LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 12
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Issue 20
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May 18 – May 24, 2018
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7 Decades Serving Saratoga STARK AUTO ROLLS DOWN ITS DOOR FOR THE LAST TIME by Marissa Gonzalez Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — On May 15 one of the oldest garages in Saratoga, Stark Auto, closed up shop for the last time. “It’s like going full blast then stopping all of a sudden,” Stark said. This past week Stark has been seeing his last customers, packing up and saying goodbyes to town regulars that have been customers
Sid Stark. Photo by Marissa Gonzalez.
for years. It is apparent that Stark was not only a local business but a neighbor people could rely on. In fact, now former customers are seeking Stark’s advice on where to take their car troubles next. “I think we’re an institution of some kind,” Stark said. “It goes back 72-years-ago when my father started it after he got out of the army in World War II and came to Saratoga,” he said. See Story pg. 16
DAVID CASSIDY F O U R N E W GETS HIS DAY HALL of FAMERS by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
by Lori Mahan Saratoga TODAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Susan Cox remembers those magical nights, eyes fixed on the television set in her grandparents living room in Indiana, waiting to see what kind of musical mayhem would ensue. On the screen, a single mother of five alternated sitting behind the wheel of the family’s multicolored school bus and “playing” the piano to lead her musically imbued children in song.
SARATOGA COUNTY — At 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 20 at the Hilton Hotel in Troy, the Upstate New York Basketball Hall of Fame will be inducting 15 people into the basketball hall of fame. Four of the inductees are local to the Saratoga Springs area: Tim DeGregory, Carl Luciano, Dan Tallman, and Rich Johns.
See Story pg. 31
Rich Johns, a long-time educator and coach at Saratoga Springs Central School District, is receiving the John Cahill Community Service Award. “I’m honored by the induction. I’m looking forward to it. Johnny Cahill was one of the top referees in the country for years. I got the call and I sent a letter to a buddy of mine and I said, ‘I’m getting See Story pg. 36
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