Ballston Spa News

Ron and Michelle Riggi's front yard on North Broadway is a stop on the Secret Garden Tour Sunday.

Grievance alleges overtime favoritism Posted on: 07/08/09 Charles Wiff, Spotlight Staff email: wiffc@spotlightnews.com A formal grievance filed by the Town of Malta highway union accuses the highway superintendent of handing out overtime preferentially and putting employees in unsafe situations.

State Police arrested a contractor from Ballston Spa today for allegedly ripping off an elderly couple that hired him to work on their home.

Scott and Carolyn Frances, owners of 51 Front Wine Bar & Bistro in Ballston Spa, have opened a casual spot across the street called Chicory's Ballston Brasserie.

Reliable power is so important to GlobalFoundries Inc.'s planned $4.2 billion computer chip factory here that National Grid is upgrading large sections of its service territory feeding into the facility.

What a difference a year makes. Last April, Sylvia Fletcher appeared as the featured speaker at the Morrisville-Eaton Elementary School's Writer's Jubilee, where she shared her love for ventriloquism and writing with an audience of more than 500 elementary school kids from all over Central New York.

It's hard to miss Mario's Ice Cream on its stretch of Route 50 in Ballston Spa. The out-sized orange-and-white umbrellas shading a pair of tables match the board-and-batten storefront.

Juicy Burgers & More, which opened in Ballston Spa/Milton in September, is working on opening its second location by the end of the summer.

Tuesday was a normal evening at Abner Doubleday Park -- except for the television cameramen.

Prosecutors are dismissing the charges against a teenage baseball player accused of kicking a helmet and punching an opponent, Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy said on Tuesday.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School seniors make their way into the SPAC amphitheater for their commencement ceremony on Wednesday.

Hollywood screenwriters take notice: The material for your next drama can be found on the field of the Ballston Spa Junior Baseball League.

HIGH POINT, N.C. a ' Thomas Built Buses dealer Matthews Buses Inc. has acquired Maybrook, N.Y.-based Quality Bus and Truck Sales.

From his Saratoga County home, Dennis Ulery on Thursday demonstrates how, when he switches to CBS 6, his television will only display a "Channel Not Available" readout.

Janice M. Lapage, 71, of Fort Covington, NY, died Saturday morning, June 13th, 2009, at the Massena Memorial Hospital in Massena, NY.A She had been a patient there since June 7th.

Q: Two recent inquiries express concern about pedestrian safety on Route 155 in Colonie.

Jennifer Bullington plays Judy with Ian LaChance playing Bill in Curtain Call Theatre's production of "Perfect Wedding." LATHAM - Jen Bullington doesn't mind keeping busy.

Adam F. Rosander, 24, of Malta has been arrested for the stabbing of a 19-year-old male from Cohoes at Lee's Campground in Saratoga in May.

Renewable Power Systems LLC, a solar installation company in Averill Park, N.Y., has had its assets substantially acquired by Wilton, Conn.-based Alteris Renewables Inc.

The change in how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines alcohol-related deaths from 2006 to 2007 made it appear drunken driving deaths dropped about 25 percent, when in fact deaths had remained consistent - but the definition of "alcohol-impaired death" had been changed.