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IT’S O-FISH-IAL, SPRING IS HERE by Marissa Gonzalez Saratoga TODAY
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ART DANCE of the
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Once a year children and their parents gather with empty buckets around trucks filled with hundreds of Brown Trout to stock Geyser Creek at Saratoga Spa State Park. The trout were transported all the way from Van Hornesville Fish Hatchery, roughly 60 miles west of Saratoga Springs. Photo by SuperSource Media, LLC See Story pg. 3
Saratoga Invite
The Saratoga Rowing Association is hosting the annual invitational, where over 1200 crew participants will enjoy the lake in a weekend of friendly 1500-meter competition. This year’s invitational will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28 at Fish Creek. For more details and schedule of events visit regatta.saratogarowing.com/saratoga-invitational.
Vibrant colors dominate the 1934 Danish poster for “The Gay Divorcee,” renamed “Continental” in Denmark and depicting Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ first starring film, which cemented their commercial appeal as the screen’s greatest dance team. The poster is one of more than 100 from The Mike Kaplan Collection to be displayed in a new exhibition at The National Museum of Dance, “Art of the Dance: Posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age.”
Photo by Deborah Neary.
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Neighbors:
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
Snippets of Life From Your Community
INTERVIEW & PHOTO BY: Lindsay Wilson
Who: Christina Mondok Where: Starbucks on Broadway Q. How long have you lived in Saratoga? A. Seven years, almost. Q. What brought you to Saratoga? A. I moved to town with my old roommate; we used to live in Virginia.
Q. What’s your favorite activity pertinent to Saratoga? A. It would be the state park. I like running, I like spending my time outside. I also like how close it is to mountains – I like to hike.
Q. What do you do for a living now? A. I work at Druthers Brewing Company.
Q. If you were to tell a tourist to Saratoga one thing they should try to do, what would it be and why? A. It would be to go to the state park if you’re an out-dorsey person. The trees are beautiful, the trails are very nice, it’s very quiet and serene. It’s a nice sight to see. There’s lots of history there. You can go to the springs and check that out.
Q. So how are you liking Saratoga? A. I really enjoy it. It’s a cute little town. I love living here. I like being in the heart of everything.
Q. If you were to cast someone to play you in a movie who would it be? A. I’m going to say Emma Watson, ‘cause I love her.
Q. What brought you here? A. She’s from here. She wanted to move back. I’m from Virginia originally and wanted different scenery.
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Eloise and Lea Burlingame and Carrie Thomas.
Emily, Carter and Gwen DeBolt.
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According to Alli Schweizer, environmental educator at the park, fish stocking helps keep a healthy fish population in the creek. Fish stocking is the act of releasing fish into a river, lake or ocean, to supplement or create a population where they do not exist. Typically the method of fish stocking includes a hose-like mechanism to release the fish into the body of water.
“These guys actually are the trout that fisherman want to fish for,” says Schweizer. She says the brown trout are macroinvertebrates, which means they eat small insects. “We really like to involve the public, getting children involved in anything outdoors is crucial to ensure environmental endeavors, keeping our parks for the people,” added Schweizer.
4 Jeffrey Kyle Phillips CANANDAIGUA, NY — Jeffrey “Jeff ” Kyle Phillips passed away February 5, 2019. Calling hours are 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 at Burke Funeral Home, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Funeral home service will be on Monday, April 29, 11 a.m.; burial will follow, 1 p.m. at Saratoga National BurkeSchuylerville. & Bussing Cemetery, Visit burkefuneralhome.com. Funeral Homes
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OBITUARIES / Letters
Letters
TO THE EDITOR
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
TO THE EDITOR
Saratoga Springs should Equal Pay for All NY Women do something great with Again, on April 2 women took time from busy workdays to Equal Pay Day. According to laws already on the the High Rock parking area acknowledge books, Equal Pay Day for all women should be Dec. 31. But it’s not. There is no doubt the existing High Rock parking area next to the Saratoga Springs City Center has great potential for our City. But building an $11+ million multi-story parking structure there for the Saratoga Springs City Center seems like the worst option for the economy of our city. When there is a large event there today, visitors park for blocks around. They see and visit our wonderful city’s restaurants, shops, bars, hotels and museums. Just last month Forbes Magazine called Saratoga Springs “The Jewel Of New York’s Hudson Valley.” By not having to go outside, visitors to the S.S.C.C. probably won’t experience our “jewel,” or spend money at our businesses. After all, wasn’t the City Center built to boost our local economy? Perhaps it would be better for the city if we eliminated all parking near it. Businesses in Saratoga Springs should be loudly protesting this parking structure. It virtually guarantees that City Center visitors will pass them by and that would be an economic shame.
- Charlie Samuels, Saratoga Springs
The average woman must work far into the next year to earn what the average man earned the previous year. It takes until April 2 for women who work full-time to catch up with their male counterparts. The gender gap in base pay varies by industry. In health care it is 5.7 percent, while in retail it is 6.4 percent, according to Glassdoor and Bizwomen. Health care and retail are two of the largest employment sectors locally. Collectively women in New York lose $17 billion a year due to the pay gap. This hurts women and their families. It also hurts the communities. Local businesses are hurt through lost sales, as are local schools and governments that depend upon sales tax and property tax dollars. Our Legislature and governor have the opportunity to pass gamechanging laws this session. Congress may finally move forward on common sense reform. Contact your elected representatives, and call for equal pay for all New York women, now.
- Linda R. Gush, Co-President of League of Women Voters Saratoga County
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BLOTTER / NEWS 5
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
COURT Mark A. Russitano, 33, of Utica, pleaded April 19 to attempted robbery in the third-degree, a felony, in Clifton Park. Sentencing scheduled June 14. Tarey B. Meyer, 49, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced April 19 to one year in jail, after pleading to one count each aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony, in Saratoga Springs, and in Clifton Park, respectively. Sentence to run concurrently. Adam L. Benjamin, 27, of Clifton Park, was sentenced April 19 to time served and five years of probation, after pleading to felony grand larceny, regarding incidents taking place in Malta and in Ballston. Katie E. Barton, 38, was sentenced April 22 to 11 months in jail, after pleading to misdemeanor DWI, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle – a felony, in Saratoga Springs.
POLICE Richard Razzano, age 23, of South Glens Falls, was charged April 21 with
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misdemeanor DWI, driving the wrong way on a oneway street, and leaving the scene of a property damage accident, on Putnam Street in Saratoga Springs. Robert Stafford, age 23, of Ballston Spa, was charged April 21 with misdemeanor DWI, misdemeanor aggravated DWI, failure to obey a traffic device, making an unsafe turn/ failure to give appropriate signal, on Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Brittany Neddo, 28, of Cohoes, was charged April 21 with misdemeanor DWI, failure to keep to the right, failure to obey traffic control device, and refusing to take a breath test, on South Broadway in Saratoga Springs.
Bridgette Barr, 49, of Ballston Spa, was charged April 20 with criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, on Church Street in Saratoga Springs. Scott Parillo, 45, of Saratoga Springs, was charged April 21 with misdemeanor DWI, moving from lane unsafely, and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, on Beacon Hill Drive.
Saratoga Farmers’ Market Hosts Free Workshops and Activities at Spring Festival on Saturday SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Farmers’ Market hosts its 4th Annual Spring Festival on Saturday, April 27 at the Lincoln Baths in the Saratoga Spa State Park, 65 South Broadway. The workshop lineup includes: • 9 a.m. Beekeeping with Rick Green, owner of Ballston Lake Apiaries and a longtime area beekeeper. • 10 a.m. Backyard Poultry Basics for Beginners with Andrea Love Smith, a Cornell Cooperative Extension educator. • 11 a.m. Gardening for Beginners with Lori Bishop, a master gardener with Cornell Cooperative Extension. • Noon: Fermentation with Diane Whitten, a food and nutrition educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension. All workshops are free and will take place on the second floor of the Lincoln Baths Building. Complimentary beverages will be available for attendees. Visitors who attend all four workshops will receive a free Saratoga Farmers’ Market canvas tote. The market will also feature a face painter for children, its
usual lineup of live music and, of course, its weekly array of farm produce, meats, eggs, cheeses, and artisanal goods.
More information is at www.saratogafarmersmarket. org and on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
Sustainable Saratoga to Plant the Next Generation of Trees at the 9th Tree Toga
Pitney Meadows Adds Local Food Justice Expert to Board
SARATOGA — On April 27, Sustainable Saratoga’s Urban Forestry Project will hold its ninth Tree Toga tree planting event. The community is invited to participate by signing up to help plant one of the thirty trees or serve as a tree waterer throughout the summer months. It is through the generous commitment of volunteers that thirty young shade trees will be rooted throughout the City of Saratoga Springs. Since the first Tree Toga in 2014, this planting initiative has benefited from a close partnership with the City of Saratoga Springs’ Department of Public Works (DPW). This spring, the City will be paying for half of the trees, plus providing compost and cleaning up at each site. Half of the trees will be funded by Sustainable Saratoga, thanks to the generosity of donors. The thirty trees going in this spring will bring the total of Tree Toga plantings to 255 trees. The event kicks off in High Rock Park at 9:30 a.m. with registration, training, site assignments, and camaraderie before people disperse to their planting sites around 10 a.m. To celebrate the success of adding another thirty trees to the urban forest, volunteers will meet for lunch at Harvey’s Restaurant, 14 Phila Street, where a portion of
Julie Slovic. Photo provided.
the proceeds made between noon and 2 p.m. will be donated to Sustainable Saratoga. Most of the Sustainable Saratoga plantings under the Tree Toga initiative are street trees in the City’s right-ofway, some in front of private homes, and some at institutional properties. Homeowners can volunteer to be tree hosts, agreeing to water and nurture the street tree during the first two vulnerable years. The care that tree hosts provide is critical to tree survival and the success of Sustainable Saratoga’s mission to preserve and expand Saratoga’s urban forest. To learn more or sign up to volunteer visit www. sustainablesaratoga.org/treetoga9.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Julie Slovic, Food Program Administrator of the Franklin Community Center Food Pantry, has joined the Pitney Meadows Community Farm Board of Directors. Slovic has developed and managed Franklin Community Center’s Food Pantry since its re-opening in 2015. Understanding the implications of food insecurity and the role good nutrition plays in one’s overall health, she has been committed to improving the quality of food, increasing the accessibility of healthy options and developing programs to encourage healthier food choices. She has engaged a team of 80 volunteers training and working alongside each volunteer to ensure that
food is inspected, shelved and distributed following all food safety standards and nutritional guidelines. She has successfully cultivated relationships with local business and organizations to strengthen and support the pantry. Among the farm’s educational initiatives, events, and recreational opportunities, a focus on food justice has emerged as a priority for the Board and the community. Having both the ability, through grants and individual donations, to grow crops on a large amount of acreage and the mission to educate community members how to grow their own food, Pitney Meadows Community Farm offers a unique solution to the food insecurity facing over 20,000 members of Saratoga County.
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
Storybook Academy’s Annual Hop-A-Thon
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BALLSTON SPA — On April 12 pre-school students at Storybook Academy Nursery School in Ballston Spa participated in a Hop-A-Thon for Muscular Dystrophy. The event was part of the student’s curriculum. The Hop-A-Thon is a free program that teaches children ages 2 through 7 about physical disabilities and the importance of accepting and helping all children. The program culminates in a brief,
high energy hopping fundraiser that supports neuromuscular disease research and services. Hop-A-Thons teach and reinforce three key principles: Disability awareness, acceptance and assistance. At the end of the curriculum children each take a turn hopping for 30 seconds after collecting pledges from family members and friends, to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. They collected $688 total this year!
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Dancing Through Time SARATOGA SPRINGS — In honor of the Year of the Woman, The Capital Region Dance Alliance announces the return of its popular program, Dancing Through Time. The program combines movement, lecture and video, highlighting the inspiration of women and their influence in American dance. Each class will focus on the works of a choreographer honored in the Dance Hall of Fame. Participants will dance the motifs of each artist, view their dances, try parts of their choreography and explore their inspirational process. Warm-ups, movement and dance will all be tailored for participants, age 50 and up. The program will be held from April 23 through May 28 on Tuesdays at 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. at the Swyer Studios behind the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs. The museum tour will begin at 12:15 p.m. and will highlight the choreographer of the
Mary DiSanto-Rose, Professor of Dance at Skidmore College and Board Member of Dance Alliance, brings exhibits to life at the National Museum of Dance. Photo by Lydia Huibregtse.
day. Registration can be on-site or at capitalregiondancealliance@gmail. com or by calling 518-708-7304. Cost for the full six-week program is $75. Participants may attend singles classes for the fee of $15 per class.
In addition to teaching about dance history in America, classes will include warm-up and stretching exercises, dance choreography and opportunity for improvisation. No prior dance experience is necessary.
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Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
“The Refugee Experience” Skidmore College Hosts Community stories come to Caffe Lena Walk for Suicide Prevention April 28 Tuesday, April 30 SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Immigration Coalition brings Immigrant Stories: In their Own Words “The Refugee Experience” to Caffe Lena on Tuesday, April 30. Francis Sengabo, the Operations Director of RISSE – Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus - will share his story along with Ali Amgad Abdullah and Alhasan Alkaharaman. The evening will include a presentation by Sengabo entitled “The Refugee Experience: From Crisis to... Albany.” This presentation will give an overview of the scale, nature and causes of the world’s refugee crises, a typical
journey of a refugee to a new country, and services available to refugees in the Capital Region. Sengabo will include his own experiences of fleeing Rwanda to a refugee camp in Tanzania where he spent over a decade waiting to find a new home. Amgad and Alkaharaman will also share their stories of leaving their native homes of Sudan and Syria, respectively. Doors open 6:30 p.m.; Caffe Lena, located at 47 Phila Street in Saratoga Springs, will serve light fare and beverages; program starts 7 p.m. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. “The Refugee Experience” is appropriate for all ages.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS — The second annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk for suicide prevention and awareness will be held 1:302:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 at Skidmore College. Check-in and registration on the day of the event is at the Case Center, at 1 p.m. The event is sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The walk is a journey of remembrance, hope and support for those whose lives have been touched by suicide, and is one of more than 550 Out of the Darkness walks being held nationwide this year. The walks are expected to unite more than 300,000 walkers and raise millions for suicide prevention efforts. Last year, these walks raised more than $21 million for suicide prevention
and Skidmore’s walk raised more than $11,000 and had more than 100 participants. The walk serves as more than just a fundraiser; it’s a chance for a community to convene. The colors of beaded necklaces that will be available to walkers mark someone’s connection to the broader community: red for the loss of a spouse or partner; white for the loss of a child; silver for a military loss; gold for the loss of a parent; green for a personal struggle; orange for the loss of sibling; purple for the loss of a relative or friend; teal for supporting someone who struggles. Suicide rates rose in nearly every state across the United States from 1999 to 2016 — including by 29 percent in New York — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in June 2018. CDC researchers
found that 54 percent of people who died by suicide did not have a known diagnosed mental health condition at the time of death. Other factors often contribute to suicide, such as those related to relationships, substance use, physical health, and job, money, legal or housing stress, according to the CDC. In New York state, suicide is the second-leading cause of death of people ages 15 to 34. In 2016, the NYS Department of Health reported there were nearly twice as many suicides among teens and young adults in Saratoga County compared to the rest of upstate. Saratoga County data from 2015 to 2018 also showed rates of suicide deaths are higher among men compared to women, as well as in the 35 to 54, and 75 and up, age groups.
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Posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age Coming to the National Museum of Dance by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Fred Astaire trips the light fantastic with Ginger Rogers on a dayglo brilliance that emanates across the frame. A pensive Snow White, encircled by a half-dozen dwarfs, hovers atop a Russian banner as the Evil Queen ominously glares from the shadows. Here is Lucille Ball exuding a technicolor presence in announcing MGM’s Ziegfield Follies in 1945. There, is “The Sound of Music” from Germany, “Dirty Dancing” from Poland, and Clark Gable in “Dancing Lady,” a promotion that comes from Belgium. “I’ve always been fascinated by posters from this period,” says Mike Kaplan, who has collected vintage movie posters for several decades. “The key to collecting the vintage ones began in the late ‘70s when I went to a store called ChicA-Boom, a memorabilia shop on Melrose,” Kaplan recalls. “There was a stack of movie posters against the wall. The first one was “Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” a musical from the ‘40s and it had a fulllength still photography image of June Haver, who I had a crush on
as a teenager. So, I bought that one and in a way that began the second phase of the collection.” Kaplan estimates he has 3,000 to 4,000 posters in his collection. More than 100 will be displayed in Saratoga at The National Museum of Dance at the exhibition “Art of the Dance: Posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age from The Mike Kaplan Collection.” The exhibit will open May 10, a date that also marks what would have been Fred Astaire’s 120th birthday. “The great thing about the posters is people will be exposed to artwork from so many different countries interpreting American movies in different ways - so you get completely different interpretations of a movie from France or Italy, Germany or Japan,” says Kaplan, who grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. “There is also the size of the posters. They vary from countryto-country. People walk in and for the most part their jaws drop seeing the imagery, the size and the amount of care that went into the artwork.” More than 100 dance movie posters will be mounted in three of the Museum’s galleries. The posters range in date from 1918 to the 1980s with the majority representing the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.
Kaplan was 9 or 10 years old when his family vacationed in the Saratoga region. Today, he makes his home in Idaho. He has penned a pair of books -– “Gotta Dance,” and “Gotta Dance Too!” - depicting the posters and their history. During the 1960s, he worked as marketing strategist on two iconic Stanley Kubrick films. “With 2001 (A Space Odyssey), I was working at MGM as a publicist. I don’t think people remember this, but the film was not well-received initially. It
wasn’t positioned properly. People were expecting some kind of traditional science fiction movie; instead it was this contemplative, metaphysical journey into time. The audience and the critics weren’t prepared for it. It threw people, but I just loved the movie. I thought it was one of the best films ever made and I still feel that way,” Kaplan says. “With ‘Clockwork Orange,’ I wanted everything to be perfect so there wasn’t any misinterpretation of the movie and having everything choreographed out to the nth degree – which Stanley appreciated and loved doing because he was such a perfectionist. So, we got on very well. Kubrick was just a great artist and whatever he touched was of importance. There was just a phenomenal response to it,” Kaplan said.
Selections of the posters have been on view in major venues such as Lincoln Center and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Art of the Dance at the National Museum of Dance will be the largest and longest installation of this collection to date, on view until spring 2020. In addition to Astaire, several major dance and musical stars from the 20th century are highlighted such as Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, and The Nicholas Brothers. The opening reception for Art of the Dance: Posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age will take place on Friday, May 10 at 7:00 pm. The cost is $10 per person and free for members. The National Museum of Dance is located at 99 South Broadway. For more information, 518-584-2225, or go to: www.dancemuseum.org.
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Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
Malta Dedicating Three Historic Markers by Marissa Gonzalez Saratoga TODAY
MALTA — On Saturday, May 11, Supervisor of Malta, Darren O’Connor will dedicate three historic markers in the town. Of the three, two are on the National Register of Historic Places. The first dedication will take place at 1 p.m. on the Zim Smith Trail as it passes through Shenantaha Park. The Malta historic Marker indicates that the trail is on the bed of the former Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, which was completed in 1836, and was the third railroad built in New York State. According to the historian for the town of Malta, Paul Perrault, This railroad route was an attempt to get from Troy to Saratoga, but went from Troy to Ballston Spa instead. The train that traveled this route was a coal powered engine and carried passengers and freight. It provided trade from Albany and Schenectady
all the way through Saratoga. The line also helped relations between Ballston Spa and Troy since Ballston was an industrial mill town. “It was a real gift to the folks who lived along the line,” said Perrault because the tracks also helped farmers disperse products to markets and to those that lived in the countryside. The other two historic markers were paid for by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation of Syracuse. The Foundation provides communities with funds to purchase plaques recognizing sites on the National Registry of Historic Places. This year Malta has received approximately $2,200 for two sites; the Ruhle Road Lenticular Bridge and the Dunning Street Rural Cemetery. The Ruhle Lenticular Bridge was built in the 1870’s by a contractor and a farmer according to Perrault. However the bridge collapsed in the 1990s and was later replaced by a lenticular
bridge from Washington County that was also built in the 19th century. It was very modern for its time. The bridge now serves as a pedestrian walkway. The Dunning Street Rural Cemetery is the resting place of one of the first families in the town of Malta. The Dunning family came from Connecticut to Malta in around 1775 according to Perrault. Much of the first generation of the Dunning family made up the political and military leaders in Malta. Michael Dunning was an officer in the Revolutionary Army according to Perrault and his wife, Hannah Dunning was the first person buried in the town of Malta. The bridge dedication will take place on the North Ruhle Road side of the bridge immediately following the ceremony at the Shenantaha Park and will then be followed by the Cemetery dedication. All are invited to attend.
The Ruhle Road Lenticular Bridge built in 1873 and collapsed in 1993. Photo provided.
The grave of Hannah Dunning, first wife of Michael Dunning. Her’s is the oldest grave in the cemetery. Photo provided.
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
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Sold: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility in East Fishkill MALTA — ON Semiconductor Corporation announced on April 22 that they have entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semiconductor to acquire a 300mm semiconductor fabrication plant located in East Fishkill. The total consideration for the acquisition is $430 million, of which $100 million has been paid at signing of the definitive agreement, and $330 million will be paid at the end of 2022, after which ON Semiconductor will gain full operational control of the fab, and the site’s employees will transition to ON Semiconductor. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The agreement allows ON Semiconductor to increase its 300mm production at the East Fishkill fab over several years, and
allows for GLOBALFOUNDRIES to transition its numerous technologies to the company’s three other at-scale 300mm sites. Under the terms of the agreement, GLOBALFOUNDRIES will manufacture 300mm wafers for ON Semiconductor until the end of 2022. First production of 300mm wafers for ON Semiconductor is expected to start in 2020. The agreement also includes a technology transfer and development agreement and a technology license agreement. This provides a world class, experienced 300mm manufacturing and development team to enable conversion of ON Semiconductor wafer processes from 200mm to 300mm. ON Semiconductor will also have immediate access to advanced
CMOS capability including 45nm and 65nm technology nodes. These processes will form the basis for future technology development at ON Semiconductor. “This is the right deal at the right time for the right reasons, and it promises significant long-term economic impact in Saratoga County and beyond. GLOBALFOUNDRIES accelerates its path to profitability under the strong leadership of CEO Tom Caulfield. Saratoga County benefits from additional hightech jobs and increased business at GLOBALFOUNDRIES Fab 8 in Malta. And New York State grows its semiconductor ecosystem, employee base and capital investment with the addition of a world-class company
In electronics, a wafer is a thin slice of semiconductor, such as a crystalline silicon, used for the fabrication of integrated circuits
in ON Semiconductor. This announcement further illustrates a thriving semiconductor industry in Saratoga County and New York that is well
positioned for continued growth in today’s innovation-driven economy,” said Marty Vanags, President of the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership.
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
TOWN OF BALLSTON 365 Schauber Rd., $170,000. Stephen Fuller, Stephanie Hildebrandt, and Todd Hildebrandt sold property to T and C Property Brothers LLC. 75 Brookline Rd., $7,068,600. SSTI 75 Brookline Rd. LLC sold property to CSGBSH BSNY 1 LLC. Lot 6 Middleline Rd., $30,000. Eric Larson, Nancy Larson Cappiello, Carol Wirth, Lawrence Cusma and Mary Cusma sold property to Nancy Larson Cappiello. 134 Scotch Bush Rd., $75,000. Bruce Birnbaum and Brenda Emanuele sold property to R and D Rehab LLC. 2 Beechwood Dr., $233,000. Michael and Katie Walsh sold property to Rebecca Halpin and Michael Shemo. 206 Westside Dr.$50,000. John Whitton sold property to Patrick Whitton, Justin and Kristina Zampella. 28 Sherwood Lane, $214,450. Samuel and Allison Rourke sold property to Mark Spataro. 5B Schauber Rd., $140,000. Frank and Denise Volpe sold property to Justin and Rebecca Zerneri.
GREENFIELD 33 Southwest Pass, $254,000. Kip Stovall and Darlene Duguay sold property to Derek Peschieri. 71 S. Greenfield Rd., $45,000. Bruce Foote sold property to Cornell Land Development LLC.
MALTA 65 Village Circle North, $459,391. Belmonte Properties LLC sold property to Rick Borecki and Karen Ritchey. 57 Glade Mallow, $286,000. Gregory Cramer sold property to Ashley Boye. 10 West Ave., $473,102. Belmonte Properties LLC sold property to Kenneth and Donna Cringle. 11 Cooper Ridge Dr., $509,900. Rockhurst LLC sold property to Ronald and Alix Shepard.
PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
2 Old Stonebreak Rd., $515,000. Alexander Mackay sold property to Two Old Stonebreak LLC. 5 Kozy Lane, $475,000. Leonard and Susan Tyo sold property to Thomas Lyle and Pamela Smith Lyle. 15 Bayberry Dr., $327,500. Jude Pierre sold property to Brannigan and Brittany Bryant. 33 Vettura Court, $384,337. DeGraff Bloom Custom Builders Inc. sold property to David and Joann Wells. 9 Glade Mallow Rd., $257,500. Ryan Gregory sold property to Tyler Hughes and Jena Tekin. 12 Gleneagles Blvd., $245,000. John and Liana Martino sold property to Joshua and Marisa Johnson. 36 Weston Way, $294,000. Barbera Homes Malta Springs LLC sold property to Joseph Sinicropi and Theresa Farrigan Sinicropi and Kellee Farrigan. 42 Wake Robin Rd., $153,000. Dominick Schettino sold property to Jean Varley.
TOWN OF SARATOGA 102 Schuyler Hills Dr., $85,000. Northeast Green Tech LLC sold property to Cerrone Construction LLC. 1300 NYS Route 9P, $450,000. Michael Soolohub, Brian Roden and Peter Rosecrans sold property to JDLC Inc. 1268 NYS Route 9P Lot 1, $295,000. Richard Nicolai sold property to Daniel and Susan Toner.
SARATOGA SPRINGS 107 Walnut St., $240,000. Barbara Corsale (As Successor Trustee) sold property to Tammy McMullen. 60 Sarazan St., Rear, $455,000. Triller Development LLC sold property to Jina Mao and Yongqiang Xue.
4 East Broadway, $624,144. McKenzie Estates of Saratoga Springs LLC sold property to David and Mary Mosher. 7 Curt Blvd., $228,500. Randall and Jody McQuiston sold property to Tyler Hoosier and Brittany Putnam.
120 High Rock Ave., $930,000. Steven Schaap sold property to Charles Rosenberg.
6 Sarazen St., $350,000. Jo-an Simone sold property to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company.
105 Elm St., $224,425. Joseph Street Saratoga LLC sold property to Bonacio Construction Inc.
88 Catherine St., $327,000. Mary Diehl Gibson sold property to Krystal Hotchkiss and Matthew Ayscue.
105 Elm St., $224,425. Bonacio Construction Inc. sold property to Michael and Connie Woytowich.
11 Richard Ave., $210,000. Earth Source Company LLC sold property to Jason and Jacqueline Lachapelle.
127 Division St., $325,000. David Patterson sold property to Ian Mayhew and Francoise Hurly. 101 Meadowbrook Rd., $210,000. Jason Pratt sold property to Fish Creek Management LLC. 30 Whistler Court, $445,000. Robert Lilla sold property to MAG Realty Holdings LLC. 417-419 Church St., $300,000. Emily O’Keefe (As Life Tenant), Colleen O’Keefe and Gustavo Moramarco sold property to Darren and Christina Desimone. 70-72 Clinton St., $275,000. Kevin Holmes (As Trustee) sold property to Patrick and Rebekah Toarmina. 46 Union Ave. Unit 105, $675,000. Moore Hall LLC sold property to Phillip and Kelly Coburn. 21 Waterview Rd., $490,000. Brian and Claire Groudine sold property to Kevin and Donna Quinn.
13 STILLWATER 32 Ridge Court, $311,800. Risa Winograd (As Trustee) sold property to Robert and Maria Daviero.
WILTON 4264 Route 50, $254,000. Pearl and Albert Braymer sold property to John Mikalinis and Michelle Isopo. 23 Oxford Dr., $293,000. Scott and Megan McCabe sold property to Phillip and Marissa Romero. 3 Cedarcrest Dr., $254,000. Brannigan and Brittany Bryant sold property to Kathleen Hannan. 15 Nottingham Dr., $280,000. Todd and Suzanne Green sold property to Tracey Laven
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BUSINESS
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
New Director of Sales and Marketing at Sterling Homes, Inc. BALLSTON SPA — Sterling Homes, Inc. welcomes Lisa M. Licata as their new Director of Sales and Marketing. Lisa joins with over 25 years of sales, customer service and management experience under her belt. She looks to grow the business and strengthen the already successful team. Licata was named Top Sales Agent in 2017 at her previous brokerage. Lisa has also received several President’s Choice Awards in prior years. Born and raised in Saratoga Springs and working in local real estate since 2003, Lisa has overseen projects within a 60-mile radius from Albany to Queensbury. She has represented
some of the area’s top builders and converted hundreds of listings into sales, from new construction to condominiums, custom, and luxury homes, townhouses and re-sales. A dedicated professional, Lisa regularly completes continuous training and education so that she can offer her clients the most current and accurate information on the real estate industry. Deeply embedded in the business and real estate community, Lisa has become a market leader. She works selflessly to train and supervise many of the Capital Region’s up-and-coming agents. Known for her strong work ethic and an exceptional focus on customer service, Lisa is highly
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regarded by both her clients and peers. She is trusted to deliver the best outcome for everyone – buyers, sellers, builders or agents.
Cumberland Farms Opens Next Generation Store In Malta by Marissa Gonzalez
4/24/2019
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MALTA — On April 24 Cumberland Farms opened its third “next generation” store in Saratoga County. There are roughly 60 Cumberland Farms in the Albany area and Capital Region. Cumberland Farms’ next generation stores are expanded and rebranded to offer more options to consumers. Located in Malta at 527 Route 67, the groundbreaking for this new location began in early November. In around 2009 the gas station chain began to remodel locations in order to enhance customer experience and compete with fast-casual restaurants. These new concept stores are larger in size, roughly 5,000 square feet and offer an expanded menu list with items such as ciabatta sandwiches, Mac N’ Cheese Bites, and more beverage options like smoothies, frozen espresso and milkshakes. The biggest improvement to next generation stores is the self-service electronic ordering terminals which are ordering stations where customers can manually place their orders on tablet-like screens and proceed
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to pay and pick up at the counter. This Cumberland Farms will have additional seating with a 12-foot dining counter as well as three outdoor patio tables. “This year we have a decent amount of stores that we’re looking to open up, not just in the Albany region but Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and even down in Florida. Coming about:blank up, they think Malta is the last next generation store for a bit, maybe toward the fall there might be more in the works. Every year
I think we’re looking to expand to different areas in the states we operate. So this year is pretty much what we’ve been doing the last three or four months with this type of project,” said Bryan Pierce, Senior Marketing Specialist at Cumberland Farms. An official ribbon cutting and grand opening event will take place in the weeks to come where typically Cumberland Farms will partner with a local charity to create a fundraiser to coincide with the ribbon cutting.
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Saratoga Casino Hotel Fingerpaint Named Announced Plans to add Vehicle Agency of the Year at Charging Stations on Earth Day the 2019 Manny Awards SARATOGA SPRINGS — On April 22 the Saratoga Casino Hotel announced plans to begin work on installing electronic vehicle charging stations on property. Work is expected to begin next week to add five vehicle-charging stations that will be available for use near the casino’s Jefferson Street entrance. There will be no fee for guests utilizing the charging stations and they are expected to be operational by mid-May. The ChargePoint chargers will be fully compatible with most major electronic vehicles. Each
of the units feature two ports for charging, allowing for up to 10 vehicles to utilize the station simultaneously. With over 1.5 million annual guests, the casino expects a consistent year-round demand for these charging stations. Over the past two years, Saratoga Casino Hotel has made an increased effort to become more environmentally friendly across multiple facets of their business. An effort to place more visible recycling receptacles throughout the property resulted in a 20 percent increase in overall
recycling, with a subsequent 12-ton reduction in trash output. Additionally, a massive project by the casino’s facilities department converted existing fluorescent lighting on the property to a low wattage LED lamp equivalent. The transition converted nearly 550 lights to LED, and resulted in a reduction of over 335,000 Kwh. Last year, New York State Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner delivered a proclamation to the casino, lauding their efforts and accomplishments related to environmental stewardship.
National Museum of Racing 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees SARATOGA SPRINGS — The National Museum of Racing will induct 16 new members into its Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 2. The 2019 induction class is comprised of Saratoga local, Marylou Whitney, as well as jockey Craig Perret; the racehorses Royal Delta (KY), My Juliet (KY), and Waya (FR); and Pillars of the Turf James E. “Ted” Bassett III, Christopher T. Chenery, Richard L. “Dick” Duchossois, William S. Farish, John Hettinger, James R. Keene, Frank E. “Jimmy” Kilroe, Gladys Mills Phipps, Ogden Phipps, Helen Hay Whitney, and Warren Wright, Sr. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion. The event is open to the public and free to attend. Legendary racecaller Tom Durkin will serve as master of ceremonies. Marylou Whitney, 93, was born on Dec. 24, 1925 in Kansas City, Mo. An actress, author, and philanthropic socialite, Whitney took up her pursuit of racing following the death of her husband, C. V. Whitney, in 1992. Whitney spent a substantial amount of time and money trying to buy back mares associated with
the Whitney family for breeding. She purchased Dear Birdie, who proved to be the foundation for Marylou Whitney Stables. Dear Birdie was named Broodmare of the Year in 2004. In 2003, Whitney was honored by the New York Turf Writers with the Ogden Phipps Award. She was one of the founding members of The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and a major contributor to the opening of the Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park. Mrs. Whitney has been an advocate for finding retired thoroughbreds new careers and homes once
their racing careers have ended. She has also done substantial charitable work with backstretch workers. Mrs. Whitney founded the National Museum of Dance and was influential in the creation of Saratoga Performing Arts Center. In 2010, Mrs. Whitney was awarded the Eclipse Award of Merit. She was elected to The Jockey Club the following year. As Mrs. Whitney was accepting the Eclipse Award of Merit, she was also honored by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo’s mother, Matilda, presented Mrs. Whitney with a citation proclaiming her the “Queen of Saratoga.”
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Fingerpaint, a full-service health and wellness-marketing agency was named Agency of the Year Category II at Med Ad News’ 30th annual Manny Awards in New York City on April 18. The agency also took home awards for Best Non-branded Campaign, Best Medical Device Campaign, and Best Professional Campaign – Web, sweeping all of the categories it was nominated in. “This is a tremendous honor and is a testament to our people-first culture, where the most talented people come to do award-winning work,“ said Ed Mitzen, founder of Fingerpaint,
who built the company on the foundation that if you put your employees first, they will produce the best work on behalf of their clients. “In each category, we were nominated along with some of the best in the business.” The Manny Awards annual gala event celebrates creative excellence in healthcare advertising and communications. More than 600 industry peers joined Med Ad News in honoring winners across 30 total award categories. Manny Award nominees were voted on by industry peers and an expert panel of MedAdvocates, along with the editors of Med Ad News.
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EDUCATION
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
Educator, Counselor and Author Kim John Payne M.Ed to Speak at Skidmore College by Lindsay Wilson Saratoga TODAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs and Skidmore College collaborate to host a community event that will allow parents and educators alike to experience new approaches of parenting from consultant and author Kim John Payne M.Ed.
Payne will be discussing the principle of his book “The Soul of Discipline, The Simplicity Parenting Approach to Warm, Firm and Calm Guidance – From Toddlers to Teens.” This book centers around what appears to be children “acting out,” and how said behaviors may actually be indicators of children harboring negative energies such as trauma or stress. This will be Payne’s third visit to Saratoga Springs within
the past eight years. Teachers and parents alike have attended his events to learn of innovative and thoughtful tactics to add to their parenting style “What he’s coming to speak about is sort of a program for little children through adolescence. It’s entitled discipline but it’s about giving them focus, how to manage with the crazy times we have,” said Richard Frank, Board Chair of the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs. The Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs is one of many Waldorf schools which embodies the educational philosophy presented by Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist. Steiner’s philosophy to education is to provide an enriching environment that cultivates the whole student naturally, in multiple creative facets. A unique characteristic of the Waldorf School is that students have the same main lesson teacher, for several years. “It works imperfectly. Right now, the school has two - you have the same teacher grades one through five and the same teacher through six, seven and eight,” said Frank. “They do bring in other teachers for specialties...there are other teachers actively involved.” This structure fuels a growing relationship between student, teacher, and parent, as all three
parties grow and change with each year. This cultivates an environment where the parents can aid the teacher and vice versa in the child’s academic, and personal development. Payne has experience as an educator for both adults and students, and has worked as a researcher and counselor. Through his years of studying children who have experienced trauma in third world countries, impoverished children across the pond and children in relatively affluent areas in the U.S, he noticed a few commonalities in the way all children manifest stress. Through his observations, he came to a resolution – a method that aligns with the Waldorf School’s methods of education, that “Less is more. Kids really respond better when they have less stimulus,” said Frank. “Then you can do therapy and other conventional things if that doesn’t solve it.” Both Payne and the Waldorf
school exemplify the idea that it truly takes a village to nurture a child and that children should be nurtured in an environment that minimizes the stresses of the outside world, including technology and social media. Payne will be speaking May 30 at the Filene Auditorium of Skidmore College from 7 to 9 p.m. “I hope as many people just come...it is eye opening. Whether you adopt it, not adopt it,” said Frank. “He’s not heavy handed, he’s not preachy, he’s just giving you common sense tips.”
EDUCATION BRIEFS
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
Paid Summer Internship Available at Local Non-Profit CAMBRIDGE — Agricultural Stewardship Association (ASA) is pleased to offer one paid summer internship opportunity to provide assistance with the creation of the Cambridge Community Forest, a new pilot project being implemented by ASA. The college intern will spend the majority of his or her time working at ASA’s office located in Greenwich with periodic site visits to Cambridge. The Special Project Assistant intern position is designed for an undergraduate student to gain hands-on experience in coordinating, researching and implementing components to help with the creation of the Cambridge Community Forest; a
proposed 145-acre working forest that will also serve educational and recreational needs of community residents. The position is ideal for a college student interested in community conservation, forestry, planning, and land trusts. For a complete internship description, please visit ASA’s website at www. agstewardship.org. If you would like to apply for the internship, please submit a resume and cover letter to Renee Bouplon, Associate Director, at renee@agstewardship.org. Resumes and cover letters must be received by May 6, 2019 for consideration. A select group of candidates will be interviewed in late April and early May either in person or by phone.
Congregation Shaara Tfille and The Jewish Community Center of Saratoga Springs presents Ventriloquist Sylvia Fletcher SARATOGA SPRINGS — Congregation Shaara Tfille and The Jewish Community Center of Saratoga Springs invite the community to join them for an afternoon of entertainment featuring professional Ventriloquist, Comedian and Actress Sylvia Fletcher and her Magic Trunk. Held at 84 Weibel Avenue in Saratoga Springs on Sunday, April 28 from 2-4 p.m., Sylvia dazzles her audiences with her amazing talent, lively unforgettable characters, inanimate objects and voice illusions. Her performances and show are a production that incorporates her hilarious, intriguing world of comedy that is described as "VENTASTIC." The festivities include a Silent Auction and refreshments. The cost is $18.00 per person or $50
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for Sponsors who receive two tickets. The event is sponsored by a generous grant from Jewish Federation of Northeast NY. If there are any questions, contact 518-339-7774
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Student Creativity Celebrated at the Tang SARATOGA SPRINGS — Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College invites the public to three end-of-the year traditions featuring student arts, crafts, sound, and installations on Friday, April 26. Handmade Pop-Up Shop 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, April 26: A one-day sale of art and handmade
items created by Skidmore College students in the Arts Administration’s Marketplace for Artists class and the Entrepreneurial Artist Initiative Tangwaves 12–8 p.m. Friday, April 26: Students will transform a hallway inside the Tang Museum into a tiny FM radio station for a live broadcast of their final audio projects.
Tang Party 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Friday, April 26: This annual endof-year celebration will feature site-specific installations across the Tang grounds created by students from across class years and majors. The events are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Visitors Services Desk or visit tang.skidmore.edu.
Putting Partnerships To Work - Unveiling TruSongs SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Thursday, May 2, at Caffe Lena, the work of the Early College Career Academy students will be unveiled, as they bring to life, TrueSongs: A performance of true stories and new songs to show lives changed for the better by local non-profits. Participants of this event include The Washington-Saratoga-
Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES, Caffè Lena, Fingerpaint staff, and local non-profit representatives from EOC, HOPE, Pitney Meadows, Franklin Community Center, and Healing Springs. The event will feature a celebration of the partnership between multiple organizations as they are revealing the face of
TruSongs. Seventeen Early College Career Academy New Media and Business Entrepreneurship students from multiple school districts will unveil original artwork and branding for TruSongs and talk about the experience of working on an inspiring community project. Caffè Lena will reveal the artists and ticket details for their July 20 event.
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Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
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459 Lake Ave, Saratoga Springs www.siskids.org • 518-583-0841
SUMMER CAMP 2019
That doesn’t mean we won’t explore some of DC’s most popular characters as well! Comic strip and costume design will be part of the fun this week as we determine which superpowers really are the greatest.
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Week 5: August 5-9 Adventurous Authors Calling all readers, writers, and illustrators! Let the creative juices flow as we collaborate on storytelling, book-making, and illustration techniques from some of the most beloved children’s books of our time. Eric Carle, Leo Lionni, Mo Willems and J.K. Rowling are just a few examples, but feel free to bring your own ideas to share!
FLEXIBLE HALF AND FULL DAY OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN 3-9
Week 1: July 8-12 Kitchen Chemistry Measure, mix and pour! Using everyday ingredients from the kitchen cupboard, we will be making all kinds of cool stuff. From playdough to slime, this week is sure to be hands-on and messy. Better here than in your kitchen! Week 2: July 15-19 Penguins and Polar Bears: Life at the Poles There is a little bit of magic associated with the north and south poles, but life on each is very different. This week the children will learn about the geography and animals that live there, as well as the impact of climate change on each region. Week 3: July 22-26 Architecture and Design What would your perfect home look like? Would there be an indoor pool? A gaming room? Would it be shaped like a great pyramid or spherical? What if you could design a whole community? Using imagination and thoughtfulness, this week’s theme allows for creativity as well as learning about some famous buildings and structures from around the world. Week 4: July 29-Aug 2 Superhero Extravaganza This week will be simply Marvel-ous!
Week 6: August 12-16 Mad Science Using our senses and the scientific process, this week will be full of experiments. What happens when you microwave soap? There’s only one way to find out! Bring your curiosity and get ready to find out answers to some wacky questions. SIS Leader in Training Program for Children 10-12 The Leaders in Training (LIT) program is designed for kids moving from camp age into new leadership roles while still having fun! The LITs will start each day with team building activities to promote a sense of community, trust and bonding. Throughout the week they will discuss and role play the traits of a leader, including responsibility, initiative, communication and preparedness. The LITs will be joining the teachers of the morning day camp to aid and assist in a variety of ways and the afternoon will include time for reflections on the successes and challenges of the morning, as well as personal planning time for an independent service project. We are building leaders of the future with a mind on community involvement!
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Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
Saratoga Farmers’ Market
Lincoln Baths Building at the Spa State Park Saturday | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. High Rock Park Wednesday | 3 - 6 p.m.
by Himanee Gupta-Carlson for Saratoga TODAY Photos by Pattie Garrett.
When the opening bell rings at 3 p.m. next Wednesday at High Rock Park, the Saratoga Farmers’ Market will begin its 41st season. The Wednesday market runs May 1 - October 30, from 3-6 p.m. Like the Saturday market, it offers a wide array of amazing foods fresh from our region’s local farms, along with locally made wines and spirits, art, and meals to go. For many market regulars, the Wednesday market is the farmers’ market at its best. It offers an opportunity to browse at a leisurely pace, planning a few nights’ meals while listening to
Power of Produce Club at the Wednesday Market.
local music, and taking part in a series of all-ages activities. “The intimate size of our midweek market creates a more relaxed pace,” says market activities coordinator Julia Howard. “It’s a little more spacious, airy. It’s a great way to meet up with friends.” This year, the market is celebrating eight new vendors: • Goode Farm, fresh and dried flowers and wreaths; • Slate River Farm, herbs, meats, eggs, and seasonal ramps and fiddlehead ferns; • High Peaks Distilling, spirits • Italian Market, pasta sauces
Earn a $2 Bicycle Benefits coin each time you ride to the Farmers’ Market.
• Alaturco Mediterranean Grill, gyros; • Oliver’s Café, crepes and kettle corn • Left Field, snow cones • Vedanta du Mas Designs, art As always, the Wednesday market will offer free music, children’s activities, its Power of Produce Club, and information booths. About 20 other vendors – ranging from small farmers to local artists and food entrepreneurs – will be returning to the market, as well. The Tisch Family Band will serenade market visitors on opening day. Throughout the season, the market will participate in the Bicycle Benefits program, and host tours. Market staff also are planning to organize monthly bus trips for Saratoga seniors. As a shopper and a farmer, I look forward every year to the start of the Wednesday market. It evokes the historic roots of Saratoga’s producer-only market and the region’s agricultural heritage. I enjoy talking to vendors as I fill my bags with great foods for a few days before I return to the market Saturday to replenish. The Saratoga Farmers’ Market closes out its indoor season with its Spring Festival 9 a.m.-1 p.m. tomorrow at the Lincoln Baths Building in the Saratoga Spa State Park. Join us 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at High Rock Park starting next Wednesday, May 1. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates.
Wednesday Market at High Rock Park.
Goose Egg Omelet Makes 2 large omelets INGREDIENTS: *Ingredients currently available at the farmers’ market
• 1 cup mushrooms*, diced • 1/2 cup pea shoots*
• 2 goose eggs* (can substitute 4 duck eggs* or six chicken eggs*)
• 2 oz. feta cheese*
• 1 small onion or scallion*, minced
• salt and pepper
• olive oil or butter
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Gently break goose eggs into a bowl and whisk yolks and whites together. 2. Heat olive oil or butter in a skillet and saute onion and mushrooms until lightly browned. Turn off heat and add cheese and pea shoots. 3. Gently heat an omelet pan or flat skillet. Add a little bit of olive oil or butter. 4. Spoon half the egg mixture into the omelet pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes, gently moving skillet so that egg sets into a thin circle. Use a spatula to keep ends from sticking to pan. 5. Add half the vegetable and cheese mixture to one half side of the omelet. Gently flip the other half over the mixture to form a half moon shape. 6. Cook for an additional 1-2 minutes, before using spatula to place omelet onto plate. Serve with additional cheese, pea shoots, and/or salsa if desired. Recipe shared by Squashville Farm.
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
Food
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My Little Cupcake
Magnolia’s Vanilla Cupcake Our daughter loves this recipe that she requires Paula to bake for her birthday every year!
INGREDIENTS
Yields 2 dozen cupcakes or 1 (9-inch) cake
CUPCAKES: • 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened • 2 cups sugar • 4 large eggs, room temperature • 1 cup milk
by John Reardon for Saratoga TODAY
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my Foodie Friends. With so many special events such as baby and bridal showers, birthdays, and weddings, bakeries and small businesses have been busy making delectable desserts for these events. One particular baked good that has gained tremendous popularity over the past two decades is the cupcake. The big business and trend of making cupcakes has expanded through entrepreneurial bakers and bakeries taking advantage of the multiple varieties and creativity that can come with cupcakes. However, making your own cupcakes can be an endearing gift that you can make for yourself or for someone special. So, what is your cupcake personality? Do you prefer to indulge in rich double chocolate or simply vanilla? Maybe a wonderful red velvet or carrot cake with cream cheese frosting? Peanut butter fudge sounds delicious or even salted caramel, mocha, or coconut. Whether your personality is fun and festive, salt and sweet, business like, loveydovey, colorful, adventurous, or serious, there is a cupcake flavor for you. Since their creation, cupcakes have become a pop culture trend in the culinary
world. They have spawned dozens of bakeries devoted entirely to them. While chocolate and vanilla remain classic favorites, fancy flavors such as raspberry meringue and espresso fudge can be found on menus. There are cookbooks, blogs, and magazines specifically dedicated to cupcakes. The history of cupcakes (retrieved from All About Cupcakes) is interesting to learn about. The cupcake evolved in the United States in the 19th century, and it was revolutionary because of the amount of time it saved in the kitchen. There was a shift from weighing out ingredients when baking to measuring out ingredients. According to the Food Timeline Web, food historians have yet to pinpoint exactly where the name of the cupcake originated. There are two theories: the cakes were originally cooked in cups, and the ingredients used to make the cupcakes were measured out by the cup. In the beginning, cupcakes were sometimes called “number” cakes, because they were easy to remember by the measurements of ingredients it took to create them: One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, four eggs, one cup of milk, and one spoonful of soda. Clearly, cupcakes today have expanded to a wide variety
of ingredients, measurements, shapes, and decorations - but this was one of the first recipes for making what we know today as cupcakes. Cupcakes were convenient because they cooked much quicker than larger cakes. When baking was done in hearth ovens, it would take a long time to bake a cake, and the final product would often be burned. Muffin tins, also called gem pans, were popular around the turn of the 20th century, so people started creating cupcakes in tins. At Compliments to the Chef, your neighborhood kitchen and cutlery store located at 33 Railroad Place, we carry various accessories to assist you with making your favorite cupcake recipe. Cupcakes are a sweet way to please a crowd, and to say “thank you,” or “I love you” to your little cupcake. Remember my Foodie Friends: “Life Happens in the Kitchen.”
Take Care, John & Paula
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• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract VANILLA BUTTER CREAM ICING: • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened • 6 - 8 cups confectioners’ sugar • 1/2 cup milk • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
INSTRUCTIONS CUPCAKES: 1. Preheat oven to 350o F.
VANILLA BUTTER CREAM ICING:
2. Line 2 (1/2 cup-12 capacity) muffin tins with cupcake papers. 3. In a small bowl, combine the flours. Set aside. In a large bowl, on medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, alternating with milk and vanilla. With each addition, beat the ingredients until incorporated but do not over beat. Using a rubber spatula, scrape down the batter to make sure the ingredients are well blended. Spoon the batter into cupcake liners, about 3/4 full. 4. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until cake tester inserted into the cupcake comes out clean. 5. Cool the cupcakes in tins for 15 minutes. Remove from tins and cool completely on a wire rack before icing.
MONDAY
The vanilla butter cream we use at the bakery is technically not a butter cream but actually an old-fashioned confectioners’ sugar and butter frosting. Be sure to beat the icing for the amount of time called for in the recipe to achieve the desired creamy texture.
1. Place butter in a large mixing bowl. Add 4 cups of sugar and then the milk and vanilla. On the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy, about 3 to 5 minutes. 2. Gradually add the remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition (about 2 minutes), until the icing is thick. You may not need to add all of the sugar. If desired, add a few drops of food coloring and mix thoroughly. NOTE: Use and store the icing at room temperature because icing will set if chilled. Icing can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Office for the Aging Lunch Program Served at the Saratoga Senior Center
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
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• Sliced Roast Beef with Gravy • Red Bliss Potatoes • Lima Beans • Peaches
• Fish Florentine • Brown Rice • Sonoma Vegetables • Berry Crunch
• Chicken with Spinach • Stuffed Shells & Feta Cheese Sauce with Meat Sauce • Buttered Pasta • Wax Beans • Key Biscayne • Peas • Chocolate Cookies Blend Vegetables • Dinner Roll
THURSDAY
5/2 • Meatloaf with Gravy • Oven Browned Potatoes • Peas & Carrots • Mandarin Oranges
Menu Subject to Change. Coffee, tea and butter are served daily. The suggested contribution is $2/meal. There is a $6 fee for guests under the age of 60. Please make checks payable to: Northeast Dining and Lodging, c/o Saratoga County Office for the Aging, 152 West High Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020
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RELIGION
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019
* Handicap Accessible
Adirondack Christian Fellowship 8 Mountain Ledge, Wilton | 581-587-0623 acfsaratoga.com | Services: Sunday 8 and 10 a.m.
Corinth United Methodist Church 243 Main Street, Corinth | 518-654-2521 cfumc@cnyconnect.net | Services: Sunday 11 a.m.
Adirondack Friends Meeting 27 Saratoga Avenue, South Glens Falls 518-793-3755 | adirondackfriendsmeeting.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Cornerstone Community Church 100 Saratoga Village Boulevard, #8, Ballston Spa 518-664-5204 | mycornerstonechurch.org Pastor Frank Galerie | Services: Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.
Assembly of God Faith Chapel 6 Burgoyne Street, Schuylerville | 518-695-6069 Rev. Scott Cutting | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Community 2001 Route 9, Round Lake 518-877-8506 | office@corpuschristichurch.net Services: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 8 and 11 a.m.
Assembly of God Saratoga 118 Woodlawn Avenue, Saratoga Springs 518-584-6081 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Bacon Hill Reformed Church* 560 Route 32N, Bacon Hill | 518-695-3074 Rev. Janet Vincent | Services: 10 a.m. Sunday School: 10 a.m. Ballston Center Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 58 Charlton Road, Ballston Spa 518-885-7312 | ballstoncenterarpchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Eastern Orthodox — Christ the Savior 349 Eastline Road, Ballston Lake | 518-212-7845 xcsavior.org | Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m. Faith Chapel 6 Burgoyne Street, Schuylerville 518-695-6069 | faithchapelschuylerville.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m. First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs 45 Washington St., Saratoga Springs | 518-584-6301 fbcsaratoga.org | Services: Sunday 12 p.m.
Ballston Spa United Methodist Church 101 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa 518-885-6886 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa 202 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa | 518-885-8361 bspabaptist.org | Services: 10:30 a.m. (9 a.m. in July and August); Sunday School: 9 a.m. (all ages)
Baha’i Community of Saratoga Springs 518-692-7694 | 518-885-0876 | 1-800-22UNITE bahai.org | Public Meetings: 1st Tuesdays 7 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Ballston Spa 22 West High Street, Ballston Spa 518-885-5583 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Barkersville Christian Church 7200 Barkersville Road, Middle Grove 518-882-6437 | barkersvillechristianchurch. com Pastor Pat Atwell | Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Full Gospel Tabernacle 207 Redmond Road, Gansevoort 518-793-2739 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Bethesda Episcopal Church* 41 Washington St., Saratoga Springs | 518-584-5980 bethesdachurch.org | The Very Rev’d Marshall J. Vang Services: Sunday 8 and 10 a.m. Burnt Hills United Methodist Church* 816 Route 50, Burnt Hills | 518-399-5144 nybhumc.com | Pastor Holly Nye Services: Sunday 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.
Galway United Methodist Church 2056 East Street, Galway | 518-882-6520 galway-united-methodist-church.com Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m. (9 a.m. in July-Aug.) Grace Church 34 Third Street, Waterford | 518-237-7370 gracewaterford.com | Rev. Kathy Alonge-Coons Services: Sunday 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Adult Christian Education Program: 8:30 a.m.
Calvary Capital District 5 Williams Street, Saratoga Springs | calvarycd.com Pastor Andrew Holt | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Grace Fellowship Saratoga* 165 High Rock Avenue, Saratoga Springs 518-691-0301 | saratoga.gracefellowship.com Pastor: Mike Adams | Services: Sundays 9, 11 a.m.
Church of Christ at Clifton Park 7 Old Route 146, Clifton Park 518-371-6611 | cliftonparkchurchofchrist.com Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Greater Grace Community Church 100 Saratoga Village, Building 17, Ballston Spa 518-899-7777 | thechurch@ggccmalta.org Pastor David Moore | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1 Glenmore Ave. Saratoga Springs 518-587-4796 | churchofjesuschrist.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Greenfield Center Baptist Church 30 Wilton Road, Greenfield Center | 518-893-7429 Services: 11 a.m.; Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. (all ages)
Charlton Freehold Presbyterian Church 768 Charlton Road, Charlton | 518-399-4831 charltonfreehold.org | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Christ Community Reformed Church 1010 Route 146, Clifton Park | 518-371-7654 ccrc-cpny.org | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Christ Episcopal Church* 15 West High Street, Ballston Spa 518-885-1031 | Services: Sunday 8 and 10 a.m. Christian Restoration Ministries Senior Center: 5 Williams St., Saratoga Springs 518-796-4323 | Pastor Pat Roach Services: Saturday 7 p.m.; Bible Study: Friday 7 p.m. Christian Science Church 107 Circular Street, Saratoga Springs 518-584-0221 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Community Alliance Church 257 Rowland Street, Ballston Spa 518-885-6524 | Services: 10:30 a.m. Congregation Shaara Tfille* 84 Weibel Avenue, Saratoga Springs 518-584-2370 | saratogasynagogue.org Services: Monday 7:30 a.m., Thursday 7:30 a.m. Saturday 10 a.m., 3rd Friday Shabbat 7:30 p.m. Corinth Free Methodist Church 20 Hamilton Avenue, Corinth | 518-654-9255, 518-792-0271 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Highway Tabernacle Church 235 Hudson Avenue, Mechanicville | 518-664-4442 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Hope Church 206 Greenfield Avenue, Ballston Spa | 518-885-7442 Services: Sunday 10 a.m. | Sunday School: 9 a.m. Jonesville United Methodist 963 Main Street, Clifton Park | 518-877-7332 Sunday 8:30, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Living Waters Church of God 4330 State Rte 50, Saratoga Springs | 518-587-0484 livingwaterscog.us | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Malta Presbyterian Church 118 Dunning Street, Malta 518-899-5992 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Malta Ridge United Methodist Church 729 Malta Avenue Extension, Malta 518-581-0210 | Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m. Middle Grove United Methodist Church* 429 Middle Grove Rd., Middle Grove | 518-581-2973 Pastor Jason Proctor | Services: Sunday 9 a.m. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church 100 Cresent Street, Saratoga Springs | 518-584-9441 Rev. Dr. Victor L. Collier | Services: 10 a.m. New Life Fellowship* 51 Old Gick Road, Saratoga Springs | 518-580-1810 newlifeinsaratoga.org. | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Next Level Church Comedy Works: 388 Broadway Saratoga Springs 518-306-7133 | nextlevel.church/saratoga-ny-church Pastor Joe | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Northway Church 770 Pierce Road, Clifton Park | 518-899-1200 northwaychurch.tv | Services: 9:30 and 11:15 a.m.
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 1 Grove Street, Schuylerville | 518-695-3918 Rev. Donna J. Arnold | Services: Sunday 8, 9 a.m. St. Therese Chapel (RC) 1 Wilton-Gansevoort Road, Gansevoort 518-792-2276 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Old Saratoga Reformed Church* 48 Pearl St, Schuylerville | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. oldsaratogareformedchurch.org
St. Thomas Anglican Church 242 Grooms Road, Halfmoon 518-348-0842 | thomasanglican.com Father John Bassett | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Old Stone Church (American Baptist) 159 Stone Church Road, Ballston Spa 518-583-1002 | Services: 10:30 a.m.
Saratoga Abundant Life Church 2 Hutchins Road, Saratoga Springs | 518-885-5456 salchurch.org | Services: Sunday 8:20, 10:30 a.m.
Olde Liberty Baptist 600 Route 67, Malta | oldelibertybaptist.com Services: Sunday 10, 11 a.m., 2 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.
Saratoga Chabad 130 Circular Street, Saratoga Springs 518-526-0773 | saratogachabad.com
Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church* 73 Midline Road, Ballston Lake | 518-399-5713 Services: Saturday 5:30 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Saratoga Friends Meeting (Quaker) 571 Route 32, Quaker Springs | 518-587-7477 518-399-5013 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Perry Road Baptist Church* 150 Perry Road, Saratoga Springs 518-587-0711 | Pastor Thomas Van McClain Services: Sunday 10 a.m.
Saratoga United Methodist Church* 175 Fifth Avenue, Saratoga Springs | 518-584-3720 saratogaumc.com | Services: Sunday 9, 10:45 a.m.
Porter Corners United Methodist Church* 512 Allen Rd., Porter Corners | Service: Sunday 8:45 a.m. Followed by Fellowship Arlene Schmidt, CLM
Saratoga Seventh-Day Adventist Church 399 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs 518-587-6951 | saratogasda.org Services: Worship: 11 a.m.; Sabbath School 10 a.m.
Presbyterian-NE Congregational Church* 24 Circular Street, Saratoga Springs | 518-584-6091 pnecchurch.org | Services: Sunday 10:45 a.m.
Schuylerville United Methodist Church 51 Church Street, Schuylerville | 518-695-3101 sumethodist.org | Services: Sunday 11 a.m.
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (ELCA) 4 Northcrest Drive, Clifton Park | 518-371-2226 poplutheranchurch.org | Sunday 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m.; Contemporary Worship: 1st, 3rd Sundays 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School: 9:15- 10:15 a.m. (Sept.-June); REACHChristian Education for adults: 9:30-10:15 a.m.
Shenendehowa United Methodist 971 Route 146, Clifton Park 518-371-7964 | Services: Sunday 9 and 10:45 a.m.
Quaker Springs United Methodist Church* 466 Route 32, Schylerville | 518-695-3101 qsumc.com | Pastor Ben Lalka | Services: Sunday 9 a.m. Revelation Church* 59 Pine Road, Saratoga Springs 860-942-7359 | myrevelationchurch.com Pastor Mark Kehrer | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. River of Hope Fellowship 100 Saratoga Village Blvd., Malta Commons, Ste. 3 riverofhopefellowship.com | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter* 241 Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 518-584-2375 Services: Saturday: 5 p.m.; Sunday: 7:30, 9, 11 a.m. St. Clement’s Roman Catholic Church* 231 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs 518-584-6122 | Services: Weekdays: 8 a.m.; Saturday: 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Sunday: 8, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.; Spanish Mass: 1 p.m. St. George’s Episcopal Church 912 Route 146, Clifton Park | 518-371-6351 stgeorge@csdsl.net | Services: Saturday 4:30 p.m. Sunday 7:30 , 9, 11:30 a.m. St. Isaac Jogues RC Chapel 716 Route 9P, Saratoga Lake | 518-813-5090 Father Patrick Rice | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. (Open Memorial Day to winter) St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church* 3159 Route 9N, Greenfield Center 518-893-7680 | stjosephschurchgreenfieldcenter.org Services: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church* 167 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa | 518-885-7411 stmarysbsta.org | Services: Saturday 4 p.m. Sunday 8:30, 10:30 a.m., Noon St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church* 771 Route 29, Rock City Falls | 518-885-4677 sjoegctr@nycap.rr.com | Services: Sunday 8:30 a.m. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 149 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs 518-584-0904 | office@spalutheran.org Services: Saturday 5 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 and 11 a.m. St. Peter Lutheran Church 2776 Route 9, Malta 518-583-4153 | Services: Sunday 9 a.m.
Simpson United Methodist Church 1089 Rock City Road, Rock City Falls 518-885-4794 | Services: Sunday 10:45 a.m. Soul Saving Station for Every Nation Christ Crusaders of America 62 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs | 518-584-3122 soulsavingstationchurch.com | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Starpoint Church 410 21st Century Park Drive, Clifton Park 518-371-2811 | starpoint.church Services: 9, 10:30 a.m. and Noon Stillwater Christian Fellowship Liberty Ridge Farm, 29 Bevis Road, Schaghticoke 518-288-8802 | Services: 10 a.m. Stillwater United Church (Presbyterian U.S.A.) 747 Hudson Avenue, Stillwater | 518-664-7984 stillwaterunitedchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m. Temple Sinai* 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 518-584-8730 saratogasinai.org | Shabbat Services: Friday 6 or 8 p.m. (rotating schedule); Saturday 10:30 a.m. Terra Nova Church* 45 Washington St., Saratoga Springs | 518-833-0504 terranovachurch.org | Services: Sunday 9 a.m. The Salvation Army/ Worship, Service & Community Center 27 Woodlawn Avenue, Saratoga Springs 518-584-1640 | Services: Praise & Worship 11 a.m. Sunday School: 10 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church 155 Ballard Road, Gansevoort | 518-584-9107 tumcwilton.com | Rev. Jeff Stratton | Sunday 10 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs* 624 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 518-584-1555 uusaratoga.org | Services: Sunday 10 a.m. Unity Church in Albany 21 King Avenue, Albany | 518-453-3603 Services: Sunday 9, 11 a.m.; Sunday School: 11 a.m. West Charlton United Presbyterian Church 1331 Sacandaga Rd.,West Charlton | 518-882-9874 westcharltonupc.org | Rev. Thomas Gregg Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Wilton Baptist Church 755 Saratoga Road, Wilton | 518-583-2736 wiltonbaptistchurch.com | Sunday 11 a.m., 6 p.m.
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Puzzles Across 1 Time keeper? 10 Decorative Japanese porcelain 15 Foggy 16 Warms with waves 17 Shelled omnivore 18 Guitar band 19 Artful 20 Not a good sense 21 Features of some ‘Vettes 22 Johnny Vander __, only pitcher to throw back-to-back no-hitters 23 They stir things up 25 Out of one’s class 28 Nut in a cupule 29 High-end chocolatier 30 It may lead to an argument 34 Et __ 35 Tusk, in fact 36 Colors 37 Allow it to go no further 39 Informal qualifier 40 Trailers often precede them 41 Meal 42 Home to Mount Kinabalu 44 Guns 45 Downed, in a way 46 Sound 48 Ending with humor 51 One-named musician whose last name is Chryssomallis 52 Lasting ability 54 Mideast unitarians 55 Elaborate procedure 56 Best Moment and Best Upset 57 Mental comparison Down 1 Ink dispensers 2 Hydroxyl compound 3 Like fake fruit 4 Boomer until 2003 5 Word after A, B or C 6 Castle projection 7 More suitable 8 Emeril’s French Quarter restaurant 9 Sandford opponent in a landmark 19thcentury case 10 Imminent
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See puzzle solution on page 38 11 Feature of Civil War General Ambrose Burnside 12 Rubber home 13 Gets as a return 14 Web connectors, for short 22 Explosion surrounding a star? 24 Like penthouse suites 25 Troubled word 26 Ill humor 27 Sulky state 28 Dr. Alzheimer 30 Ordinary people 31 Pervasive quality 32 “__ see ... “ 33 Test with arguments, for short 35 Five-point K, e.g.
38 “Dancing With the Stars” numbers 39 A few 41 Pick up again 42 Brown University athletes 43 Confess 44 Hill crest 45 Fictional dark side 47 Taking care of business 48 __ about 49 Golden State sch. 50 Bleed 53 “Anything you can get away with”: Marshall McLuhan
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: Immature, Premature Immature means not developed or fully grown. That child appears immature compared to the rest of the class. Premature means before the expected time (too soon). The premature infant was born at only seven months 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
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LOCAL BRIEFS
An Evening with Chantal Turvey World renowned equestrian performer Chantal Turvey will perform with her horses at Long Shadows Farm in Cambridge on Friday, May 3 at 7 p.m. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. Between 5:30 and 7 p.m. there will be pony rides and entertainment as well as food and beverage concessions on site. The event will benefit the sanctuary horses, including retired Thoroughbred racehorses, at Long Shadows Charitable Foundation (LSCF) as well as its healing programs for veterans, first-responders and others. Turvey is a highly acclaimed horse trainer, stunt rider, and trick trainer specializing in training equines for television and cinema. She has trained horses for productions such as Selma, Underground, the Walking Dead TV show and more. Her performance will be a special tribute to American veterans. Cerebral Palsy Fundraiser Come welcome the flowery month of May when we celebrate our Spring Fling for our Cerebral Palsy Fundraiser on Friday, May 3 at the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge from 6 to 10 p.m. Put on your danc’in shoes and “tiptoe through the tulips” with Betsy and the ByeGons who plays 60’s and 70’s music, Pop and Classic Rock and Country music. The cost for this evening is $20 paid at the door or in advance by calling Judy at 518-587-5568. A delicious Italian meal, rigatoni, meatballs, sauce, salad, garlic bread and dessert, are included in the ticket price. A cash bar, 60’s attire contest, games and raffle baskets will be available to add to your enjoyment. Help raise donations to assist the Cerebral Palsy Fund and have a fun night out with friends/family. Matilda the Musical The Saratoga Children’s Theater presents Matilda the Musical at the Saratoga Springs High School Teaching Auditorium. Shows are Friday, May 3 at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 5
at 2 p.m. Please park by the football field/tennis courts. The Teaching Auditorium is down to the left of the tennis courts. Tickets: Adults: $15, Students/Seniors: $10, Children (not in school): $5. Doors open 30 minutes before the show. Remaining tickets for each performance will be sold one hour before the show. Tickets are available online at: www. brownpapertickets.com. I Love My Park Day Volunteers needed on Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for this exciting event to help enhance our local Moreau Lake State Park. Organized through Parks & Trails NY, there will be a variety of projects for all ages (large groups welcome). Register at www.ptny.org/ilovemypark. Rain date is May 5. Refreshments and lunch will be provided by Friends of Moreau Lake. Learn to Compost Home composting doesn’t have to be hard... even for kids! Bring the whole family on May 4 at 10 a.m. to learn from the experts at Sustainable Saratoga during this hour free presentation. People (and puppets for the kids) will teach the basics of turning plant refuse from kitchen and yard into rich soil for your garden. Register at www.sustainablesaratoga.org/ projects/zero-waste. Big Brew Day Learn how to become a homebrewer on May 4. Saratoga Zymurgist at 112 Excelsior Ave. will be hosting a Big Brew Day event to celebrate National Homebrew Day. Come watch local homebrewers demonstrating the many different ways you can make beer at home. All-grain and BIAB brewers will be starting at 10 a.m. Extract brewers and onegallon brewers will be starting at noon. The event wraps up by 3 p.m. This event is free. Trash or Treasure? Spring Antique Appraisal Show, Saturday, May 4. 10 a.m. – Noon. Antique expert Mark Lawson of Mark Lawson Antiques and sponsor of Antiques Road Show will be doing an evaluation of your antiques and other items of interest at the Malta Community Center. Everyone will get to hear the appraisal/evaluation of each
interesting item or fantastic finding. Pre-register to bring an item to be appraised or come to watch. We are limited to 40 items, so register early. To register for an appraisal visit maltaparksrec.com or call 518-8994411 for more information. Benefit Football Game Grab your friends and family and join the Nick’s Fight group as we cheer on the Albany Empire arena football team against the Washington Valor on May 4 from 7pm-9pm. It will be a fun night in the Times Union Center and all proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Nick’s Fight to be Healed Foundation. Tickets are $27 each and will be in Section 209. Then join us on May 6 at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library, Room A-B, 475 Moe Rd., in Clifton Park for the 2019 Annual Gathering to celebrate the accomplishments of 2018. Bring a friend who wants to learn more. Refreshments provided. For more information, visit www. fighttobehealed.org. Beyond My Battle: Art with Heart & Hope An art show celebrating the healing power of art for those living with chronic illnesses, disabilities, and caretakers. The exhibition will run from May 9 12 at Spring Street Gallery, located at 110 Spring St., Saratoga Springs. On Thursday, May 9 from 6 -9 p.m. will be the opening-night party featuring much more than artwork. The gathering is a great opportunity to support Beyond My Battle’s cause, enjoy catered food and drink, live music, and good company. Tickets for the opening-night party are available now at www.beyondmybattle. org. To become a sponsor of the event, please email info@ beyondmybattle.org. Mother’s Day Concert Saratoga Children’s Chorus will present a Mother’s Day Concert on May 12 at 3 p.m. at the Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church located at 175 Fifth Ave., Saratoga Springs. Admission is free and open to the public. Annual Senior Luncheon This year’s theme will be a sock hop. Shake, rattle and roll on Friday, May 17 at the Saratoga Springs City Center, located at 522 Broadway in Saratoga Springs.
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2019 This event is for seniors, age 60 and over. Doors open at 11 a.m. and lunch will be served at Noon. The menu will include classic American favorites: cheeseburger, french fries, coleslaw, pickle and apple pie. No take-away, no animals allowed. Live music, door prizes, games and a raffle. Tickets are required to attend and will not be available at the door. Tickets will be available until May 10 at the Office of the Aging. For more information call 518-884-4100. 9th Annual Baskets for Ben Helping local children in need by providing goods and services including electronics, clothing, bedding, food, tutoring, school supplies, eyeglasses, transportation costs, field trip admission expenses, etc. Additionally, the fund awards 20 scholarships to qualifying graduating seniors from 10 local school districts. We also donate household and personal care items to 12 local food pantries. The fundraiser will be held on Friday, May 17 at 5 p.m. at the Queensbury Hotel, located at 88 Ridge St., Glens Falls. A live auction of theme baskets begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, includes appetizers, desserts, gift baskets, door prizes, auction, entertainment and more! To purchase tickets 518-792-4514 or benosbornfund@gmail.com, benosbornfund.org. Tickets will also be available at the door. The Ben Osborn Memorial Fund is a 501(c)3 organization. 100 percent of the proceeds are donated to help local children. Historic Homes Tour Spring brings warmer weather, blooming tulips, and a momentous day for the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation. On Saturday, May 11, the Foundation will hold the Historic Homes Tour to celebrate our community’s rich architectural heritage with tours of beautiful East Side homes in Saratoga Springs. The event kicks off with a Porch Party on Thursday, May 9 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Circular Manor. Advance discounted Historic Homes Tour tickets are $30 for SSPF members and $40 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased the day of the event for $35 members and $45 non-members at 112 Spring St. from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit www.saratogapreservation.org for more information.
Backyard Composting On May 14 at 7 p.m. Sustainable Saratoga is offering a backyard composting workshop that helps local families learn how to easily convert food scraps and lawn trimmings into rich nutrients for their gardens. Backyard composting workshops last approximately 45 minutes and will include an overview of how to get started with backyard composting, identifying and troubleshooting common composting issues, and time for questions. The workshops are free, but registration is required. We will also provide information about finding the right bin for your compost needs, and the ongoing support you need to make reducing food waste easy and fun. Register at www.sustainablesaratoga.org/ projects/zero-waste. The Flower & Fruit Mission The Spring Luncheon The Flower and Fruit Mission of Saratoga Hospital will be hosting The Spring Luncheon on May 21 at The Hall of Springs. There will be a social hour at 11:30 a.m. and at 12:30 p.m. a seated lunch. Attire is Spring Chic – hats are encouraged. Guests may enjoy some shopping with local vendors, a silent auction of container gardens and a chance to participate in the raffle. The Flower and Fruit mission has supported the William J. Hickey Women’s Health Services of Saratoga Hospital for over 100 years and most recently pledged $250,000 to a multi-phase expansion and renovation project. Tickets are $60 per person and only pre-paid reservations are accepted. For reservations online go to thespringluncheon2019. eventbrite.com or contact Jennifer Perry at 518-288-5975 or theflowerandfruitmission@ gmail.com. Please contact theflowerandfruitmission@gmail. com for more information. Spring into Action and Volunteer Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) helps recruit volunteers age 55 and older for many community organizations throughout Saratoga County. We will education you on what is available and help you with your placement process. Orientation is provided. If you are interested in learning more, please call the RSVP Program at 518-884-4110.
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This Week’s Events: APRIL 26 - MAY 2 family friendly FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Annual Rummage Sale Charlton Freehold Presbyterian Church, 768 Charlton Rd., Charlton | 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Meatloaf and Macaroni and Cheese Dinner South Glens Falls United Methodist Church, 15 Maplewood Parkway, S. Glens Falls 4:30 - 6 p.m. | Complete dinner, soup and homemade desserts. Adults $10, Children age 5 -12 are $5.
Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore Campus, Saratoga Springs | 2 - 7 p.m. Students transform a hallway inside the Tang Museum into a tiny FM radio station for a live broadcast of their final audio projects beginning at 2 p.m. Stop by the museum to catch their frequency or pick up a portable radio. Their low-powered station will have a limited broadcast range, so you will need to be in the vicinity of the Tang to tune in. For more information, call 518-580-8080.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Various locations in Washington County, Saturday and Sunday | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors drive throughout the County visiting our fiber mill and ten farms, which raise sheep, alpacas, cashmere goats and angora rabbits. The fiber farms’ management is top quality, which leads to outstanding animals and products. The farm’s products run from raw fleeces to finished yarn to clothing, as well as cuts of lamb and Tuscan style cheese. washingtoncountyfibertour.org.
Tree Toga 9 High Rock Park, Farmers’ Market Pavilion 88 High Rock Ave., Saratoga Springs | 9:30 a.m. Tree Toga is a family-friendly event where Sustainable Saratoga’s volunteers leave a green legacy for the next generation. Homeowners can request a #NextGenTree by volunteering to be tree hosts and committing to water and nurture their tree during its first two years. Sustainable Saratoga will plant 30 young trees. 9:30 a.m. registration, training, site assignments, and camaraderie. Around 10 a.m., volunteers will disperse to plant shade trees around the city. After, volunteers will meet for a celebratory lunch at Harvey’s Restaurant, located at 14 Phila St. To learn more, and to sign up as a tree host, planter, waterer, or event day volunteer, go to www.sustainablesaratoga. org/treetoga9. Questions, suggestions or inquiries about donating to the tree fund can be sent to trees@sustainablesaratoga.org.
Annual Spring Kids Bike Giveaway Bikeatoga Workshop, Saratoga Springs. By appointment only. Bikeatoga has collected and refurbished used kids bikes specifically for this event. Parents or guardians of children who are in need of a free bicycle must call the Bikeatoga phone line at 518-290-0065 and leave a voicemail. You will receive a return call with an appointment for Saturday April 27, and directions to the Bikeatoga Workshop. A parent or guardian must be present. Bikeatoga is prepared to give away approximately 60 bikes to any child through age 17
Southern Saratoga County YMCA, 1 Wall St., Clifton Park | 6:45 - 10 p.m. Come contradance to the live music of Frank Orsini, Alan Thomson and Patricia Kernan, with Ridge Kennedy. Beginners welcome. No partner needed. Lesson at 6:45 p.m.; dance at 7 p.m. Price: $11 ($8 for students with ID, $9 for YMCA members).
27th Annual Washington County Fiber Tour
SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Breakfast Buffet Sons’ of ITAM Post #35, 247 Grand Ave., Saratoga Springs, 8 – 11:30 a.m. Eggs made to order, toast, pancakes, French toast, home fries, hash, breakfast sausage, bacon, sausage gravy and biscuits, coffee, juice, pastries, fruit cocktail. Cost is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, children under 5 are free, $10 for carry out.
Jeep 4x4 101 Classes & Course Curtis Lumber, 885 Rt. 67, Ballston Spa 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Are you a new Jeep owner, novice or future Jeep owner? Join us for a great day of Jeep educational classes, lunch and time in our off-road Jeep course to really get a feel for what you and your Jeep can do! Vendors, raffles, BBQ, clubs and more. Family and pet-friendly event, $15 per driver, $5 per passenger, for complete details go to www.curtislumber.com or on Facebook. For more information: 518-490-1441 or jennifers@curtislumber.com.
Indoor Garage & Craft Sale Saratoga Wilton Elks, 1 Elks Lane, Saratoga Springs | 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Admission is free, over 40 vendors; great parking, bargains galore, and lunch. We offer household items, sports equipment, clothing, jewelry, pet supplies, and just about anything you can imagine. New vendors signing up every month. All proceeds go to our local charities. Next sale date is September 22.
“Echoes from France” Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs 3 - 4 p.m. | St Saens, Bizet and Ravel by piano team, Judith Thomas and John Ackley (Four Hands and a Foot.”) Donation: $10. For more information call Bev at 518-587-0403.
MONDAY, APRIL 29 Academy for Lifelong Learning Antiques Appraisal Session SUNY Empire State College, 113 West Ave, Room 143, Saratoga Springs | 9 - 11 a.m. The public is welcome to bring art, jewelry, furniture, clocks, tools, coins, rugs, to be appraised by George Heigel of Heigel and Schmidt. Cost is $10. All proceeds go to Academy programs. For more information, call 518-587-2100, ext. 2415, www.esc.edu/all
his own experiences interviewing survivors, Matthew Rozell discusses his journey to uncover the stories behind 1945 photographs taken by soldiers who stumbled upon a death train full of Jewish families in the closing days of World War II. His efforts culminated in 11 joyful reunions on three continents. Books available $20. RSVP at 518-430-2136 or concierge@aummitaeniorlife.com.
Science on Tap Parting Glass, 40 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs 6:30 p.m. | Sustainable Saratoga, The Environmental Studies and Sciences Program at Skidmore College, and SPAC invite you to a discussion led by Dr. Mathias Vuille, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences. “How climate change is transforming our mountain environments.” Admission is free. All ages welcome.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 Poetry Reading Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs 7:30 p.m. | A poetry reading by Katrinka Moore with Michael Lawrence accompanying her on guitar. Open reading will follow. Signups at 7 p.m. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. 518-583-0022, www.caffelena.org
Health and Wellness Fair
THURSDAY, MAY 2
Stonequist Apartments, Community Room, 1 S. Federal St., Saratoga Springs 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Sponsored by the Saratoga Springs Housing Authority Stonequist Resident Council. Over 18 community agencies including Wellspring, Office of the Aging, Broadway Health Care and more. Open to the public. Please use the front entrance. For more information visit www.saratogaspringspha.org or call 518-584-6600 or 518-526-0161.
New York City Ballet Musicians & Friends Fundraiser
Smell the Flowers United Methodist Church, 175 5th Ave., Saratoga Springs | Noon You are invited to learn all about the Yaddo Garden Association (YGA) and how you can help make the gardens beautiful. YGA gardeners volunteer and get a sense of satisfaction by enhancing the gardens while enjoying the fresh air. YGA Docent volunteers share the history of the Gardens with our visitors throughout the summer and fall. Come and learn more. We will provide a light lunch and overview of what you can expect.
Dee Sarno Theater, Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs | 7 – 8 p.m. The NYC Ballet Musicians and Friends, which holds low-cost performances in July, will have a fundraising concert. Violinist and Artistic Director Luellen Abdoo and Pianist Christopher Oldfather will perform pieces by Telemann, Schumann, Kreisler, and Grieg, with a new composition by Steve Cohen. 6:30 p.m. wine and cheese social. Tickets are $35/ person or $50 for a pair. Advance reservations can be made by writing a check to Saratoga Arts and mailing it to Joel Reed, Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Write “NYCB M & F fundraiser 5/2/19” in the “memo” line. For questions call 518-587-1534.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 The Olde Saratoga Seniors Town Hall, Spring St., Schuylerville | Noon
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
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The Summit at Saratoga, 1 Perry Rd., Saratoga Springs, 1 p.m. | “A Train Near Magdeburg” A Teacher’s Journey in to the Holocaust by Matthew Rozell. Drawing on eye-witness accounts, survivor memoirs and
THURSDAY, MAY 2 Korean War Veterans Association VFW, 190 Excelsior Ave., Saratoga Springs | 1:30 p.m.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS — The event takes place 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27 and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at the Saratoga Springs City Center. Ticket prices vary. For information on tickets, and a full lineup of appearances, go online to: saratogacomiccon.com
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Glens Falls Symphony Closes 2018-19 Season May 5 with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Saratoga Comic Con. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.
“WING FEST” Returns to Downtown Glens Falls This Weekend
GLENS FALLS — The Glens Falls Collaborative holds the fifth annual Wing Fest noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27 in downtown Glens Falls. The event is a competition between restaurants for the best wings and an awards ceremony will be staged at the bandstand in City Park at 3:30 p.m. Taste from 20 participating restaurants. Downtown restaurants will serve from their storefronts and restaurants from outside the city will serve from other storefronts along Glen, Ridge, Bay and Maple Streets. There will be live music throughout downtown
Glens Falls on three stages and a beer garden courtesy of The Queensbury Hotel. Four prizes are up for grabs: Best Overall, Best Visitor (restaurants not located in Downtown Glens Falls), Best Rookie, and Best Non-Meat. Guests will receive paper maps that include People’s Choice Ballots with their tickets. Ballots may be returned to where tickets are on sale. Tasting Tickets are $1 each, and the number of tickets to taste varies by restaurant. For more information call 518-615-4687.
GLENS FALLS — The Glens Falls Symphony, a fully professional orchestra, will bring Beethoven’s triumphant Ninth Symphony masterwork to audiences in the closing concert of the 2018-19 season, which takes place 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at Glens Falls High School. The performance of this majestic work will close a season that has paid homage to the great works and lasting legacies of Beethoven and Bernstein. The
sound of 160 singers and the orchestra in the celebrated “Ode to Joy” will cap five concerts that have explored, compared, and contrasted the trajectories of these two great titans of music. The concert will open with Leonard Bernstein’s evocative Chichester Psalms. Then the Symphony will present the grand finale – Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, complete with a chorus of over 160 singers, including the Adirondack Voices
and the Queensbury High School Madrigals and Concert Choir. Special guest vocal soloists for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 are Soprano Sylvia D’ Eramo, Mezzo Soprano (and Hudson Falls native) Erica Washburn, Tenor Michael Wade Lee, and Baritone Zachary Johnson. Tickets are $25-$36 for adults, $10 for students and are available at www.theglensfallssymphony. org, or via the Symphony office at 518-793-1348.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PIE RECIPE? Enter your Favorite Recipe to Win Tickets to “Waitress” at Proctors
SCHENECTADY — Cranberry Crumble? Shoo Fly? Lemon Chess? Plain old allAmerican apple? What’s your favorite pie recipe? The Tony Award-nominated musical “Waitress” is coming to Proctors June 11–16 and Capital Region cooks of all kinds are invited to submit their own
favorite pie recipes for a chance to win four tickets to the show. Submissions must be received by Sunday, April 28. Finalists, who will compete on the morning broadcast, will be contacted directly and announced on Wednesday, May 1. The lucky winner will be crowned Friday, May 3 on a live NEWS10 ABC broadcast
at The Waters Edge Lighthouse Restaurant and Inn in Glenville, and the winning recipe will be inserted in Sugar, Butter, Flour: The Waitress Pie Book sold at the Waitress merchandise kiosk during the run of the show in Schenectady. To enter, visit www.proctors. org/waitresspiecontest. Entrants must be 18 or older.
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Laurie Anderson brings A Life of Storytelling to Saratoga Springs by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
Touching upon themes of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, her love of dogs, her disdain for pop culture and a human planetary existence altered in dramatic ways due to a changing climate, artist/composer/ musician and film director Laurie Anderson addressed a large crowd gathered inside the Tang Museum’s Payne Room where she told them, apocalyptic visions aside, her focus is: How Best To Tell The Story. “The world is made of stories. Our own stories. Other people’s stories, (so) how do you tell a story like that, where, you know, this is going end?” Anderson said. “We’re the first people in the history of the human race who can see our own extinction coming. The first ones. Stories are things that are told to others but in this case, this is a story that’s told to no one. The first story that is: Told. To. No one.” Anderson’s appearance April 17 was the night two feature of the Tang Museum’s three-day Bardo Now series. George Saunders, author of the 2017 novel “Lincoln in the Bardo,” appeared via video chat on night one, in conversation with Donald S. Lopez, Jr., professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan and author of “The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography.” The series’ closing night featured a concert by guitarist Tashi Dorji and percussionist Susie Ibarra, performing an experimental duet conceived for the event as a musical bardo exploration. The 90-minute presentation showcasing Anderson, a practicing Buddhist, was staged as an “in conversation” event with Benjamin Bogin, the director of the Asian Studies Program at Skidmore College. “It’s the living bardo that’s thrilling to me,” said Anderson, when asked to connect Tibetan Buddhist themes with her creativity. “As a musician, I think the way I can most experience what you would call a bardo is in just this moment because you don’t know what you’re going to play next,” said Anderson, noting that she doesn’t subscribe to the standard narrative form of beginning, middle and end. “That seems artificial to me. The fractured
story is what I do. I respond to work where we don’t really quite know what we’re doing and what will happen next. That’s also why I’m also drawn to virtual reality. You’re making it up as you go along. “When I first began to (improvise), I felt this incredible sense of freedom in not knowing what was going to come next, in responding to another person in a way that was absolutely in that moment - not in some other moment that you thought might be interesting - but right now. That was a big, big thrill to me as a musician.” Anderson screened an 11-minute segment from “Heart of a Dog,” her 2015 documentary which centers on Anderson’s remembrances of her late beloved dog Lolabelle, and concludes with an image of husband Lou Reed, who died in 2013. “It was a film where my dog died – that was the core of it – but it was really dedicated to my teacher, Mingyur Rinpoche. One of the things I treasure about his teachings is his clarity, things like: it’s really important to practice how to feel sad, without being sad - and that distinction is a very important one because there are many, many sad things in the world and if you try to push them away, or pretend they’re not there, you’re an idiot! They will find you and they will get you,” she explained. “So, (Rinpoche’s) idea is: do not become that yourself.” Professor Bogin said he was struck by the film’s exploration “visually, sonically and poetically,” of bardo ideas, as Anderson narrated a series of paintings used in the film depicting Lolabelle’s journey through the 49 days of the bardo, “how memory starts flooding through the mind and you’re suddenly every single being that you’ve ever been in your life; the many beings that you are, simultaneously.” “I think for most people who experience death, what an incredible privilege it is that that door opens…you get this chance to really look at it and feel it,” Anderson said. “I think sometimes experiencing time and death and love is sometimes easier when you look at what happens with animals and what the effects have on those creatures. You get that in a more immediate way.”
Anderson became a reluctant musical hit-maker in the early 1980s when her song “O Superman” climbed to no. 2 in the UK Pop charts alongside the likes of Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, and The Police. It was a record she made on a $500 NEA grant in 1980. “Anytime somebody said, ‘I want a copy of your record,’ I would walk it over to the post office. One day someone called, they spoke with a British accent, and they said: we need some copies of your record. I said, ‘OK, how many?’ They said: 40,000. by Monday. And another 40,000 by Wednesday. I’ll. Get. Right. Back to you,” Anderson recalled. ...continues to page 29
Laurie Anderson addressing the audience at the Tang Museum on April 17, 2019, during the museum’s three-day Bardo Now series. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.
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2019 Historic Homes Egg Announces Fall Shows: Tour Set for May 11 Cowboy Junkies, Elliot Landy’s Woodstock SARATOGA SPRINGS — On the Saturday of Mother’s Day Weekend, the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, along with Honorary Co-Chairs Heather and Brian Straughter, will welcome spring with the 2019 Historic Homes Tour. This event offers the rare opportunity to see the interiors of private historic homes of the East Side neighborhood of Saratoga Springs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 11. Advance discounted tickets are $30 for SSPF members/$40 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased the day of the event for $35 members/$45 non-members at 112 Spring Street from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Funds raised at this event support the Foundation’s ongoing educational programs and efforts to preserve the unique architectural, landscaped, and cultural heritage of Saratoga Springs. EVENT DETAILS: • The Foundation kicks off the Historic Homes Tour with an exclusive Porch Party on Thursday, May 9 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. including live music from Swing Men, wine, and light fare from Lily and The Rose Catering. Porch Party tickets are limited and cost $100.
• Saratoga Springs City Historian Mary Ann Fitzgerald will share stories about the rich history of the Van Raalte Mill one of the buildings on the tour, in a presentation at the Van Raalte Mill, 125 High Rock Avenue, at 9:30 a.m. Breakfast will be provided. Tickets for Breakfast and Buildings are $20 SSPF Members/ $25 non-members. • At noon on Saturday, the Foundation will host a Lunch and Learn event at the New York State Military Museum, 61 Lake Ave. with a presentation by Charlie Kuenzel and Dave Patterson. The presentation will focus on the founding of the village at High Rock Spring to the rise of the Canfield Casino, the waters and gambling attracted the wealth from around the country to Saratoga Springs. Boxed lunches will be provided. Tickets for the Lunch and Learn event are $20 SSPF Members / $25 nonmembers. Both Breakfast & Buildings and Lunch and Learn events have limited seating. For more information about these events, go to: www. saratogapreservation.org or call 518-587-5030.
ALBANY — The Egg has added events featuring Cowboy Junkies, who perform Nov. 10, and Elliot Landy with Professor Louie and The Crowmatix, Nov. 23. Elliot Landy – the photographer whose iconic images of Bob Dylan and The Band – and many other rock musicians
– are etched in history as the most memorable record album covers of all time - has recently developed ‘Music Cinema’ - an innovative type of film experience. This is not a normal slide show, movie sound track or animated film but a presentation where music and images become one – featuring
a live performance by Professor Louie and The Crowmatix playing songs of Bob Dylan and The Band. Tickets are $20. Tickets for the Cowboy Junkies show are $49.50 and $59.50 and are available at The Egg Box Office at the Empire State Plaza and by telephone at: 518-473-1845.
HOME MADE THEATER HOLDS OPEN AUDITIONS SARATOGA SPRINGS — Home Made Theater holds auditions for their HMT to Go production of Martin McDonaugh’s “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 29 and Wednesday, May 1 at the Spa Little Theater in Saratoga Spa State Park. This Tony Award-winning
dark comedy is set in the provincial Irish town of Leenane. Forty-year-old Maureen Folan lives with her manipulative, aging mother Mag, stuck in a caretaking relationship that has them both seething with resentment. When a romantic encounter finally sparks Maureen’s hopes for an escape from her dreary existence, Mag’s
interference sets a chain of events in motion that is as tragically funny as it is terrifying. Callbacks will be held May 1. This HMT to Go production will be performed at Caffé Lena on Sunday, Aug. 4. For more audition information, visit www. HomeMadeTheater.org, or call 518-587-4427.
Northshire Bookstore Presents:
Off the Shelf with Anna Quindlen SARATOGA SPRINGS — Bestselling author Anna Quindlen will discuss her new book “Nanaville,” with Joe Donahue of WAMC Northeast Public Radio at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 in Gannett Auditorium, in Skidmore College's Palamountain Hall. The event is part of Northshire’s Off the Shelf series. Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of nine novels and while a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize. Tickets are available via Northshire.com and are $35 1 Seat, 1 Book: Admission for one and one hardcover copy of "Nanaville," and $45 - 2 Seats, 1 Book: Admission for two and one hardcover copy of "Nanaville."
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Laurie Anderson brings A Life of Storytelling to Saratoga Springs ...continued from page 27 “So, I called up Warner Bros. Records – they’d been coming to my shows and saying: don’t you want to make a record? I said, no, not really. But, I called them up and said: you know that record you wanted? Can you make a bunch of them really soon? And they said: well, that’s not the way we do things at Warner Bros Records and Tapes. We’ll sign an eight-record deal. What? “I got a lot of criticism from artists, for ‘selling out.’ A couple of months later, it was called ‘Crossing Over.’ And everyone wanted to do it.” The song, based on a prayer by French composer Jules Massenet is about the power of technology, and of loss, Anderson said. “Technology doesn’t save you. If you think technology is going to solve your problems, you don’t understand technology - and you don’t understand your problems,” she said. “It was really about the moment when we were going to go in and rescue the hostages. And America was going to go in and pull them out and American technology was going to shine. Then the helicopters crashed and burned in the desert,” she said, regarding the ill-fated military rescue attempt in April 1980. While that international success of the record made it easier for Anderson to create other things, she warns there is also a danger
Laurie Anderson reunites with Tom Lopez at the Tang Museum on April 17, 2019. Lopez’ ZBS Media studios in Washington County served as an artist-inresidence location for artists such as Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg in the 1970’s and ‘80s. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.
“Pop Culture,” she says with disdain. “What happened? Corporate America has entered culture. It’s disturbing to me, because it’s Culture Light. It’s America’s Got Talent culture. Nothing wrong with that except when they come into your neighborhood and go: we love the community you built and now we’re going to buy it, we’re going to brand it, and sell it back to you. And we’re going to curate it while we’re at it and say what’s important and what is not. “We have to think about what we’re making. Now, often you see it’s just about the box office – how many people get through the doors – and it doesn’t really matter
what the experience is. I do think that there’s art for everybody – but it’s a tricky thing, to make sure that it’s not just so watered down that it’s just feel-good stuff.” The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery is located on the campus of Skidmore College On exhibit through May 19: The Second Buddha: Master of Time presents the story of the legendary Indian Buddhist master Padmasambhava - widely credited with bringing Buddhism to the Tibetan lands. The exhibit features Tibetan scroll paintings (thangkas), textiles, and manuscripts from the 13th through 19th centuries.
Saratoga Springs Resident Vivian Nesbitt to Stage One-Woman Play at Music Hall ALBANY — Saratoga Springs resident Vivian Nesbitt portrays Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, in a presentation of “Mother Jones in Heaven” at the Cohoes Music Hall at 7:30 p.m. on May 16. “Mother Jones in Heaven” - a musical by Si Kahn, reminds audiences how powerful one person can be when in service to collective action and the betterment of others. The topic is as timely today as it was when “Mother” Jones was organizing the working class 100 years ago. With musical accompaniment by husband John Dillon, in a rousing musical about the infamous labor
organizer who led the charge for better working conditions and fair pay for miners, mill workers, and child laborers. Mother Jones was dubbed “The Most Dangerous Woman in America” because, according to a West Virginia judge, “at the crook of her little finger, she could get 8000 men to walk out on strike.” Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students and may be purchased online at www. thecohoesmusichall.org, by phone at 518-953-0630, and in person Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. 1 p.m. at the Music Hall Box Office, located at
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MADISON CHANDLER: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Photos provided.
“The reason I started playing was because I always grew up around baseball...” by Lindsay Wilson Saratoga TODAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Madison Chandler, a senior Blue Streak softball player, is taking her biggest inspirations from her supportive family. Chandler began playing softball at five years old because she wanted nothing more than to be like her baseball playing older brother Alex. “The reason I started playing was because I always grew up around baseball; I have an older brother, and I always wanted to be like him,” said Chandler. Her brother is more than the person who got her started in the sport, he is her constant support system as he practices with her, advises her and inspires her off the field as well. “He’s just who I look up to as a role model. He’s a good leader,” said Chandler.
Aside from her brother, she aspires to embody characteristics of Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, on and off the field. “He (Judge) is hard working, determined, even when he’s in a slump he always acts the same positive attitude,” said Chandler. This year the first baseman and centerfielder tried her hand at pitching for the first time. She’s been able to effortlessly rotate positions due to her natural talent, her extensive practice schedule and a little bit of luck from her special grey headband. “Ever since I got it, I always do well when I wear it. It’s just a superstition,” said Chandler. “Something about it just works.” Over all, she couldn’t have had this much success without her most supportive fans, which she says are “Definitely my parents. They come to every single game. I don’t think they ever missed
one,” said Chandler. “They always travel to tournaments with me over the summer. They are just always there.” Chandler will be following in her brother’s footsteps as she heads to the College of Saint Rose to continue her softball career where she will also study early childhood education.
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the turn of the century. Let’s not forget Oliver Lewis who guided Aristades to the winner’s circle in the inaugural race. As a group they had collectively won fifteen of the first twenty eight renditons of The Kentucky Derby. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
by Joe Raucci
for Saratoga TODAY THE BEGINNINGS It is called “The Run for the Roses” and “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports.” Call it what you may, there is no doubt that The Kentucky Derby is America’s greatest horserace. Let’s go back and take a look at some of its glorious history. So many great, near great, and not so great renditions of the race have been witnessed. We can only cover so much here. So let’s get started. It all started one hundred and forty five years ago. It was 1875. A racing meet began in Louisville, Kentucky. The course was named Churchill Downs. In that first year of the track’s existence, the initial Kentucky Derby was contested. The date of the race was May 17. A three-year-old colt, Aristides, took the event. That fact alone lends his name to the lore of the sport. Also worth noting, the first Derby was run at the distance of a mile and a half. It wasn’t until 1896 that the race was shortened to the classic distance of a mile and a quarter. Many of the three-yearold colts that won the nineteenth century runnings of the race are now just footnotes in hisory. What is of more interest to that era is the dominance of African American jockeys in “The Sport of Kings.” They were led by Isaac Murphy who took home three Derbys. He is considered one of the greatest race riders of all time and a charter member of horseracing’s Hall of Fame. Right behind Murphy were Willie Simms and Jimmy Winkfield. They took a pair of Derbys each at
Let’s move ahead to 1915. Harry Payne Whitney’s filly Regret took center stage in this Derby. She became the first female winner of the race. It would take sixty one years to duplicate this feat. Genuine Risk got hers in 1976. Winning Colors made it a hat trick when she held on to win the 1988 version. No filly has prevailed since. 1918 brought an end to the great World War 1. At Churchill Downs a colt with the apropos name Exterminator took the Derby. He would go on to become one of the great handicap stars of the American Turf. Sir Barton came along a year later. He got his Derby. He added the Preakness and Belmont Stakes to his resume to become the first of thirteen Triple Crown Champions. Of note, the term Triple Crown wasn’t used as a title for the series until 1930. America’s foremost Turf Writer Charles Hatton coined the phrase in the year of Gallant Fox, the second of the TC Champions. The Roaring Twenties brought the immortal Man O’ War to the forefront of sports pages across the country. His owner Samuel Riddle did not believe a colt should be asked to go ten furlongs so early in his three-year-old campaign. Man O’ War skipped the 1920 Derby in what surely would have been a cakewalk. 1923 came along. Harry Sinclair’s famed Rancocas Farm sent out the future Hall of Famer Zev. He easily took the race. Warren Harding, America’s twenty-ninth President, died unexpectedly that August. Soon after news of a major scandal in his administration hit home. Sinclair was heavily implicated in what became known as “Teapot Dome.” He ended up in Federal prison. With that came the end of Rancocas Farm, one of racing’s premier racing venues in the Golden Age of the sport.
Jockey Don Meade on the inside spars with Herb Fisher. Meade gets the call with longshot Broker’s Tip.
Churchill Downs circa 1940.
The 1925 Derby was won by Flying Ebony. Of note here, it was the first Derby that was broadcast on radio. Also it marked the great Earl Sande’s second Derby win. He had previously won it with Zev. He would win it one more time, five years later. The clock moves forward to 1930. This was the Year of Gallant Fox. William Woodward and his beloved Belair Stud notched their first Derby. Sande got his third. Belair would do it again in 1935 with Galland Fox’s progeny Omaha. Both these Derby winners went on to take the Triple Crown, the only father and son tandem to accomplish the feat. A year later, the 1931 event was moved to the first Saturday in May. Not realized at the time, this would become a Kentucky Derby tradition now in its eighty-ninth year.
The 1933 race deserves a look. The winner Broker’s Tip only had one win in his entire career. You guessed it, The Kentucky Derby. The story doesn’t end there. Don Mead, Broker’s Tip jockey and his counterpart Herb Fisher aboard Head Play beat on and whipped each other in a ferocious nose-tonose stretch drive. Inexplicably, neither rider was suspended for the rough riding. The finish of the race was called official with Broker’s Tip the winner by a nose. Ah... The Good Old Days! The year 1937 brought a change in thinking from Sam Riddle. Riddle faced the same dilemma that he was in seventeen years earlier. This time he had War Admiral, a son of Man O’ War as a Derby contender. He decided
to enter him. The decision was a wise one. The Admiral not only took the Derby, he went on to sweep the Preakness and Belmont Stakes to become the third Triple Crown winner of the decade. The Forties, brought one champion after another to Churchill Downs on Derby Day. Whirlaway was the first of a record eight winners produced by Warren Wright’s Calumet Farms. The Dean of America’s race riders Eddie Arcaro took him home for his second Derby score. When it was all said and done Arcaro would end up with five Kentucky Derby Trophies. Whirlaway went on to a Triple Crown season and became the only winner of that series to also win the Traver’s Stakes here at the Spa. continues to next page...
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make racing fans North Citation of Calumet Farms. of the Border proud. This Dancer was trained by the stylish Argentinean, Horatio Luro internationally known as “El Grand Senor” a title of the greatest respect in his native Spanish language. Bill Hartack, The Dean of Kentucky Derby race riding had the mount. He held off a late challenge by the formidable Hill Rise and got his Derby setting a new track record for the ten furlongs. On his retirement from racing Northern Dancer became one of the most important sires to ever enter a breeding shed. His DNA stretches universally in the bloodlines of thoroughbred champions. The great Damascus came to Louisville in 1967 looking to take the roses for the asking. Unfortunately he was spooked by the large crowd. Plainly speaking it was not his day. He finished a lackluster third. Damascus went on to become one of the premier stars of the turf. His head-to-head battles with Dr Fager are the stuff of legends. The following year disaster struck the famed race. Peter Fuller won the 1968 version of the Derby with Dancer’s Image. The scene at the winners circle was one that you would expect from a racing stable that had just captured America’s greatest race. The exhilaration was short lived. A post race urinalysis found traces of Phenylbutazone, a painkiller that was illegal and could not be administered to horses racing in Kentucky. The State Racing Commission came down with this harsh verdict. Dancer’s Image was disqualified and placed last. The Derby, it’s trophy, and Eddie Arcaro (right) and Bill Hartack. purse money were awarded to The duo notched ten Derbys between them. Calumet Farms and Forward The sixties ended on a high trainer. Also, it was Bill Hartack’s Pass who finished second in the race. Courtroom battles lingered note. Majestic Prince became the Swan Song as he rode his fifth and for years over the decision. The first unbeaten colt to take the Derby final Kentucky Derby winner. Next week we will take a look original ruling after all was litigated since Morvich pulled it off in 1922. prevailed. With it, a sorry chapter Of note here, Johnny Longden at the Derby from Secretariat and in the annals of the Kentucky became the first and only horseman the 1970’s through the first two to win the race as both a jockey and decades of this Century. Derby was finally put to rest.
Move ahead to 1943. It was all Count Fleet. The great Johnny Longden took him on a joyride as he took the Derby with the utmost ease. He then buried his competition in the final two jewels of the crown. HIs dominance of that series wasn’t duplicated until Secretariat came along in 1973. Count Fleet...An all time great! The war ended in 1945. A year later King Ranch and trainer Max Hirsch sent out Assault to contest the Derby... and assault he did. He breezed to an eight length victory on his way to The Triple Crown Trophy. He became the third colt in six years to sweep the crown. Two years later storied Calumet iced the Derby with the immortal Citation. He went on to obliterate all competition to seize the fourth Triple Crown of the decade. 1949 brought another Derby Trophy to Calumet. The immensely talented Steve Brooks guided Ponder to the winner circle. This one was special. The race was locally televised for the first time. Three years later it was presented nationwide. The 1950’s opened with a bang. A sixteen-year-old apprentice jockey named Bill Boland guided Middleground to victory in the first Derby of that decade. Boland would go on to a Hall of Fame career that spanned twenty years. Three years later the Racing Gods were not in a kindly mood. Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt brought his super horse Native Dancer to the Bluegrass State looking to conquer the Derby. In one of the worst rides in Kentucky Derby history, jockey Eric Guerin piloted the Great Dancer on a scenic tour of the course. As entrepreneur and racetrack legend Tommy Roberts relayed a quotable quip to this writer...”Guerin put him everywhere except the ladies room.” It was the only time the Big Gray lost a race. Despite his Derby loss, he is considered one of the greatest racehorses of all time...One of the immortals. 1955 brought a Derby that pitted East verses West. Belair Stud sent out the great star Nashua to compete against Rex Ellsworth’s
West coast invader Swaps. The cowboys from California got the best of the East coast bluebloods in this one. Swaps prevailed, setting up a Match Race later that summer. Nashua got even this time besting Swaps by six lengths. They both rank among America’s Greatest Champions and hold highly respected positions in the Hall of Fame here on Union Avenue. Two years later it was a Derby to remember. Three of the toughest gladiators in the history of the sport knocked heads to get the prize. They were Bold Ruler, Round Table, and Gallant Man. It was not to be their day. In a nightmare ending Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man misjudged the finish line. This gave Bill Hartack the greatest gift of his fabulous career. He got the nod over Gallant Man by a nose with lightly regarded Iron Liege. In so doing Hartack seized his second of a co-record five Kentucky Derby scores. 1958 saw another Calumet star Tim Tam take the Derby. Five weeks later he went to the Belmont Stakes as a prohibitive favorite to take the Triple Crown. At the top of the stretch he took the lead. In a split second Lady Luck took a devastating turn. Tim Tam suffered a career ending leg injury. Yet with the grit and courage of a champion he was able to finish the race a game second to the winner Cavan. The 1961 version of the Derby was all Carry Back. Without question he was a fan favorite. He was owned by Jack Price, a self-made millionaire who loved the spotlight. He acquired the services of Johnny Sellers to ride his stead. Carry Back with his patented come from behind move gave his fans everything they could ask for as he swept past the field and nailed down his Derby. Johhny Sellers would wow fans here at the Spa a year later when he finished the then four week meeting with thirty-five wins and a highly deserved riding title. Three years later Canada came to the Derby. That country’s leading horseracing figure E. P. Taylor brought the great Northern Dancer to Louisville. This guy was about to
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LEAGUE GAMES THIS WEEK ARE AS FOLLOWS: Baseball
■ Ballston (Girls) v. Averill Park 12 p.m. at Averill Park
FRIDAY 4/26
WEDNESDAY 5/1
WEDNESDAY 5/1
SATURDAY 4/27
■ Saratoga (Boys) v. Shaker 4:15 p.m. at Colonie
■ Ballston (Girls) v. Averill Park 5:30 p.m. at Ballston
■ Saratoga (Boys) v. Colonie 12 p.m. at East Side Rec.
■ Ballston (Girls) v. Liverpool 3 p.m. at Gillette Field 1
■ Ballston (Boys) v. Shenendehowa 4:15 p.m. at Ballston
■ Schuylerville (Girls) v. Scotia 4:30 p.m. at Schuylerville
■ Schuylerville (Boys) v. Lansingburgh 12 p.m. at Lansingburgh
■ Spa Catholic (Girls) v. Whitehall 9 a.m. at Whitehall
■ Schuylerville (Boys) v. Scotia 4:10 p.m. at Schuylerville
THURSDAY 5/2
SATURDAY 4/27
MONDAY 4/29
■ Ballston (Boys) v. Averill Park 11 a.m. at Averill Park
■ Saratoga (Girls) v. Schenectady 4:15 p.m. at Saratoga
■ Spa Catholic (Boys) v. Whitehall 7 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park
■ Ballston (Girls) v. Troy 4:15 p.m. at Troy
MONDAY 4/29
■ Schuylerville (Girls) v. Hudson Falls 4:30 p.m. at Hudson Falls
■ Schuylerville (Boys) v. Glens Falls 4:30 p.m. at Schuylerville ■ Spa Catholic (Boys) v. Stillwater at Veteran’s Memorial Park
TUESDAY 4/30 ■ Spa Catholic (Boys) v. Hoosick 6 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park
WEDNESDAY 5/1 ■ Saratoga (Boys) v. Shaker 7:30 p.m. at Shaker ■ Ballston (Boys) v. Shenendehowa 4:15 p.m. ■ Schuylerville (Boys) v. South Glens Falls 4:30 p.m. at Schuylerville
FRIDAY 5/3
■ Schuylerville (Boys) v. Glens Falls 4:10 p.m. at Schuylerville
■ Ballston (Boys) v. Averill Park 4:15 p.m. at Ballston.
Lacrosse
■ Schuylerville (Boys) v. South Glens Falls 7 p.m. at Schuylerville ■ Schuylerville (Girls) v. Greenwich 4:30 p.m. at Greenwich
■ Spa Catholic (Girls) v Stillwater 7 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park
■ Ballston (Girls) v. Colonie 12 p.m. at Ballston
SATURDAY 5/4
TUESDAY 4/30
SATURDAY 4/27
■ Spa Catholic (Girls) v. Hoosick 6 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park
■ Saratoga (Boys) v. Guilderland 11 a.m. at Saratoga
WEDNESDAY 5/1
■ Saratoga (Girls) v. Guilderland 11 a.m. at Guilderland
■ Saratoga (Girls) v. Shaker 6:30 p.m. at Plumeri Sports Complex ■ Ballston (Girls) v. Shenendehowa 4:15 p.m. at Ballston
■ Ballston (Boys) v. Colonie 12 p.m. at Colonie
MONDAY 4/29
■ Schuylerville (Girls) v. South Glens Falls 4:30 p.m. at Schuylerville
■ Schuylerville (Girls) v. Queensbury 4:30 p.m. at Queensbury
■ Spa Catholic (Girls) v. Berlin 7 p.m. Veteran’s Memorial Park
TUESDAY 4/30
Tennis
Softball
■ Ballston (Boys) v. Christian Brothers 4:15 p.m. at Ballston
■ Saratoga (Girls) v. Colonie 12 p.m. at Saratoga
■ Saratoga (Girls) v. Queensbury 4:30 p.m. at Queensbury
FRIDAY 4/26
■ Saratoga (Boys) v. Niskayuna 4:15 p.m. at Niskayuna
FRIDAY 4/26
THURSDAY 5/2
MONDAY 4/29
TUESDAY 4/30 ■ Saratoga (Boys) v. Shenendehowa 4:15 p.m. at Saratoga
■ Saratoga (Boys) v. Christian Brothers 7 p.m. at Christian Brothers Academy ■ Ballston (Boys) v. Albany 4:15 p.m. at Ballston ■ Ballston (Girls) v. Albany 6:30 p.m. at Albany ■ Schuylerville (Boys) v. Glens Falls 7 p.m. at Schuylerville
■ Saratoga (Boys) v. Colonie 3 p.m. at Saratoga
Track & Field SATURDAY 4/27 ■ Ballston Spa, Glens Falls, Queensbury, Colonie (Boys & Girls) 9 a.m. at Hudson Falls HS
TUESDAY 4/30 ■ Ballston Spa, Christian Brothers (Boys) 4:15 p.m. at Guilderland ■ Ballston (Girls) v. Guilderland 4:15 p.m. at Guilderland ■ Schuylerville (Boys & Girls) v. Queensbury 4:30 p.m. at Schuylerville ■ Spa Catholic (Boys & Girls) v. Tamarac and Mechanicville at 4:15 p.m.
*All information subject to change due to weather.
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Local Athletes
Two Local Athletes Recognized
All Star�Moments Baseball Saratoga Central Catholic Baseball v. Waterford
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WINNING PITCHER & RECORD: Terel Tillman 2-1 HIGHLIGHTS: Senior, Terel Tillman throws his first career no – hitter. Dante Marin 2-2 double, single two runs. Billy Murdick 2-3 double, single 2RBI. Ryan McCarroll 2-2, 2 singles RBI. HOME TEAM RECORD: 6-1 Overall: 8-1
Softball Ballston Spa Softball v. Bethlehem FINAL SCORE: Ballston Spa 10 v. Bethlehem 1 Bethlehem Record 3-2 Ballston Spa 3-0 (League and Overall) Ballston Spa Pitcher: Lauren Kersch- 7 k’s, 1 BB; Ballston Spa Catcher: Angelina Stile Bethlehem Pitcher(s): Anna Cleary (loss) 5 1/3- 6 k’s, 8 hits, 4 BB, Sophia Miranda (relief) 1 2/3- 1 K, 2 hits, 2 BB Bethlehem Catcher: Abby Campbell EXTRA BASE HITS: HR - B-Spa: Ana Gold RBI - B-Spa: Megan McMahon (2), Gold (2), Katelyn Hilko (3) Bethlehem - NONE MULTIPLE HITS: McMahon (B)- 2 Katelyn Hilko (B)-2 Clara Boegel (Bethlehem)-2 HIGHLIGHTS: Top 1st: 2 out walk drawn by Ana Gold and a Stolen Base puts her into scoring position. Angelina Stile draws a walk. Kersch helps her cause with a two out RBI single to put B-Spa 1-0. Next batter flies out.
2nd Inning: Lead off single from Caroline Srokowski, followed by a sac bunt from Sgambati putting Srokowski into scoring position. McMahon with a two out RBI single putting B-Spa up 2-0. Bottom 2: Abby Campbell with a lead off single. B-spa retires the next two batters. Two out walk drawn from Julia Rupinski followed by an error on the next play to score Campbell making the score 2-1 B-Spa. Top 4: Srokowski Hit by Pitch leading off the inning. Next two batters, fly out and ground out. Srokowski advancing on the ground out. McMahon with another RBI single, advancing to 2nd on the throw to home. Paige Witalec with a pinch hit for an RBI single putting B-spa up 4-1. Ana Gold with a 2 out, 2 run HR stretching the lead to 6-1. (No Bethlehem runners past 2nd base for the rest of the game). Several base hits help the Scotties score a run in the 5th. 7th Inning: Katelyn has a 2 RBI single stretching the lead to 9-1; Scotties score one more run in the 7th on an error.
Left to Right: Dolly Carns, Aidan Howley, August Mahoney. Photo provided.
Dolly Carns and August Mahoney were selected as Suburban Council Athletes of Year. Carns is a Junior at Saratoga Springs, while Mahoney is a senior at Albany Academy. They are both pictured with their longtime trainer Aidan Howley, owner of 518ATHLETE. Mahoney began training with Howley at the age of 9 and is now
committed to playing Division 1 basketball at Yale. Carns, who has over 40 Division 1 programs with interest, began her training with Howley at 12. “I’m honestly so lucky to be able to work with athletes of their caliber,” said Mahoney. “As talented as they are, these are two of the hardest working athletes in the gym.”
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COMMUNITY SPORTS BULLETIN Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company Presents the 7th Annual Saratoga Paddlefest & Outdoor Expo SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company presents the 7th Annual Saratoga Paddlefest and Outdoor Expo 2019, on Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will take place at Mountainman’s Paddlesports shop at Fish Creek Marina, 251 County Rt. 67, and Mountainman Outdoor Gear and Clothing Shop on Broadway in downtown Saratoga Springs. Saratoga Paddlefest is the Capital Region’s largest canoe, kayak, and SUP sale. This year’s show will also feature the Annual Saratoga Paddlefest Kayak Fishing Tournament on Sunday, April 28. Saratoga Paddlefest offers the largest selection of canoes, kayaks and SUP’s in New York and gives paddlers the opportunity to test-paddle before they buy. More than 1000 canoes, kayaks and paddleboards from more than a dozen leading manufacturers will be for sale. The event features free clinics and demos from leading experts in the Paddlesports and Outdoor industry to help you improve your paddling techniques and put you in the best equipment for your individual needs. In addition to boats, there will be a full lineup of paddling gear and accessories for sale, including paddles, lifejackets, rack systems, trailers and more. Experts will help you choose the right gear to outfit your new canoe, kayak or paddleboard. The event is
free to the public with a nominal fee for test paddling and the fishing tournament. For more information, a free event guide, a clinic schedule and directions, go to www.saratogapaddlefest.com. In addition to the Fish Creek Marina festivities, the newly expanded Outdoor Gear and Clothing Shop at 490 Broadway, Saratoga Springs will be celebrating with special sale prices on gear, clothing and footwear from brands such as Patagonia, Keen, Osprey and more. Sales representatives from many of these brands will be on hand to demonstrate gear and hold free clinics.
Saratoga Recreation Department Mark your calendars for another summer of fun with the Recreation Department! A variety of engaging sporting activities are available, including baseball, boys and girls basketball, boxing, field hockey, ice skating, running, skateboarding, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. • Soccer Programs: Little Kickers, Big Kickers, and Soccer Leagues will run April 27-June 22. NEW! The Adult Soccer League will be held Saturdays, April 27-June 22. Little Kickers is a parent/child activity that teaches soccer basics. Big Kickers reinforces skills and introduces participants to games. League play is separated into grade appropriate divisions. The Adult Soccer League is informal but will follow FIFA laws. • Saratoga Springs Ice Rink: Visit SaratogaRec. com and click on the ice skate for the schedule. Call 518-583-3462 or 518-587-3550, ext. 2300 or email recreservations@saratoga-springs.org with questions.
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Visit SaratogaRec.com and click Programs for additional information and to download forms. Contact the Recreation Department at 518-587-3550, ext. 2300 or email recreservations@saratoga-springs.org.
Camp Saradac Registration is Open SARATOGA SPRINGS — For over 70 years Camp Saradac has offered exciting field trips, creative recreational and educational programs, and intriguing arts and crafts. Everyone age 5-12 are welcome. This summer there will also be daily trips to the East Side Recreation Center to take advantage of the wide open outdoor spaces, playgrounds, and interactive spray fountain. Visit SaratogaRec.com and click Summer Camps for additional information and to download forms. Contact the Recreation Department with questions at 518-587-3550, ext. 2300 or email recreservations@ saratoga-springs.org.
Women’s Basketball Seeking Officials SARATOGA SPRINGS — Section 2 of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is looking for people who are interested in being trained to officiate high school girls’ basketball for the 2019/2020 season. Classes to be held by Jim Perkins in Saratoga and will begin in early September. For further information contact Jim Perkins at Ref4bball@gmail.com or 518-692-9486.