Engineering, PLLC, the plans state.

The project would see the former Sunmark building repurposed for a gas station/ convenience store with its own parking.

The plans were presented to the Town of Milton Planning Board on April 12, where Jason Singer of Nolan Engineering stated the plans call for six islands with 12 gas pumps, one on each side of the islands, according to the meeting minutes.

Cheema told the Milton Planning Board at the April meeting that in the future, he would consider adding apartments on the back side of the property, and a food chain on the corner of the property, according to the minutes.

Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library Trustee Candidates Sought for 2024

CLIFTON PARK — The Board of Trustees of the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library are seeking candidates for two library trustee positions to begin January 1, 2024, due to the expiring terms of two incumbents, both representing the Town of Clifton Park.

The annual Library Budget and Trustee Election is scheduled for Thursday, September 14. It will take place at the Library from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

In order to qualify for trustee, candidates are required to be registered voters residing in Clifton Park, within the

boundaries of the Library Tax District. The trustee positions are five-year terms. Employees of the Library, contractors, and vendors to the Library are ineligible. Residents will vote for the trustee candidates from their respective town of residence.

Trustee packets are available beginning June 1. Interested candidates may pick up a packet in person or download one from the Library website: www. cphlibrary.org.

The Library Board consists of 11 trustees: seven representing Clifton Park and four

representing Halfmoon. Trustees attend monthly board meetings, serve on assigned committees, and contribute their expertise to benefit the Library and the served community.

The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, located in Southern Saratoga County, provides materials, programs, and services to the residents of Clifton Park and Halfmoon. The Library at 475 Moe Road in Clifton Park is open seven days a week and can be reached by phone at 518371-8622 and online at www. cphlibrary.org.

Overall site plans submitted by Nolan Engineering, PLLC, for 202 Northline Rd, the former site of Sunmark Credit Union (Image from Town of Milton Planning Board).

A Life Insurance Refresher

by Stephen Kyne, CFP

Sterling Manor Financial for Saratoga

Life insurance isn’t sexy, but it’s an important component of nearly everyone’s financial plan. When death interrupts life, it provides a blanket of security that allows survivors to, well, survive.

As a Certified Financial Planner®, I find that many people are confused about what kind of life insurance they should have. At its core, insurance falls into two categories: permanent and term.

The type of insurance you have depends on your anticipated need. If you feel your need for insurance will be permanent, meaning you’ll need it whether you die today or at age 95, then permanent

insurance should be considered. Most people, however, only need life insurance to cover a specific period of time, making term insurance a preferable option.

Let’s take a closer look:

Term insurance is intended to cover a basic need: to replace the economic loss resulting from a death during a specific period of time. It sounds clinical, but that’s all it is. For example, if I have a child today, I may want to purchase a 25-year term policy to ensure that, if I were to pass away before that child became independent, there would be sufficient assets to provide for my child. Once the child has left home, the need may no longer exist and the insurance term expires.

With term insurance, you’re only paying for what you need, when you need it. Because of that, the premiums are much lower, relative to many permanent forms of insurance. Permanent life insurance is intended to cover a permanent need. The most frequent permanent needs I encounter are:

1. Estate planning: In order to provide for liquidity at death, or to create a taxfree estate at death, permanent life insurance strategies can be utilized.

2. Pension replacement: In the event one spouse elected

a single-life only pension, a permanent insurance policy can be used to replace the pension in the event of the pensioner’s death.

In both of these circumstances, a permanent insurance policy is used simply because the insurance need exists for an unknown period of time. It would be unwise to use a term policy in these instances.

Many people have been sold permanent insurance policies who may not have had a permanent need, on the premise that permanent insurance can build cash value against which tax-free loans can be taken in the future. Truth be told, in my nearly twenty years in private practice, I’ve never encountered a person who funded their retirement using their life insurance cash value.

This is true for a variety of reasons.

In order to grow significant cash value, the policy premiums needed are significantly higher than just the cost of insurance (which is all you pay in a term policy). While many people are well-intentioned on the frontend, life happens, and very often people reduce the amount they pay into their policies, which dramatically affects the policy’s performance.

Another reason these policies often don’t live up

to expectations is that life insurance agents may use unrealistic assumptions when illustrating future policy performance. The only time I see permanent insurance work as a savings vehicle, is for a client whose cash flow is such that they have maximized contributions to every other retirement savings vehicle, and still have significant money they need to sock away. So, if you’ve exhausted your ability to contribute to your 401k, 403b, IRAs, and other retirement vehicles, then permanent insurance could be another

avenue for saving.

It should be noted that some people start out with a temporary need which evolves into a need that is more permanent. Luckily, many term insurance policies are convertible into a form of permanent insurance for just this reason.

In the battle between term and permanent, as planners, we overwhelmingly favor term insurance. It is by far the most cost-effective way to solve for a need, while preserving the option to convert to permanent insurance if the need changes.

Your Certified Financial Planner® will be the best person to help you assess your need by helping you to understand your overall financial circumstances, and can tailor a policy to provide proper coverage. If your advisor is independent, they will also have dozens of carriers to choose from, and can help get you the most competitive rates.

Stephen Kyne, CFP® is a Partner at Sterling Manor Financial, LLC in Saratoga Springs, and Rhinebeck, NY. Securities offered through Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Sterling Manor Financial, LLC, or Cadaret Grant & Co, SEC registered investment advisors. Sterling Manor Financial and Cadaret, Grant are

entities.

TODAY

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a problem of the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand. CTS occurs when the median nerve gets compressed in the carpal tunnel, a narrow tunnel at the wrist made up of bones and soft tissue. Nerves, tendons, and blood vessels travel through this tunnel, which when compressed may result in pain, weakness and/or numbness in the hand and wrist, radiating into the forearm. CTS is the most common of the entrapment neuropathies— compression or trauma of the body’s nerves in the hands or feet.

CTS typically occurs in adults, with women three times more likely to develop it than men. The dominant hand is usually affected first, and the pain is typically severe. CTS is especially common in assembly-line workers in manufacturing, sewing, finishing, cleaning, meat packing and similar industries.

What Are the Symptoms?

Burning, tingling, itching and/or numbness in the thumb, index and middle fingers are

common CTS symptoms. Some people with CTS say that their fingers feel useless and swollen, even though little or no swelling is apparent. Since many people sleep with flexed wrists, the symptoms often first appear while sleeping. As symptoms worsen, people may feel tingling during the day. In addition, weakened grip strength may make it difficult to form a fist or grasp small objects. Some people develop wasting of the muscles at the base of the thumb. Some are unable to distinguish hot from cold by touch.

Why Does CTS Develop?

Some people have smaller carpal tunnels than others, which makes the median nerve compression more likely. In others, CTS can develop because of an injury to the wrist that causes swelling, overactivity of the pituitary gland, hypothyroidism, diabetes, inflammatory arthritis, mechanical problems in the wrist joint, poor work ergonomics, repeated use of vibrating hand tools, and fluid retention during pregnancy or menopause.

How Is It Diagnosed?

CTS should be diagnosed and treated early. A standard physical examination of the hands, arms, shoulders and neck can help determine if your symptoms are related to daily activities or to an underlying disorder. Your doctor of chiropractic can use other specific tests to try to produce the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.

The most common are:

• Phalens Test: Place your knuckles together and point your fingers downward, hold 30-60 seconds.

• Carpal Compression Test: Moderate pressure is applied with both thumbs directly on the carpal

tunnel and underlying median nerve at the transverse carpal ligament.

Laboratory tests and x-rays can reveal diabetes, arthritis, fractures and other common causes of wrist and hand pain. Sometimes electrodiagnostic tests, such as nerve conduction testing, are used to help confirm the diagnosis. With these tests, small electrodes placed on your skin measure the speed at which electrical impulses travel across your wrist. CTS will slow the speed of the impulses and will confirm the diagnosis.

What Is the Treatment for CTS?

Initial therapy includes:

• Resting the affected hand and wrist.

• Avoiding activities that may worsen symptoms.

• Immobilizing the wrist in a splint to avoid further damage from twisting or bending.

• Applying cool packs to help reduce swelling from inflammation.

Some medications can help with pain control and inflammation. Studies have shown that vitamin B6 supplements may relieve CTS symptoms.

Chiropractic joint manipulation and mobilization of

the wrist and hand, stretching and strengthening exercises, soft-tissue mobilization techniques, and even yoga can be helpful. Scientists are also investigating other therapies, such as acupuncture, that may help prevent and treat this disorder.

Occasionally, patients whose symptoms fail to respond to conservative care may require surgery. The surgeon will release the ligament covering the carpal tunnel. The majority of patients recover completely after treatment, and the recurrence rate is low. Guidance on posture and movement, as instructed by your chiropractor, can also help prevent CTS recurrences.

How Can CTS Be Prevented?

The American Chiropractic Association suggests the following CTS prevention strategies:

• Perform on-the-job conditioning, such as stretching and light exercises every hour.

• Take frequent rest breaks.

• Wear splints to help keep the wrists straight.

• Use fingerless gloves to help keep the hands warm and flexible.

• Use correct posture and wrist position.

• To minimize workplace injuries, jobs can be rotated among workers. Employers can also develop programs in ergonomics, which is the process of adapting workplace conditions and job demands to workers’ physical capabilities.

Please feel free to stop by our office for a complimentary handout of carpel tunnel syndrome stretches and exercises.

Dr. Matt Smith is a chiropractor in Saratoga Springs providing non- surgical treatment of spinal disorders and sports-related injuries. For more information, please visit MySaratogaChiropractor.com or call 518-587-2064.

by Dr. Matt Smith, DC for Saratoga TODAY

Happy Father’s Day!

by Katherine Morna Towne for Saratoga TODAY

Did you know there’s an organization with a .gov web site called “National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse”?

I sometimes get the feeling from my newsfeed and social media that terms like “mother” and “father” are increasingly considered by some to be outmoded and insensitive — characteristics that the U.S. government doesn’t want to be associated with — and yet, this organization has a .gov address! A .gov URL is considered to signify “trustworthy” and “legitimate” and “unbiased” for those writing academic papers (high school and college students are taught that when using the internet for their research papers, .gov web sites are “good” sources). Indeed, the web site for the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse web site (fatherhood.gov) says that it’s “an official U.S. Government Web site managed by the U.S.

Department of Health & Human Services” and that the organization itself is “an Office of Family Assistance (OFA) funded national resource for fathers, practitioners, programs/Federal grantees, states, and the public at-large who are serving or interested in supporting strong fathers and families.”

I’m definitely interested in supporting strong fathers and families! I’m sure it’s no surprise to you that I spend a great amount of time in mothers-only or motherspredominate arenas (literature, online sites, my daily goings-on with my kids) and will defend with my dying breath the need for mothers, but I want you to know that I feel the same way about fathers!

One of the things I loved reading on fatherhood.gov is that research shows “fathers tend to be more involved in play than mothers.” I fully admit this is true in our house! Additionally, “they tend to play differently than mothers do — engaging in more physical and challenging games and encouraging independence and risk-taking.” Again, true in our house! It reminds me of a funny story from when my biggest boys were tiny: we were visiting one of my dear friends from college, and her mother was there, too, whom I love. My husband was playing outside with our boys and my friend’s mom got my attention in a conspiratorial sort of way and said with a straight face while chopping vegetables in the kitchen, being

“MOTHERING BOYS”

careful not to look at me while she was saying it, something like, “I just want to let you know your husband is tossing your son in the air.” Or something like that! I can’t remember the exact details now, fifteen years later, but it made me laugh so hard at the time and it has made me laugh all these years — I loved every detail of that interaction, how she was so serious about letting me know that my husband was playing far too roughly with the boys, and how she even made it seem like she was risking it all to pass along this vital information. It is true, though, that my boys and their dad love doing things that I would never feel comfortable doing.

Another thing I loved reading on the site is that “[p]ositive father involvement has been associated again and again with better social, emotional, and cognitive outcomes for children at all ages. … it is correlated with higher self-esteem, emotional security, academic achievement, school readiness, and math and verbal skills.” Read that again, Dads: it is important and necessary for your kids’ wellbeing for you to be there, and for you to be a good father. “Present” and “good.”

We all know “present” isn’t always possible for a variety of reasons, and even “good” can be defined in different ways that are “shaped by cultural and demographic factors,” as the web site noted, which is important

to remember. Fatherhood.gov offers “positive engagement” (“direct interaction with children, including caregiving and activities”), “accessibility” (“availability to children”), and “responsibility” (“participation in decision-making and ensuring that children are cared for”) as three ways in which dads can and should be involved with their children whenever possible. We all also know that there are many children who are growing up and have grown up without a good and present father, my own husband being one of them. His dad, who was a wonderful man by all accounts, died when my husband was too small to really remember what it was like to have a dad around, and his mom did a bang-up job teaching him how to be a good man and father, so I can see all is not lost when the ideal isn’t met. But that doesn’t mean it’s not important to strive for the ideal!

Men: try your hardest, within your circumstances and your abilities, to give your children the best

possible chance at a healthy and successful life. I’m beyond grateful that my dad did so for my siblings and me, and that my husband is doing so for our children.

In an article from 2000 — one that would no longer pass muster in academic writing, unfortunately, because it was published too long ago, but which I thought still offered some good things — Stephen Duncan, Ph.D., a Family & Human Development Specialist associated with Montana State University Extension Service, wrote in an article entitled “The Importance of Fathers” that fathers are not “optional family baggage” and that there “is a clear message out there: Dad, you ought to be a more nurturing and involved father and Mom, you need to let Dad get involved.” I will absolutely toast to all that, and I hope all you good dads have a very happy Father’s Day!

Kate and her husband have seven sons ages 18, 16, 14, 13, 11, 9, and 4. Email her at kmtowne23@ gmail.com.

more money, and what the circled letters do?

39 Cutting sound

41 Work with a score

43 Fish with prized roe

45 Place for a snail facial

47 Part of REM

49 Big concert venue

50 Paired (up)

51 Not remote

53 Make possible

55 Treasure stash

57 High points

59 Foreshadow

61 Resort near Snowbird

63 Collar

64 “Is it soup __?”

65 Smoked fish in unagi nigiri

Writing the Right Word by Dave Dowling

Accuracy in word choice is a key to effective communication. In your daily writing and speaking, try to make sure you use the right word in the right place with the right spelling. By doing so, its effect will affect your communication in a positive way. This quick weekly tip will help you filter the confusion in some of our daily word choices. This Week: Latter, Former

Former refers to the first of two and latter the second of two (or last of many). Note that when you use these words, the reader must remember what was written. This can sometimes be annoying, so you might want to reconsider using these words.

Dave Dowling is the author of The Wrong Word Dictionary and The Dictionary of Worthless Words. Both books are available from many book retailers, and signed copies can be obtained by contacting Dave at dave.dowling65@gmail.com

THE BELMONT STAKES..

TALES

by Joe Raucci for Saratoga TODAY

This Saturday marks the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes. Let’s take a look at the history of Belmont Park and some of the memorable moments of the “Test of Champions.”

Belmont Park was the brainchild of August Belmont Jr. When it opened for it’s inaugural meeting in 1905, the facility was a marvel for its time. It was larger and more opulent than any other racetrack in the country.

Due to its deteriorating condition the track was rebuilt after the 1962 racing season. Opened for business again in 1968, the new version of Belmont was applauded for its attractive grounds and architectural design. It was built to accommodate large crowds in an era when upwards of 40,000 fans attended the races on any given Saturday. With the advent of OTB, Simulcast and the Casino boom those days are long over.

Plans have been made to replace the existing structure with a state of the art sports complex at the Long Island landmark. The racing facility will be built on a more manageable scale, allowing for a comfortable, fan friendly experience.

The Belmont Stakes has long been the premier event of the track’s prestigious Spring meeting. August Belmont Sr. founded the race in 1867. It had its inaugural running at Jerome Park. The elder Belmont was one of the original owners of the long departed track.

The race is the third jewel of the Triple Crown Series. It is one

OF VICTORY AND DEFEAT

of America’s most sought after horse racing trophies. No less than 21 winners of the event have been named Horse of the Year in the 87 years that there has been polling for that honor. Of note, although there had been conflicting ones since 1936, it was not until 1971 that they were consolidated as one of the first Eclipse Awards.

Sir Barton was the first Triple Crown winner in 1919. Since then 36 three year olds have come to Belmont Park with Triple Crown aspirations. 23 of them failed in their attempt to navigate the mile and a half oval. The 13 that pranced into the winner’s circle have achieved immortality.

Those that took the Crown are familiar names. Secretariat, Citation, Count Fleet, Seattle Slew, Affirmed and American Pharoah are among them. The above mentioned are in the elite of America’s greatest racehorses.

Secretariat is without question the most memorable winner of the race.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of his awe inspiring performance. He absolutely annihilated his opposition with a 31 length victory. Add to that a world record for the mile and a half distance.

Man O’ War, America’s most revered race horse took the 1920 Belmont by 20 lengths. He easily set the world record for the one and three eighth miles event. In 1926 the race was lengthened to its current mile and a half distance. Unfortunately the wonder horse was not entered in the Kentucky Derby, denying him what would have been a cakewalk to the Triple Crown.

The immensely talented Count Fleet turned more than a few heads when Johnny Longden guided him to a 25 length score in the 1943 rendition.

The three great warriors had beaten their opponents by a combined total of 76 lengths. Their grand exploits on the racetrack earned this trio first class tickets to the Pantheon of Champions.

Let’s take a look at a few of the unlucky ones that came so close to the Crown. One that stands out in the annals of the race is Tim

Tam. In 1958 the Calumet Farms runner looked like a cinch to join Calumet’s Whirlaway and Citation as Triple Crown winners. To this day he is the shortest priced betting favorite to race in the Belmont Stakes. During the stretch run Tim Tam broke a bone in his right foreleg. He hung on for a gallant second to the Irish bred Cavan. Tim Tam is an honored member of horse racing’s Hall of Fame.

When we look at the could have beens, the great champion Spectacular Bid requires attention. It was a forgone conclusion that he would take the Belmont and join the Triple Crown Club. Unfortunately he stepped on a pin in his stall the night before the race. He most likely would have overcome that, except for an amateurish ride by his young and inexperienced jockey Ronnie Franklin. He chased a front running long shot who had

absolutely no chance of winning the race. The foolish maneuver put an end to The Bid’s dream. His trainer Grover G Delp called him “the greatest horse to ever look through a bridle.” The heartfelt quote can be taken seriously… Spectacular Bid, a champion of the highest order.

Then there was Real Quiet. He took both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 1998. At the Belmont Stakes he drew clear of the field, only to be run down by Victory Gallup at the wire. With the closest finish in the history of the race, a mere nose separated Real Quiet from the immortals.

There won’t be a Triple Crown winner in this running of the Belmont Stakes. It by no means take diminishes the importance of the race. It stands on its own as one of Americas greatest sporting events.

Time is running out for the 1968 version of Belmont

park. Soon work will begin on its transformation to an all new experience. The reconstruction effort will begin after next years Spring meeting. It is expected to reopen in 2026.

This Saturday, June 10th will be one of the last opportunities to witness the race at historic Belmont Park as it looks today. Sit back, take in the experience and enjoy the excitement that will unfold at the Belmont Stakes.. An American Tradition.

Real Quiet..so close to immortality.

Saratoga Builders Association Awards Two Student Scholarships

SARATOGA SPRINGS

— The Saratoga Builders Association, Inc. has awarded two student cash scholarships. One is the annual SBA Scholarship for $1,000 and the second is the annual “Bob Best” Memorial Scholarship, also for $1,000.

Alexandra Coffinger of Greenwich was awarded the SBA Scholarship. Alexandra is a senior at Schuylerville High School and will be attending Millersville University to pursue a career in Construction Management.

Zachary Pingelski of Mechanicville was awarded the “Bob Best” Memorial Scholarship. Zach is a senior at Mechanicville High School and will be attending Hudson Valley Community College to pursue a degree in HVAC.

The Saratoga Builders Association makes these student scholarship awards available annually to high school seniors or college students who are planning to pursue a career in the construction industry.

Local Student Accepted To Prominent

Washington, D.C. Fellowship

Institute website.

Hogan is a double major in political science and humanities at Villanova, and also holds a double minor in Italian and French. He said he enjoys studying political philosophy to help learn from the past.

“I like the study of political philosophy because I think we can learn a lot from the past to help combat issues and problems that we currently face, and in the future,” said Hogan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —

A local student will have the opportunity to study political philosophy in Washington, D.C. this summer, gaining first-hand experience with the world of politics.

Matthew Hogan, Jr., a graduate of Saratoga Springs High School and a rising senior at Villanova University, was accepted into the Hudson Institute Political Studies 2023 Summer Fellowship, where he will spend the summer studying political philosophy.

Hogan is one of 54 students from colleges across the country who will attend the program.

The Hudson Institute fellowship involves the study of political thought and public policy, with students participating in “courses led by master teachers, policy workshops directed by field experts and experienced government officials, and a distinguished speaker series of exemplary figures from public life,” according to the Hudson

He said the experience in D.C. will be valuable, and said he is looking forward to meeting new people and making connections.

“That’s one of the points that I’m most looking forward to about this program,” Hogan said. “Because I could just spend the summer here, reading political philosophers on my own if I really wanted to, but it’s that interaction with other people. … I want to be in the office, doing stuff, and interacting with people, because I just appreciate that a lot about life.”

“We’re very thrilled for him,” added Matthew Hogan, Sr., Matthew’s father. “He’s going to meet with a lot of people from D.C. that are in the political realm.”

Hogan Sr. is also an alum of Villanova, and said it is meaningful to see Matthew succeed at the school, saying he is “a phenomenal kid.”

“I’m thrilled he goes to Villanova, because that’s where I went,” said Hogan Sr. “The way I always describe him is, he got my wife and I’s best qualities without getting our worst qualities.”

To apply for the fellowship,

Hogan wrote an essay detailing why he wants to study political philosophy, and also submitted a writing sample and a letter of recommendation along with his resume. After going through a phone interview, he was accepted into the program.

“I’m very ecstatic about it,” said Hogan. “Political philosophy is one of the fields that interests me the most. Accruing hard data, or quantitative data, is an important aspect of political science, but I also think that there’s a lot to be derived from the theoretical realm as well. You can’t just stay confined to the quantitative. I think you have to venture out into the qualitative and kind of incorporate them both together.”

While Hogan said he is unsure of his career aspirations after college, he has been gaining a wide variety of experience. In addition to the Hudson Institute fellowship, Hogan has studied abroad in France, and will spend the fall 2023 semester in Bologna, Italy.

“I’m directly enrolling in the University of Bologna, and I’ll take all my political science classes and humanities, which is my second major,” Hogan said. He said his variety of experiences are his way of “feeling out the waters,” and said he hopes to have an idea of his career plans as the year continues.

“I’ll just be in the town, so I’ll just be able to fully immerse myself, which will be a challenge, but nonetheless, I think it will entail a lot of personal growth,” said Hogan.

Photo provided.

Photos provided.

Schuylerville HS announces Class of 2023 Top Graduates

SCHUYLERVILLE —

Schuylerville Central School District has announced its Top Graduate recognitions for the Class of 2023.

Schuylerville’s Top 10

recognition was expanded in 2022 to a Top Graduate recognition, in an effort to honor the hard work and achievement of more students. Students with an average of 96 or higher qualify

to be featured in the annual Top Graduate recognition.

The Schuylerville Class of 2023 Valedictorian is Lillian Letzring. Letzring is a member of National Honor Society, has acted as co-president of Student Council, and has been involved with Student Government, Drama Club, Spanish Club, and prom committee.

Letzring is a co-captain of the Schuylerville varsity cross country, indoor, and outdoor track and field teams, and is a member of both the NYSSMA All-County Band and Chorus. She is a recipient of the Rensselaer Medal Award.

Letzring plans to attend

Making Smart Choices and Driving Safe Message Presented in Ballston Spa

BALLSTON SPA — Ballston Spa High School seniors were presented with a safe driving message during the days before the Senior Prom on June 3, encouraging them to avoid accidents caused by distracted or impaired driving.

A simulated crash demonstration took place on May 25 in front of the school in the bus loop at 9:45 a.m. Several students, as well as various emergency responders, participated in the event.

The event was coordinated by the BSHS Administrators and Deputy Pedro Garcia, the school resource officer, with assistance from Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo and area emergency responders.

“This is a great program to teach kids about everyday safety involving distracted or drunk

driving, but especially around the prom when these things become more prevalent,” read a statement on the Ballston Spa Fire Department’s Facebook page.

“Thank you for your support and we hope this conversation continues at home, as we hope this drill never becomes a reality for any of us.”

The BSFD thanked Mangino Chevrolet Buick GMC for donating cars used in the demonstration. They also offered thanks to the Community Emergency Corps, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, Ballston Lake Emergency Squad, Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Armer Funeral Home, and the BSCSD administration.

SUNY Potsdam with a major in geology and environmental science.

The Schuylerville Class of 2023 Salutatorian is Alayna Wian. Wian is also a member of National Honor Society, has acted as the Class of 2023 treasurer and vice-president, co-president and parliamentarian in Student Council, and vice-president of Drama Club.

Wian is also a member of Environmental Club, Spanish Club, Yearbook Club, and prom committee. She is a member of All-County Chorus and Area All-State Chorus. Wian played six sports, serving as captain of the varsity girls soccer team in addition to competing in cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field, and lacrosse.

Wian was a representative at the Section II Athletic Leadership Summit, and also received the St. Michael’s Book Award. She plans to attend Hobart & William Smith Colleges and major in physics/ mathematics.

See below for a full list of Schuylerville’s Class of 2023 Top Graduates:

• Lillian Letzring (Valedictorian)

• Alayna Wian (Salutatorian)

• Christopher Buettner

• Lucas Fitzgerald

• Sofie Lamodi

• Anthony Luzadis

• Draven Mueller

• Arielle Sowle

• Irene Torres-Guzman

• Caitlyn VanDeusen

• Megan Vianese

• Abigail White

• Elliott Woods

• Jocelyn Zapien-Espinosa

Schuylerville High School Class of 2023 Valedictorian Lillian Letzring.

Schuylerville High School Class of 2023 Salutatorian Alayna Wian.

Photo provided by Ballston Spa Central School District.

Food

Simple Salads for Spring

HIGH ROCK PARK SATURDAYS

9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

WEDNESDAYS

3 - 6 p.m.

Who’s ready for strawberries? How about the season’s first cool, fresh cucumbers? Crisp greens? Flavorful fennel? Every day, local farms harvest the freshest flavors of spring. So stroll through the pavilions of High Rock Park and fill your market basket because the culinary possibilities are endless!

The crisp sweetness of spring fruit and vegetables can be enjoyed as a main course or as a side dish, along with grass-fed beef, pork chops, farm-raised chicken, or a hearty mushroom main. And the best part of spring cooking is the simplicity. Minimal effort is required to make flavors sing; the bulk is prepping the fruit and vegetables and putting them into a bowl.

In creating a balanced spring salad, tasting is required to ensure the flavors are balanced with an acid, like tangy citrus or vinegar, and then seasoned with salt and pepper taste. Sweetness is optional; if desired, honey and maple syrup are excellent options. However, dressings can be as simple as local Greek yogurt or olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Fresh herbs are ideal in uncooked foods; their flavors brighten and elevate fruits and vegetable combinations in spring salads. Parsley, chives, basil, and dill can often be used interchangeably. Mint lends a distinctive flavor depending on the salad.

Now let’s talk about spring’s fruit and vegetable stars

available at the Wednesday and Saturday markets - winning combinations for salads. Strawberries, greens (from spinach to bok choy to lettuce mix), beets, radishes, fennel, cabbage, carrots, parsnips, and even the last of spring’s asparagus.

The Saratoga Farmers Market is 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturdays in the food court of the Wilton Mall. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for previews of what’s fresh.

Cucumber Radish Salad with Creamy Yogurt Dill Dressing

YIELDS: 6 servings | PREP TIME: 15 min

INGREDIENTS:

*Ingredients currently available at the farmers’ market

• 2 cucumbers*

• 6 radishes*, sliced thin

• 3/4 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt*

• 1/2 of a lemon, juiced

• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped dill*

• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1/2 teaspoon honey*

• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS :

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the Greek yogurt, lemon juice, dill, garlic, honey, salt and pepper. Set aside.

2. Slice cucumbers in half lengthwise and thinly slice the cucumbers into half rounds.

3. Place the sliced cucumbers and radishes into a large serving bowl. Just before serving, stir the yogurt dill dressing into the salad and mix to coat the cucumbers and radishes—taste for seasoning.

4. Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 2 hours. Any longer and the cucumbers start to release too much water, and the dressing will become runny.

Strawberry

Spinach Salad

YIELDS: 6 servings

PREP TIME: 15 min

INGREDIENTS:

*Ingredients currently available at the farmers’ market

For Strawberry Spinach Salad

• 10 ounces fresh baby spinach*

• 1 quart strawberries*, quartered

• 1/2 red onion*, sliced thin

• 1/4 cup walnuts

• 4 ounces goat cheese

For Balsamic Poppyseed Dressing

• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

• 1/2 cup honey*

• 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

• 1 tablespoon red onion*, minced

INSTRUCTIONS :

To Make the Salad Dressing:

Combine all of the ingredients for the dressing in a mason jar. Shake well until the honey is dissolved and the dressing is combined.

To Make the Salad:

Combine all the ingredients for the salad in a large bowl. Very lightly dress the salad right before serving, reserving the rest of the dressing on the side for people to add more.

Burger’s Market Garden (strawberries)

Lovin’ Mama Farm (fennel)

Photos provided by Julia Howard for Saratoga TODAY

Adapted from the recipe by Lisa Longley, featured in Simple Joy

Adapted from the recipe featured on Recipe Runner

by John Reardon for Saratoga TODAY

THIS KITCHEN IS FOR Dancing

Hello my Foodie Friends!

The sounds of cooking can be kitchen music to our ears with the sounds of beeps, pans, clinging, clanging, and thuds in your kitchen. Having the right cookware is important to the entire culinary experience. As we gear up for Father’s Day, this may be an item to consider for the person who has everything.

This brings me back to the time my father and his friends went on their yearly hunting trip to Vermont. I have shared this story before, yet I love telling it, especially in honor of all our foodie Dad’s. Every year four dads got together for a week of deer hunting. After about four years in a row of not bringing back a deer, my mom got wise and had a meeting with the other moms. They gave each dad a condition they had to fulfill if they wanted to go. They were required to bring all their children over the age of five. The negotiations went on for months and my Dad, who was the ring leader, gave in. Therefore, there were some very excited little boys and girls who got to go with their Dad on a weekend long vacation. Dad’s cookware at the “Cabin” was not the best and the first night the dads had great time laughing and enjoying their “refreshments” (as they referred to them) while we ran around endlessly. It started getting dark and I asked my dad when we were going to eat? He told me to go ahead and cook something up. I replied: “Dad, I’m seven”. There was literally no food. My Uncle Cass found some cans of beans and first looked at the other dads then to all ten of us kids and with a very loud and enthusiastic voice said: “Hey kids, how about some BEANS!” Then all the dads started yelling, “beans, beans beans”, and then the kids started yelling “beans, beans, beans!” Cass started pouring six cans of beans into a wooden handled sauté pan while singing made up songs that we all joined in on. He kept stirring and singing while we assembled at the table peacefully. I must admit he had me more excited to eat a plate of

beans than I have ever been for a meal. “Ok”, he said “here it is kids” and we cheered. As he turned around the wooded handle came loose and the pan spun around multiple times and the beans went flying. Hot beans hit like little bean pellets bouncing off every child at the table. No one was hurt because all of us were laughing so hard we were couldn’t talk. Cass thought he killed us. A good plan would have prevented this disaster. However, it is to this day one of all our favorite times with our dads. Dad had a tense moment explaining to mom why her three boys had red dots on their foreheads.

So many of our customers come in and state that they want good cookware. They are tired of going through generations of cookware that does not last or is not providing them with the heat conduction or distribution they are looking for in cooking. Good pans are worth their price because they manage heat better. Being a “good conductor” and “heavy gauge” are the key features of good cookware. Here’s how these characteristics affect cooking. You get responsive heat. Good heat conductors, such as copper and aluminum, are responsive to temperature changes. They’ll do what the heat source tells them to do—heat up, cool down—almost instantly. You get fast heat flow. Heat flows more easily through a good heat conductor, assuring a quick equalizing of temperature on the cooking surface. You get even heat diffusion. A thicker pan has more distance between the cooking surface and the heat source. By the time the heat flows to the cooking surface, it will

5-Ingredient Barbecue Bacon Baked Beans

PREP TIME: 25 mins. | COOK TIME: 1 hour 15 mins. TOTAL TIME: 1 hour 40 mins.

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 of a medium white onion, finely diced (about 1/2 cup)

have spread out evenly, because heat diffuses as it flows. You get more heat. Mass holds heat (heat is vibrating mass, so the more mass there is to vibrate, the more heat there will be). The more pan there is to heat, the more heat the pan can hold, so there’s more constant heat for better browning, faster reducing, and hotter frying.

Our staple products for cookware include; Hestan, Viking, LeCreuset, and Lodge cookware. Buying good cookware could be a wonderful gift to give your culinary enthusiast. Stop by Compliments to the Chef - your neighborhood Kitchen and Cutlery store located at 33 Railroad Place. We have a large assortment of cookware. Make sure you have the best cookware to do the job right. Make music in your kitchen with the sounds of stirring, pots and pans clanking. Play some music while you cook. Dance and embrace those who make those creative dishes that say “I love you”. Remember my Foodie Friends; “Life Happens in the Kitchen!”

• 4 strips thick-cut applewood smoked bacon, cut into pieces

• 2 cans baked beans (Organic)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat your oven to 350°.

• 3/4 cup homemade sweet barbecue sauce or your favorite sauce

• 2 tablespoons un-sulphured molasses

• In a skillet pan, add onions and bacon and then heat on medium

• Cook until onions are soft, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes.

• Remove the pan off of the heat and add in the beans, barbecue sauce and black pepper and stir.

• Cover the pan and slide it onto the middle rack of your preheated oven. Cook for 1 hour stirring every 20 minutes. When the hour is up, use pot holders to remove the lid and slide the pan back into your oven for 15 minutes.

• Allow the beans to cool for a few minutes before serving. Season with black pepper to taste.

• Beans will thicken up more as they cool.

Recipe courtesy of Simply Scratch at simplyscratch.com

This Week’s Events: JUNE 9-15

FRIDAY, JUNE 9

Fridays in the Garden

Brookside Museum, 21 Fairground Ave, Ballston Spa | 2:30 p.m. Mina Dunnam will present “Hear the Buzz: Launching a Pollinator Garden”. This program will take place outside, in the beautiful gardens of Brookside Museum, weather permitting. As ever, questions and discussions about any aspect of gardening, historic or otherwise, will be welcome. The program is free and open to the public, but registration and donations are greatly appreciated! https://brooksidemuseum.org/ event/friday-in-the-flowers-hearthe-buzz-launching-a-pollinatorgarden/

Indoor and Outdoor Yard Sale and Indoor Bake Sale ��

Malta Ridge United Methodist Church, 729 Malta Ave Extension, Malta | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturday, June 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Special note: For the last 2 hours on Saturday June 10, (Noon to 2 pm) fill a paper grocery bag with Yard Sale items for $5! For additional information or directions please call the Church at 518-581-0210.

New History Exhibit Opening Reception

Saratoga Springs History Museum, Canfield Casino, Congress Park, 1 E. Congress St., Saratoga Springs | 5:30 p.m. A new exhibit “First Saratogians: The Indigenous Peoples of the Saratoga Springs Region,” in partnership with Ndakinna Education Center, examining the history of Native Americans in the local area from prehistoric times through today, using hundreds of artifacts and photographs to tell the story. Silent Auction, Beer & Wine Cash Bar (ticket includes 1 drink), and Catered Food Stations. History Museum Members $40, Non-

Members $50, all proceeds benefit the History Museum. Tickets: saratogahistory.org/events 518584-6920.

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

Chickens, Ducks, and Rabbits... oh my!

Brookside Museum, 21 Fairground Ave., Ballston Spa | 8:30 a.m. The Milton Grange will be sponsoring a talk about growing your own food. Nicolina Forti of Cornell Cooperative extension will go over the basics for each animal and help you understand what is needed to be successful in these projects. This is one of an on-going series of lectures and classes that promotes a “Rural lifestyle” brought to you by the Milton Grange and Brookside Museum. Breakfast will be available. RSVP is requested by calling Mary Ann Becker at 518885-6606 by June 9th.

10th Annual Plant Sale

Italian American Center, 247 Grand Avenue, Saratoga Springs | 9 a.m. The Heritage Garden Club of Saratoga Springs 10th Annual Plant Sale. Perennial plants as well as a variety of herbs and garden decor will be available for sale until sold out. New members are always welcome you don’t have to have a green thumb to belong! Meetings are held at noon the second Monday of every month (except July and August) at the Knights of Columbus, 50 Pine Street, Saratoga Springs. For information call 518 495–6309.

Plant Sale

Dockstader Recreation Park, Galway Town Pavilion, 5078 Sacandaga Rd., Galway | 9 a.m. –Noon. Hosted by Glenville Hills Garden Club of Saratoga County. Plant list will be available prior to the sale at The Glenville Hills Garden Club on Facebook. Cash only.

back in session. Learn about some of the games that kids would have played. And kids favorite place to tour, the outhouse. The event is free.

Brandtville Boogie: Walking

Tour ��

Perennial Plants Plus Sale

48 Chapman St., Ballston Spa | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Ballston Spa House & Garden Club is holding its yearly sale. This sale offers a wide variety of perennials from member gards as well as annuals, herbs, vegetable plants and other garden related items. The event is a club-wide fundraiser to support the ongoing renewal and beautification projects of the village public gardens and programs for youth including camp scholarships. Educational materials on current gardening topics will be available. For more information on the BSH&GC and for membership opportunities, contact club resident, Linda Fay linda81650@ gmail.com or visit our website www.bshgc.org/contact.html

Defensive Driving Class

Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church, 175 Fifth Ave., Saratoga Springs | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Save 10% on your base auto insurance for the next three years and receive up to 4 points off your driving record according to New York State Department of Motor Vehicle guidelines. Fee: $35 per person. Bring a friend fee is $30 each. Portion of fee goes to Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church. Registration is required and can be made by calling Ray Frankoski at 518-286-3788. As we are social distancing, a mask is optional. Class size is limit.

One Room School House ��

24 Old Daketown Road, Middle Grove | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Town of Greenfield Historical Society will be having the Daketown School #8 open for visitors. See the way communities set their schools up for their children to learn. Learn about the teacher’s box of books, see the black boards with proper cursive writing for that era. Have a seat in one of the many types of school desk. You can even ring the teachers bell to call class

10th Annual Beekman Street Art Fair ��

Tour starts: 29 Doten Ave., Saratoga Springs | 10:30 a.m. The Saratoga Springs History Museum presents “Brandtville Boogie,” a fun, family-friendly walking tour where guests will learn about the oldest homes in the neighborhood and find interesting remnants of this historically African American rural community dating to the late 1800s. Led by History Museum Board member Carol Daggs, a descendant of the original Brandtville residents and author of “Saratoga Soul Brandtville Blues.” Tickets are $15 for History Museum members, $25 for non-members – more info at saratogahistory.org/events. 518584-6920

Round Lake House and Garden Tour

Various locations in Round Lake | 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. a tour of houses and gardens in Round Lake Village will benefit the historic Round Lake Auditorium. Included are tiny cottages, large Victorian era and brand-new custom homes. We are featuring homes that have had recent renovation/construction/ restoration projects. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased in advance at RoundLakeAuditorium.org or contact Lydia.A.Hoffman@gmail. com.

54th Annual Elks Flag Day Parade ��

Broadway from Rote 50 to Congress Park | Noon. Saratoga – Wilton elks Lodge # 161. A celebration of sight and sound.

SUNDAY, JUNE 11

Breakfast Buffet ��

Ballston Spa Elks Lodge #2619, 10 Hamilton Street, Ballston Spa | 8 – 11 a.m. will host an all you can eat Breakfast Buffet. The menu will include Pancakes and Sausage, French Toast, Eggs made to order, World Famous Omelets, Home Fries, Toast, Coffee, and Juice. Adults $9. Seniors $8 and Kids $5 (cash only). All are welcome.

Beekman St., Saratoga Springs |10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Beekman Street Art Fair, Saratoga’s everpopular kick off to summer is celebrating 10 years of bringing artists, neighbors, and visitors together in a festive art and music filled environment. The 2023 fair features artists tents, entertainment coordinated by the Ballston Spa Community Band, culinary venues, and street performers. And thanks to CDTA, fairgoers can easily get to and from the fair via a free shuttle bus running from the Saratoga Casino to Beekman and Grand Ave.

The Ballston Spa Birdhouse Festival

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Various locations in Downtown Ballston Spa | 11 a.m. - -4 p.m. Rain date is June 18. A huge event, with over 1000 birdhouses decorating the village of Ballston Spa. It will be a huge draw for people all over the capital region. Original and handmade artwork.

Fundraiser for USMC �� #420, 190 Excelsior Ave., Saratoga Springs | 1 – 6 p.m. Join us for Music Karoke, raffles, corn hole, horse shoes, 50/50 and much more! Food includes, sausage with peppers and onions, Italian baked ziti, soup and more, prepared by Green Acres Tavern. Cash bar will be available. For more information or donate a basket to raffle, call Janice Bravo at 518-419-4723. 100% of money raised goes to the Marine Corps League.

15th Annual Jewish Women’s Gala

The Hyatt Place, Clifton Park | 5 p.m. The festival begins with the Annual Jewish Women’s Gala with guest speaker Elisheva Liberman, a gourmet dinner and raffle auction. The Saratoga Jewish Cultural Festival launches its 11th season this summer with a series of programs by Congregation Beth Shalom of Clifton Park, Congregation Shaara Tfille of Saratoga Springs, Chabad of Saratoga, Chabad of Clifton Park, and Temple Sinai. Offerings to the public will run through August and include concerts, plays, lectures, films, discussions,

Week of June 9 – June 15, 2023

and outdoor family events. The festival concludes August 22 with Klezmer and Kugel. For more information, visit www. saratogajewishculturalfestival.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 12

Minecraft Monday ��

Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry St., Saratoga Springs | 4:30 –5:30 p.m.

In-Person, Kids in grades 4-8, join us in the computer lab to play Minecraft Education Edition. Each meeting of Minecraft Monday, we will work on a different challenge together in either creative or survival mode. Please register online. www.sspl.org

TUESDAY, JUNE 13

Congress Park History Tours

Saratoga Springs Visitor Center, 297 Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 10:30 a.m. learn about the fascinating history of “The Queen of Spas” with a leisurely walk thru Congress Park. Hours are held Tuesday –Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Cost is $20. Children under 12 free.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

Sauté Chicken & Sausage Dinner Take-out

Saratoga-Wilton Elks Club, 1 Elks Lane, Saratoga Springs | 4:30 – 6 p.m. Take out only. Call Monday or Tuesday between 10 a.m. – Noon to place an order. 518-584-2585. Menu: Sauté Chicken, Sausage, in a Pink Sauce over Linguini, tossed salad, garlic toast. $15 per dinner. (cash only).

Green Drinks

The Parting Glass, 40-42 Lake Ave, Saratoga Springs | 5 – 7 p.m. A “green gathering” for those who work, volunteer, or have a passion for promoting the environment, conservation, and sustainability. Food, alcoholic, and non-alcoholic drinks are available for purchase. Green Drinks - Saratoga Springs is held monthly. While this is a networking event, solicitation is not allowed.

Making Full and Low/No Sugar Jam

Cornell Cooperative Extension, 50 West High St., Ballston Spa | 6 - 8 p.m. In person or online via Zoom. Learn how to make a strawberry full sugar, low sugar, or

no sugar jam, plus freezer jam; a no cook recipe great for kids that requires no canning equipment. This class will cover the basics of canning in a boiling water bath or steam canner, including equipment needed. Includes demonstrations and hands-on experience. Fee: $15. Call CCE at 518-885-8995 to register.

Flag Day Parade ��

Saratoga-Wilton Elks Club, 1 Elks Lane, Saratoga Springs | 6:30 p.m.

Join us as we celebrate this special day to give thanks to those who have served or sacrificed their lives to protect the land we love and the flag we so proudly display in our homes and communities.

The Constitution is the Solution

Belanger Blue Barn, 133 Brookline Rd., Ballston Spa | 6:30 – 9 p.m.

Fixing America starts with education. The John Birch Society has a new series of DVDs for you to learn how the Constitution was intended to secure rights, not to enable the federal government to those rights. You’re invited to attend a six-part workshop based on these DVDs that will provide you with a practical, common sense understanding of how the Constitution was intended to limit the government, not the citizens. Next sessions are June 21 and 28. Call or text Howard Vics for information and registration 518368-4546. Hvic.bpcofny@gmail. com

THURSDAY, JUNE 15

Candidate Forum

Zoom Presentation | 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. The League. Of Women Voters Saratoga County will hold a Candidate Forum featuring the two candidates in the Democratic Party Primary for mayor of city of Saratoga springs on June 12 from 7:30 to 8:30 PM. The event will be live streamed. On zoom webinar. Go to our website www.lwvsaratoga. org/candidates to get the link. The Forum will also be available after the event on the LWVSC youtube channel. Questions from the public should be submitted by June 9th to both candidates, Ronald J. Kim and Christian E Mathieson to QuestionsLWVSC@gmail.com with Mayor in the subject line. Questions should be addressed to both candidates, represent a broad range of topics, and not contain personal attacks.

Entertainment & Arts NYS Writers Institute Announces Public Readings 2023 in Saratoga Springs

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York State Summer Writers Institute will offer evening readings by an extraordinary line-up of distinguished writers this June and July. Except where noted, the readings, which are free and welcome the public, will begin at 8 p.m. in Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall on the Skidmore College campus.

June 26: Poet Vijay Seshadri (Pulitzer Prize, 3 Sections) & Novelist Steve Stern (Guggenheim Fellow; The Village Idiot).

June 27: Novelist Garth Greenwell (What Belongs to You; Cleanness) & Poet Carl Dennis (Practical Gods).

June 28, 7 PM: Going to the Movies with Phillip Lopate

(Screening of Rohmer’s “The Marquise of O” followed by discussion).

June 29: Novelist Claire Messud (The Woman Upstairs; The Emperor’s Children) & Memoirist Honor Moore (Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Mid-Century).

June 30: Poet Gregory Pardlo (Pulitzer Prize, Digest) & Novelist and Memoirist Elizabeth Benedict (Rewriting Illness: A View of My Own).

July 3: Memoirist Phillip Lopate (Portrait Inside My Head: Essays) & Poet Campbell McGrath (Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems).

July 4: Novelist and Memoirist Mary Gordon (Pearl; Payback) & Poet Rosanna

Warren (So Forth: Poems).

July 5: Poet Katha Pollitt (Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories) Panel with Mary Gordon, Robert Boyers and Writers Institute Students: The Writer & The Culture of Censorship.

July 6: Novelist Mary Gaitskill (The Mare; Veronica) & Novelist Calvin Baker (A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and The Future of America).

July 7: Poetry & Jazz²: An Evening with former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Grammy Award-winning musicians Todd Coolman (bass) & Bill Cunliffe (piano) at Caffe Lena.

July 10: Fictionist Amy Hempel (Sing to It: New Stories) & Poet Chase Twichell (Things as It Is).

July 11: Novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum (Rabbits for Food) & Poet Peg Boyers (To Forget Venice; Hard Bread; Honey With Tobacco).

July 12, 7 PM: Going to the Movies: Screening of “TAR” followed by discussion with Poet Peg Boyers (To Forget Venice; Hard Bread; Honey With Tobacco) & Robert Boyers.

July 13: American linguist John McWhorter (Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America) & Author Thomas Chatterton Williams (contributing writer The Atlantic; Self-Portrait in Black and White) in A Conversation

on “Writing About Race.”

July 14: Novelist Rick Moody (The Ice Storm; Hotels of North America) & Novelist Adam Braver (November 22, 1963; Rejoice the Head of Paul McCartney ) at Caffe Lena.

July 17: Fictionist Francine Prose (The Vixen) & Novelistmemoirist Danzy Senna (Caucasia; Where Did You Sleep Last Night).

July 18: Novelist Joyce Carol Oates (Zombie; Blonde; The (Other) You: Stories) & Poet April Bernard (The World Behind the

World: Poems).

July 19: Remembering Novelist Russell Banks (Foregone; Affliction; The Lost Memory of Skin) with Joyce Carol Oates, Nicholas Delbanco (It is Enough; What Remains), Tom Healy (Getting Great in the Door: The Ultimate Guide for Fraternity Recruitment; What the Right Hand Knows), Adam Braver and Robert Boyers, Payne Room, Tang Museum, Skidmore College.

July 20: Novelist-Memoirist Jamaica Kincaid (Among Flowers; Autobiography Of My Mother; Lucy) and Poet Henri Cole (Blizzard: Poems; Nothing To Declare).

July 21: Pulitzer Prizewinning Novelist William Kennedy (Very Old Bones; Legs; Ironweed) & Friends.

For 36 summers, the New York State Summer Writers Institute has offered aspiring students the opportunity to learn from a distinguished faculty of award-winning authors led by director Robert Boyers. Originally an offshoot of the New York State Writers Institute created by Albany native and Pulitzer Prizewinning author William Kennedy, the program has become widely known for its small classes offering individualized attention in a supportive environment.

Author William Kennedy reading from his works at NYSWI event at Skidmore College. Kennedy will return to the series July 21. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

Bonnie Raitt, Pat Metheny, Angelique Kidjo, Tower Of Power at 46th Annual Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival

the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

This year’s lineup features 21 musical groups, headlined by Bonnie Raitt, Pat Metheny, Angelique Kidjo, Tower of Power, and Chucho Valdes.

Additional appearances include: Snarky Puppy, Cory Wong, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Hiromi, Cindy Blackman Santana, Samara Joy, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Emmet Cohen.

from stage to stage more easily. I couldn’t be more excited about what we’re planning.”

Bonnie Raitt will be making her return to the festival for the first time since 1988. Headlining on Saturday for its second festival appearance is the 19-piece mega-band Snarky Puppy.

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

The 46th Annual Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival will return for a full two-day and two-stage festival experience on Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25 at

“The 2023 jazz festival features ‘A-list’ artists from start to finish, on both stages, all weekend,” Danny Melnick, the festival producer and President of Absolutely Live Entertainment, said in a statement. “All of the amphitheater groups will perform longer sets and we’ve built in more time in between sets to allow the audience to go

In From Nebraska: Wildwoods Set To Perform

At Caffe Lena June 16

influences including the styles of: Watchhouse, The Decemberists, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Peter, Paul, & Mary, Nickel Creek, Joni Mitchell, and Gregory Alan Isakov.

Returning jazz icons include Pat Metheny; global music superstar Angelique Kidjo, called “Africa’s premier diva” and named one of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2021 by Time Magazine; R&B and funk group Tower of Power, who is celebrating its 55th anniversary, and Afro-Cuban jazz legend Chucho Valdes.

Highlighting the 11 festival debuts is jazz and funk guitarist Cory Wong, best known as a frequent guest rhythm guitarist

for Vulfpeck as well as for his ebullient solo material; eightpiece psychedelia and funk fiery band St. Paul & The Broken Bones; jazz and rock drum dynamo Cindy Blackman Santana, who is the regular touring drummer for Carlos Santana and previously Lenny Kravitz, and “Silky-voiced rising jazz star” (New York Times) Samara Joy, fresh off of her 2023 Grammy nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best New Artist.

In addition to two nonstop days of music on two stages, fans can also enjoy a

host of amenities including a fine arts and crafts fair, artist CD signings, and new and diverse food offerings. Guests are welcome to bring in their own food and beverages, as well as blankets, tents and lawn umbrellas. Parking for the event is free.

Performances will begin at 11 a.m. on the Charles R. Wood “Jazz Discovery” Stage and noon on the Amphitheater Stage on Saturday, June 24 and 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., respectively, on Sunday, June 25. Tickets are available online at www.spac.org.

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

Hailing from the Great Plains of Lincoln, Nebraska, enchanting folk/americana trio, The Wildwoods will perform at Caffe Lena on Friday, June 16.

Comprised of husbandand-wife team Noah (guitar) and Chloe Gose (violin), as well as Andrew Vaggalis (bass), The Wildwoods draw inspiration from a wide range of

The Wildwoods released their debut album, Sweet Nostalgia, followed by a duo EP, Birdie & Goose, in 2017, and quickly established themselves as a creative, harmonious, and instrumental force in their local music scene. Since then, The Wildwoods have released two full-length records, Across A Midwest Sky (2019) and Foxfield Saint John (2023), as well as a handful of singles, Little Home (2020) and Like My Old Man (2021), and have supported touring acts such as Elephant Revival, Arts Fishing Club, The Accidentals, The Way Down Wanderers, and Jamie Wyatt.

For more information, go to: caffelena.org.

Bonnie Raitt will be among the headliners of the 46th Annual Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival.

The Wildwoods, live at Lena’s June 16.

Death of A Singer

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

Philippe Marcade has left us.

With those five words, the social media page dedicated to the musician and author shared the somber news that Marcade, at the age of 68, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on June 5.

Gregarious and gracious, Marcade arrived in New York City in 1975, moved into the Chelsea Hotel and a year later co-founded the band The Senders. As lead singer, Marcade cut a striking figure at center stage, draped in a black leather jacket and fronting the shake, rattle and roll of the band’s sonic abundance of punk blues. It was the dawn of a new era in downtown New York.

He witnessed The Ramones playing their third-ever gig, caught early performances by Blondie (who would enlist Marcade’s native French language skills to script the verses the band would use in their rendition of the song “Denis, Denis”) and share a blossoming friendship, and often the stage, with Johnny Thunders.

“I felt that I had missed the Great 1960s, and all that was left were some little local bands and a very small local scene,” he said, during a conversation in 2019 for a story I was writing about him. “It never occurred to me that this was history in the making and that some of these bands would become huge.”

Playing with the Senders from 1976 through his final performances in 2017, he remembered: “Nothing beats the feeling of a good audience that’s right in front of you…We weren’t just there to play music; everyone in the audience had to go home soaked, messed up, worn out.”

His memoir, “Punk Avenue,” published in the U.S. in 2017 by Three Rooms Press, documents a life fully explored: being chased along the Boulevard Montparnasse by a barber from whom he’d snatched a mannequin’s wig, pursued through the Paris meatpacking district by beefflinging butchers repelled by his long hair and hunted by holy

men after venturing into the Forbidden Area of the Notre Dame. And that’s when he was just getting started.

Migrating to America, he explored his new landscape on a cross-country zag in a beat-up hippie van, sustained by all-you-can-eat restaurants, drive-in cinemas, and gas siphoned from other cars through plastic tubes. And of course, there was all that music - as noted in his memoir’s subtitle: “Inside the New York City Underground 1972-82.”

Marcade’s journey was laced with a yearning for discovery, a sense of joy and the natural ability of greeting life’s unexpected moments with great humor and often laugh-out-loud exchanges.

“You seem to be able to find the humor in all things, no matter how serious, and present them in a funny way,” I said to him, during that last conversation we shared.

“Yes indeed,” he responded, his words laced with the French undertones of his upbringing. “It was very funny, and I had a wonderful time!”

For more about the memoir, visit Northshire Bookstore at: https://www.northshire.com/ book/9781941110492.

For more information about The Senders, go to: The Senders.bandcamp.com.

The 10th Annual Beekman Street Art Fair June 11

SARATOGA SPRINGS—

The 10th Annual Beekman Street Art Fair will take place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday June 11.

The 2023 fair features artists tents, entertainment, culinary venues and street performers. Fairgoers will be able to get to and from the fair

via a free shuttle bus running from the Saratoga Casino to Beekman and Grand Ave. Beekman Street will be closed to traffic from Grand Ave. to West Circular St. for the family-friendly event.

This year 60 juried artisans will set up tents showcasing a diverse collection of artwork by accomplished New York State artists and makers, most from the Capital District. The Beekman Street Art Fair welcomes new, emerging artists and nationally known artists including Frankie Flores, Gary Zack, and Leonie Lacouette. Alongside painting, drawing and photography, the fair will feature fiber art, pottery, glass, woodwork, fashion, jewelry, and mixed media artwork.

The Entertainment Tent schedule for the day showcases a variety of local talent, and includes Saratoga Springs High School Fiddle Club, Ballston Spa Community Band, Swing Docs Big Band, and Gadget. For more information and shuttle bus schedule visit www. ArtsonBeekman.org

Beekman Street Art Fair. Photo provided.

Philippe Marcade performing with The Senders and Johnny Thunders, Valentine’s Day 1979 at Studio 10 in New York City. Original Photo and Image: Thomas Dimopoulos.

TO BIDDERS

NOTICE

The Saratoga County Department of Central Services located at 50 West High Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 will receive sealed bids until 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 29, 2023 at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for PIN 1762.07, Scotch Bush Road (CR56) Culvert Replacement, Town of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York, as per specification 23-PWCR56CP-12.

No pre-bid conference will be scheduled. Bid documents may only be obtained on or after Thursday, June 8, 2023 from The Empire State Bid System at no cost from the following website: www. empirestatebidsystem.com. Saratoga County, through its Purchasing Department, reserves the right to reject parts of any or all bids. All work shall be subject to equal opportunity in employment, State wage rates and all other requirements in accordance with applicable law.

JOHN T. WARMT Director of Purchasing Saratoga County 06/09/2023, 10657

Notice of formation of Little Oak Tree Childcare, LLC. Articles of Organization file with New York State Dept. of State on 03/01/2023. The County within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is located is Saratoga. The Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is to the limited liability company at Little Oak Tree Childcare, LLC, 12 Pinehollow Drive, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09/2023. 10272

Notice of Formation of a Domestic Limited Liability

Company (LLC) Under Section 206 of The Limited Liability Company Law. The name of the LLC is Samascott Family, LLC The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on April 25, 2023. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. The office of the LLC is to be located in Saratoga County. The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address of which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is 100 Madison Drive, Suite 6 Ballston Spa, New York 12020. 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 05/26,

06/02, 06/09/2023. 10291

NOTICE: FORMATION OF CAPITAL REGION REIA LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/23/22. Ofc. Loc.: Saratoga Co. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY to mail copy of process to LLC at its principal bus. loc., P.O. BOX 636, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09/2023. 10376

NOTICE: FORMATION OF KEIB CAPTIAL PROPERTY GROUP LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/18/23. Ofc. Loc.: Saratoga Co. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY to mail copy of process to LLC at its principal bus. loc., 73 Hearthstone Drive, Gansevoort, NY 12831. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09/2023. 10377

NOTICE: FORMATION OF BIRCH

HOUSE LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/24/23. Ofc. Loc.: Saratoga Co. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY to mail copy of process to LLC at its principal bus. loc., 55 Greenfield Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09/2023. 10378

Notice of formation of Warrior’s Way Jerky, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/19/2023. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to: The LLC at 5 Southside Drive, Suite 11, Box 190, Clifton Park, New York 12065. Purpose: any lawful act. 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09/2023. 10386

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Seek

Balance LCSW, PLLC, a domestic PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on5/2/2023. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served and shall mail a copy of process against PLLC to Town Plaza-Building 400, Suite 471, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09/2023. 10390

Notice of formation of 2 Flights Marketing LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New

York on 4/30/2023 Office: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 11 Newington Ave., Wilton, NY 12831. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09/2023. 10392

Kubricky-Jointa Lime, llc. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/02/2023. Office: Saratoga County. Any lawful purpose. SSNY is designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 269 Ballard Rd, Wilton, NY 12831. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16/2023. 10395

Notice of Formation of a Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) Under Section 206 of The Limited Liability Company Law. The name of the LLC is ACE LAB OF CLIFTON PARK, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on May 2, 2023. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. The office of the LLC is located in Saratoga County. The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is 516 Vischer Ferry Road, Clifton Park, New York 12065. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16. 10403

Olden Retriever LLC Articles of Org. filed 5/1/23 SSNY. Saratoga Co. SSNY designated agent for process & shall mail to ZenBusiness Inc. 41 State St Suite 112, Albany, NY 12207. Any lawful purpose. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16. 10408

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

Articles of Organization of My Way Morgans, LLC (“LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on May 2, 2023, effective on the date of filing. Office Location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 22 Jefferson Street, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866, which shall be the principal business location. The purpose for which the LLC is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the NYS Limited Liability Company Law. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02,

06/09, 06/16. 10416

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Articles of Organization of Eleven Tupelo, LLC (“LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on May 5, 2023, effective on the date of filing. Office Location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 13B Tupelo Drive, Halfmoon, New York 12065, which shall be the principal business location. The purpose for which the LLC is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the NYS Limited Liability Company Law. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16. 10422

Notice of Formation of a PLLC: Sara Katherine Gabler, OT, P.L.L.C.

Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 5, 2022.

Office location: Saratoga County

The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: The LLC, 6 Avocado Court Clifton Park, NY 12065. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16. 10424

Notice of formation of KOZY COTTAGES, LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on May 2, 2023. Office location: Saratoga County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, at 5010 Nelson Avenue, Extension, Ballston Spa, New York 12020. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful purposes. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16. 10428

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Name: Adminterim Consulting Solutions, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on April 26, 2023. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 6 Pointe Drive, Gansevoort,

NY 12831. Purpose: Any lawful act or activities. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16. 10429

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

NAME: Spagnoletti Consulting LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 24 March 2023_. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 6 Phillip Drive, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16. 10435

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Jill Rozell, Mental Health Counseling, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/10/2023. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the PLLC c/o Michelle H. Wildgrube, Esq., Cioffi Slezak Wildgrube P.C., 1473 Erie Bl., 1st Fl., Schenectady, NY 12305. Purpose: Professional Services – Mental Health Counseling. 05/12, 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16. 10436

Notice of formation of Saratoga Canvas LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 05/09/2023 Office: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 386 Maple Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23/2023. 10446

Notice of formation of Old Glory Firearm Instruction, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York on 5/9/2023. Office location: Saratoga County. NYS Secretary of State is designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at 410 Charlton Road, Ballston Spa, New York 12020. Purpose: any lawful purpose. 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23/2023. 10475

Notice of Formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: Park Street Events, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York

(SSNY) on 05/17/2023. County within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is located: Saratoga County. Street address of principal business location is: 35D Windy Hill, Ballston Lake, New York 12019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Park Street Events, LLC, 35D Windy Hill, Ballston Lake, New York 12019. Term: Perpetual. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23/2023. 10538

Notice of Formation of WEST FENLON COTTAGE, LLC. The name of the limited liability company is “WEST FENLON COTTAGE, LLC” (the LLC). The Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Department of State on May 9, 2023. The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against the company may be served. The principal office of the LLC is in Saratoga County and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is P.O. Box 3325, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. The purpose of the LLC shall be to conduct any lawful business as permitted by applicable law and as determined from time to time by its members. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10549

Brown Beck, LLC, Art. of Org. filed SSNY on 05/09/23. Office: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 7 Pinewood Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10551

Notice of formation of Kowsky Farms LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 05/05/2023 Office: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 132 Dunsbach Rd., Halfmoon, NY 12065. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10568

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

NAME: TRADERTG LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/18/2023. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 29 Moreland Drive, Mechanicville, NY 12188. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10570

LEATHERNECK LOGISTICS LLC

Notice of Formation of the above Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Articles of Organization (DOM LLC) filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on April 27, 2023. Office location, County of Saratoga. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: Nathanael Stearns, P.O. Box 67, Clifton

Park NY 12065. Purpose: Any lawful act. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10571

Notice of formation of DRUMITUP LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 05/19/2023. Office: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 28 Christina Court, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10576

On 5/19/23, Art. of Org. of Team Jana Holdings LLC were filed with the SSSNY. The office of the NY LLC is located in Saratoga County. The SSSNY is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the address within NY State to which the SSSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon it is, Team Jana Holdings LLC, 34 Lupine Drive, Malta, NY 12020. The purpose of the LLC is for any lawful purpose. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10579

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

NAME: Adirondack Inlay Studio LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/17/2020. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 2 Progress Drive #4457 Halfmoon, NY 12065. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10583

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 518 Toga, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 19, 2023. County: Saratoga. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2 Autumn Lane, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: to engage in any and all business for which LLCs may be formed under the New York LLC Law. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10584

NOTICE OF FORMATION Allison P. Howe Mental Health Counselor PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/22/23 with perpetual existence. Office: Saratoga Co. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC, 229 Washington St Ste 105 Saratoga Springs NY 12866. Purpose: For the practice of the profession of Mental Health Counseling. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10585

In The Black Advisory Group LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/17/23. Off. loc: Saratoga Co. SSNY des. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to In The Black Advisory Group LLC, 8 Meadow Rue Place, Malta, NY 12020. Purpose: Any lawful

LEGALS

purpose. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10590

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Arts of Org. of Superior Automotive since 1982, LLC (“LLC”) filed with Dept. of State of NY on May 17, 2023. Office location: Saratoga County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 370 Maple Avenue, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866, principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes. Filer: Lavelle & Finn, LLP, 29 British American Bl., Latham, NY 12110. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10593

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name of the LLC is: PURE PERSPECTIVE CONSULTING, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 18, 2023. Office Location: 25 Cleveland Avenue, Saratoga Springs NY 12866. Under section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. The secretary of state is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without this state to which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: 25 Cleveland Avenue, Saratoga Springs NY 12866. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the LLCL. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10595

MATH REFRESH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/28/2023. Office: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 3035 Route 50, #1055, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023. 10597

Notice of Qualification of PenPoint Specialty Insurance Services, LLC. Authority filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 05/25/2023 . Office: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to: Harker & Associates, PLLC, 36 Long Alley, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07/2023. 10635

Notice of formation of XPOZITO XTRA LLC, a New York limited liability company. Name: XPOZITO XTRA LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York on May 22, 2023 under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Office location: 146 Ernst Road, Gansevoort, New York 12831, Saratoga County. Secretary of State of New York designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State of New York shall mail a copy of the process to: XPOZITO XTRA LLC , 146 Ernst Road, Gansevoort, NY 12831. Purpose: Investment in startup

business and any other lawful business activity not otherwise prohibited by the laws of the State of New York. 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07/2023. 10646

LEGAL NOTICE SARATOGA CUSTOM WOODWORKING COMPANY, LLC

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Name: Saratoga Custom Woodworking Company, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/5/2023. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to: LLC, c/o Nicholas Polsinelli 48 Spruce Street, Clifton Park, New York 12065. Purpose: for all legal purposes. 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07/2023. 10647

ED’S EQUIPMENT REPAIR LLC

Notice of Formation of the above Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Articles of Organization (DOM LLC) filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on May 26, 2023, Office location, County of Saratoga. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: Edward Dworakowski, 816 Plank Road, Clifton Park NY 12065. Purpose: Any lawful act. 06/02, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07/2023. 10649

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Saratoga County Department of Central Services located at 50 West High Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 will receive sealed bids until 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 29, 2023 at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for PIN 1762.07, Scotch Bush Road (CR56) Culvert Replacement, Town of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York, as per specification 23-PWCR56CP-12.

No pre-bid conference will be scheduled. Bid documents may only be obtained on or after Thursday, June 8, 2023 from The Empire State Bid System at no cost from the following website: www. empirestatebidsystem.com Saratoga County, through its Purchasing Department, reserves the right to reject parts of any or all bids. All work shall be subject to equal opportunity in employment, State wage rates and all other requirements in accordance with applicable law.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Name: EBR Publishing, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 6, 2023. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o The LLC, 1 Callaway Ct., Ballston Lake, NY 12019. Purpose: Any lawful act or activities. 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07, 07/14/2023. 10676

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Brookhaven Golf Course Head PGA Professional To Receive Award

PORTER CORNERS — Brookhaven Golf Course Head PGA Professional Anthony Therrien has received an award from the Northeastern New York PGA. The Roland Stafford Award is presented to a “PGA professional who exemplifies the qualities in honor of the true traditions of the game of golf such as integrity, honesty, and sportsmanship.”

Brookhaven Golf Course, located at 333 Alpine Meadows Rd, is a municipal golf course owned and operated by the Town of Greenfield. The award will be presented at a NENY PGA special awards banquet in November.

Therrien joined Brookhaven in 2019. The course has grown significantly in recent years and is well known for its historic connection to LPGA golfing champion and television broadcaster Dottie Pepper, who started learning the game of golf at Brookhaven as a youth. The course was voted best golf course in Saratoga Today’s “Best of Saratoga Awards” for 2023.

Athlete Of The Week: Jenna Amodio, Saratoga Girls Lacrosse

by Dylan McGlynn Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

The Saratoga Springs varsity girls lacrosse team beat Shaker on May 24 for its first Section 2 title since 2018, and the Blue Streaks’ sophomore goaltender played a major role in the team’s return to the top of Class A.

Jenna Amodio, Saratoga’s goalie, made 10 saves on 15 shots in the sectional championship, helping guide the Blue Streaks to an 8-5 win over the Blue Bison.

Amodio recorded 170 saves on the season, her second year as the team’s starting goaltender. Head coach Jennifer Furze said Amodio has “always been a standout.”

“She’s so quick, her instincts are just so fast,” said Furze. “She’s just an athlete, across the board.”

Amodio also plays hockey, and held an important role as a defender for the Adirondack United varsity girls hockey team in their run to the state championship game in February. She spent the previous winter playing with the Saratoga varsity boys hockey team.

sectional title game, her strong performance as a freshman helped Saratoga pull off an upset victory over top-seeded Bethlehem in triple overtime during last year’s Section 2 Class A semifinals.

“We are extremely proud of all that Anthony has contributed to the golf course in the past four years,” said Town Supervisor Kevin Veitch. “Brookhaven Park & Golf Course is a treasure for golfers and nongolfers alike.”

Therrien runs PGA Junior League Learn to Golf sessions, private lessons, and a robust weekly league and summer tournament schedule. For more information about events and to book tee times, visit www. brookhavengolfcourse.com.

“She never shuts down. Even on crease drives and things like that, she’ll come out and challenge the ball,” Furze said. “She’s not afraid of getting hit. She gets hit a lot. … She’s just an aggressive goaltender.”

Amodio has also stepped up in the postseason for the Blue Streaks on multiple occasions. In addition to this year’s

“She was so instrumental in that win,” said Furze. “When we get into these high-intensity, pressured games, Jenna just comes up big for us. She thrives from it.”

Furze, who helped lead the Blue Streaks to a sectional championship in her first season as varsity coach, said the feeling is “surreal.” However, she also

said that she recognized the team’s potential early on.

“From the beginning of the season, I saw the potential in this team. The connections, both on and off the field,” Furze said. “From very early on in the season, I just thought they had what it takes. … So I wasn’t entirely surprised, but just very excited for them.”

Furze said she is “so happy” she took the varsity role, saying she feels fortunate to coach the team.

“We had such a great, rewarding season,” said Furze. “It was awesome.”

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BALLSTON SPA STUDENT-ATHLETES SIGN COLLEGE COMMITMENTS

by Dylan McGlynn Saratoga TODAY

BALLSTON SPA — Six graduating student-athletes from Ballston Spa High School officially signed letters of intent to play Division I and II collegiate sports at a ceremony on Thursday.

Four seniors on the varsity boys lacrosse team will be competing in college. Sean Dwyer, Dominick Zichelli, and Troy Gottmann each committed to The College of St. Rose, while Charlie Burmaster committed to Franklin Pierce University.

Shane Slezak is committed to The College of St. Rose for baseball, while Jacob Armer is committed to St. Bonaventure University for track and field.

Dwyer said the trio of St. Rose lacrosse commits are “super close,” noting that they have played together from a young age.

“I think the chemistry is going to be off the charts there, because I’ve been playing with them for so long,” said Dwyer.

“Yeah, we already know how each other plays, so it’s going to be a lot easier to develop chemistry, like he said,” added Zichelli.

Zichelli said he is excited to spend four more years with his teammates, while Gottmann added the three players are like “a family.”

“They’ve got my back, I’ve

got theirs,” said Gottmann. “It’s always been like that, and it’s not going to stop in college.”

Burmaster, who will play lacrosse at Franklin Pierce, said the Ravens’ coaching staff stood out in his decision, and offered thanks to his teammates and coaches for their support.

“They’ve really helped me grow as a player and a person, on and off the field,” Burmaster said. “I really give them credit for giving me the opportunity to be able to look at and go to a good college like this.”

Franklin Pierce and St. Rose are each members of the Northeast-10 Conference, with Burmaster adding that he is

looking forward to facing his high school teammates.

Slezak, committed to St. Rose for baseball, said the school is “a perfect fit” for him.

“They have a very good business program, and that’s what I’d like to pursue,” said Slezak. “Everything just all added up for the decision to go there.”

He said his time with the Scotties’ varsity baseball team “meant a lot.”

“I learned a bunch from Coach Nobles,” Slezak said. “My teammates, I’ve played with them all since I was very young. So being able to go out there and compete with all of them, it was

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Armer, committed to St. Bonaventure for track and field, said the campus felt like a “second home already” upon his first visit.

“It feels great,” said Armer of his commitment. “My coaches supported me, my teammates supported me, my family. The drives to practice, the meets, everything.”

Armer said he is looking forward to competing with his new team.

“Just seeing where my new coaches and my team can take me, what I can do with myself and the hard work that I put in,” Armer said.

See below for a full list of Ballston Spa student-athletes who signed letters of intent to Division I and II schools on Thursday:

• Jacob Armer (St. Bonaventure University, Track and Field)

• Charlie Burmaster (Franklin Pierce University, Lacrosse)

• Sean Dwyer (The College of St. Rose, Lacrosse)

• Troy Gottmann (The College of St. Rose, Lacrosse)

• Shane Slezak (The College of St. Rose, Baseball)

• Dominick Zichelli (The College of St. Rose, Lacrosse)

From left: Jacob Armer, Charlie Burmaster, Sean Dwyer, Dominick Zichelli, Shane Slezak, Troy Gottmann are pictured with their families during a signing ceremony at Ballston Spa High School on Thursday (Photo by Super Source Media Studios).

Saratoga Little League Challengers

‘Under the Lights’ Game June 3rd

SARATOGA SPRINGS —

The 9th annual Saratoga Little league Challenger baseball game took place with a big crowd in attendance.

32 players are enrolled in the program, ages 5-18 years old. Stewarts Shop sponsors one of the teams and provides free ice cream to the players, families and friends that attend the game.

Fitzpatricks is another sponsor for the team and she has been a sponsor for the little league for over 25 years and provides jackets to the 12 year olds playing little league baseball.

Among the fans in cheering on the players were family, school staff, special education teachers, speech therapists, occupational therapists and social workers.

Rich Johns Receives Excelsior Award from SAANYS

CLIFTON PARK — Each year, the SAANYS Region 6 Board holds its annual Leadership Breakfast in order to recognize leadership in all of its forms in schools. The breakfast, held at the Van Patten Golf Club in Clifton Park, recognized student leaders (in grades 5-12), senior scholarship winners, and leaders among their administrative colleagues.

Coach Rich Johns received the Excelsior Award for his leadership and continued work in the field of education through his Act With Respect Always message.

Springettes Gymnastics Team Competes At Northeastern Regional Championships

GLASTONBURY, CT —

The Saratoga Regional YMCA Springettes Gymnastics team attended the 2023 Northeastern US Regional Championship on May 20 and 21 at Glastonbury High School, hosted by the Glastonbury YMCA in CT. The Springettes had 27 athletes from the team compete in levels 3-8. Gymnasts had to reach qualifying scores during their competitive season in order to qualify for the event. All of the gymnasts from the Springettes received qualification scores during the season.

In the team competition, the level 3 team placed fourth, the level 4 team placed sixth and the level 8 team placed third overall.

Individual competitors placing in the top 6 in their age divisions include:

Level 3 Child A – Avery McCrindle placed 3rd on vault,

2nd on bars, 6th on floor and 6th all-around. Collins Hewitt placed 4th on beam.

Level 3 Child B – Catherine Freeh placed 6th on bars.

Level 3 Junior B – Madison Armstrong placed 3rd on beam, 3rd on floor, and 5th all-around. Lily Straight placed 2nd on vault.

Level 3 Senior A – Lyla Ross placed 2nd on vault, 3rd on bars, 6th on beam, 5th on floor, and 3rd all-around. Rylan Keller placed 1st on vault, 5th on bars and 6th all-around. Olivia Delaney placed 4th on vault, 3rd on beam and 4th on floor.

Level 3 Senior B – Maeve Herrick placed 2nd on vault, 1st on bars, and is the 1st place all-around Regional Champion. Madelyn Lis placed 2nd on beam, 3rd on floor, and 6th in the all-around. Madelyn Lawson placed 4th on vault, and 4th on beam.

Level 4 Junior A – Carson Cicardi placed 5th on beam and 6th on floor. Alexandra Crombach placed 2nd on bars.

Level 4 Senior A – Rilynn Reeves placed 5th on vault, 4th on bars, 5th on beam, 1st on floor and is the firstplace regional all-around champion.

Level 5 Junior – Amelia Covey placed 3rd in the floor exercise.

Level 5 Senior – ElsieAnna Williams placed 4th on the balance beam.

Level 7 Senior – Alyssa Glaser placed 5th on beam.

Level 8 Senior – Sydney Crombach placed 4th on vault, 1st on beam, 1st on floor and 3rd all-around. Erin Ward placed 4th on bars, 5th on beam, 2nd on floor, and 5th allaround. Samantha Tennyson placed 4th on floor. Sarah Mosher placed 6th on vault.

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