Saratoga Springs News

Saratoga Springs and Shenendehowa waged a battle for the girls Class AA team title at Friday's Section II Cross Country Championships at Saratoga Spa State Park.

Looking back, there's little surprise in Saratoga Springs' convincing 31-7 victory over Ballston Spa in Friday night's Class AA Super Bowl.

Lindsay Mayo scored twice as top-seeded Niskayuna beat No. 2 Saratoga Springs, 2-1, in the Section II Class A field hockey championship on the turf at Shenendehowa High School.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Saratoga County Public Health has received a small allocation of H1N1 influenza vaccine.

The bottom line still is that borrowers must be credit-worthy, says Thomas Amell, regional president for First Niagara.

The Saratoga football team denied Ballston Spa a chance at capturing the 2009 Empire Division last month by first beating the Scotties 17-14 and then blasting Shenendehowa 51-20 to end the regular season at 5-0 in divisional play.

Mayor Scott Johnson coasted to re-election Tuesday, as well as the rest of the Republicans on the ticket in city races.

Most incumbent mayors and town supervisors in the Capital Region fought off challenges from opponents in Tuesday's elections.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2003, A SITTING MAYOR IN SARATOGA SPRINGS HAS WON RE-ELECTION. IT WAS A HEATED CAMPAIGN -- BUT IN THE END, REPUBLICAN SCOTT JOHNSON EMERGED AS THE VICTOR.

City voters re-elected Scott Johnson to the Spa City's highest office, marking the first Republican two-term mayor in a decade.

The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes the Statue of Liberty as it arrives in New York Harbor.

On Tuesday, Capital Region voters take charge. Polls are open across the region from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Among the highlights: MAYORS: In Albany, Corey Ellis and Nathan LeBron challenge incumbent Mayor Jerry Jennings.

There's a good enough chance that at least one of the municipal elections throughout the Capital Region today will be just close enough to drive home the point that every vote really does count.

Haille Bates, 2, of Saratoga Springs runs with her father, John, as they chase pumpkins down Caroline Street during the eighth annual Saratoga Fall Festival Saturday.

Freshman Keelin Hollowood ran first, and five of her Saratoga Springs teammates finished in the top 10 as the Blue Streaks captured the girlsa Suburban Council championship Saturday at Saratoga State Park.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Saratoga "Streaked" into the Class AA Super Bowl against Ballston Spa next Friday with a 32-0 disposing of Schenectady.

Saratoga County James A. Murphy, III announced on Thursday, Oct. 28 the conviction of two individuals involved in a stabbing and beating of a victim as they were leaving Club 388 on Broadway in Saratoga Springs that occurred on Feb.

Farmers markets: Saturday is the final day outside for several of the Capital Region's farmers markets, including Saratoga Springs from 9 to 1.

Two-hundred Taxi Libre taxistas descended upon the Servicio MA©dico Forense on Friday, October 23, to give support to the family of a taxi driver murdered while cruising for fares Wednesday afternoon.

Attorneys for Richard Saxton have filed an appeal of his conviction in the Wurld Media Inc.