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Volume 6 • Issue 24 SaratogaPublishing.com
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Broadway Shuffle Downtown Landscape Changes for Summer
by Yael Goldman Saratoga TODAY
by Yael Goldman Saratoga TODAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS Colin Brady is a 13-year-old boy: he is an athlete and a computer whiz; a normal kid with big plans for the future and a taste for spicy food. He is a regular, healthy and thriving seventh-grader, and to his parents Angela and Joseph, there is nothing more remarkable. Colin was born under extreme circumstances. He entered the world prematurely (24 weeks and two days in gestation) on Saturday, January 24, 1998, weighing just 1 pound 10 oz. Joseph's wedding band fit around his bicep, and his fingers were so small that three of them could fit inside a regular drinking straw. His brain was not yet prepared to direct essential functions like breathing and swallowing. Doctors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Peter's hospital, where his mother received an emergency C-section, said Colin had a 40 percent chance of survival, and that even if he beat those odds he
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Look out for a lot of activity on Broadway this month. A handful of landmark businesses are relocating within the downtown district, making way for a group of new boutiques that will soon make their debut.
Cole's Woodwind Shop to Re-Open on Phila
was up against a 10 percent likelihood of leading a normal life. He spent 127 days in the hospital, and was intubated for the first 30something days. Angela and Joe weren't able to hold their son until he was 6- weeks-old. As is typical for "preemies," for every two steps forward, Colin made one step back. He endured sepsis, a hernia, apnea, and a retinal hemorrhage that caused him to lose sight in his left eye.
See Boy page 12
Cole's Woodwind Shop will move to 47 Phila Street, in the Caffé Lena storefront, just in time for SPAC's Jazz Fest weekend, which begins Saturday, June 25. As the name implies, Cole's
Woodwind Shop specializes in woodwind instruments, both repairs and sales. Owner Bill Cole provides services for local musicians as well as the New York City Ballet and the Philadelphia Orchestra when they're performing in the area. He began repairing and selling woodwinds 34 years ago, and moved to his current space on the second floor of 360 Broadway in 2004. When the street-level 47 Phila space became available, Cole knew it was where he should be. The storefront is the bottom half of the famous Caffé Lena building- "the oldest continuously running folk
See Relocations page 8
A Sign for Nicholas by Daniel Schechtman Saratoga TODAY WILTON - On a warm and gentle Memorial Day, a close group of family and friends gathered at Maplewood Cemetery to remember the late Nicholas Naumkin. It was
the boy's 13th birthday. "It was a beautiful day, thank goodness," said Mary Gell, neighbor and close friend of the Naumkin family, who lost their son less than six months ago to a fatal gun incident just days before the
See Community page 10
See Celebrate page 11
Inside TODAY... Veteran of the Month pg 5 Silverwood Galleries pg 9 Pets pg 14 SUNY ESC, SCC Graduation pgs 16-17 Community Corner pg 18 Whipple City Festival pg 24
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