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Concerts will bring heavy traffic to Saratoga Springs
People traveling through Saratoga Springs this week should expect heavy traffic. New York State Park Police have issued a heavy traffic advisory with three nearly sold-out concerts playing at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The Tyler Childers show is set for Wednesday night, and the Dave Matthews Band will be...
Saratoga Springs official's $60,000 legal bill sparks taxpayer outrage
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (WRGB) — Saratoga Springs taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $60,000 in attorney fees racked up by one city official alone for services rendered over the last six weeks. Outside counsel hired by the city’s Commissioner of Accounts, Dillon Moran, related to an...
Swimming free at state parks
Families will be able to swim for free in the Peerless and Victoria pools at Saratoga Spa State Park, as part of an initiative by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hochul on Tuesday launched her “Get Offline, Get Outside” campaign. The goal is to promote mental and physical health and encourage families and kids to spend more time outdoors.
Frederick Douglass Speaks on Democracy
Frederick Douglass interpreter Nathan M. Richardson will speak about the meaning of American Democracy in the words of the former slave turned writer, orator and abolitionist. The program will be held at the Frederick Allen Elks Lodge No 609, 69 Beekman Street in Saratoga Springs on Sunday, July 28 at 2pm and is jointly sponsored by the Lodge and the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum.
Saratoga Springs Publishing to offer events in new downtown space
Saratoga Springs Publishing recently celebrated the opening of its new location. Vicki Addesso Dodd, a local author who started the publishing business in 2012, is thrilled about this next chapter for the company. “Originally I just did it for fun, and 12 years later we’ve got a pretty significant label...
Ballston Spa Presents Concerts in the Park Series
The Ballston Spa Business and Professional Association, located in Ballston Spa, NY, has announced its summer concert series, “Concerts in the Park.” Events and performances will take place weekly on Thursdays from 6-8 pm in Lions Music Park at the historic Iron Spring Park on Front Street. Attendees can enjoy performances from a wide variety of performers, including community symphonic bands and local rock groups.
Saratoga Springs celebrates its cycling legacy with a historical marker
A new historical marker in downtown Saratoga Springs celebrates the city’s ties to bicycling. Wentworth Rollins made history when he rode his 52-inch Columbia high-wheel penny farthing from New York City to Chicago over three months. Now, just across the street from Congress Park, a blue and gold plaque...
The Orchard Project Has Deep Saratoga Roots
Saratoga Springs might be the next off-off Broadway hotspot. No joke. That’s the vision of Ari Edelson, Artistic Director of New York City–based The Orchard Project, which Edelson describes as a “Yaddo for performance” that’s helped workshop, incubate and accelerate hundreds of plays and dramatic stories, including many that went on to off-Broadway and Broadway, winning Obies and Tonys along the way. For the last nine summers, Edelson has been bringing his artists and their creative output to the Spa City as a kind of creative testing ground for new works that will be produced across the country.
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