Saratoga Springs News

FESTIVAL : Saratoga Victorian Streetwalk @ various locations, Saratoga Springs. The annual holiday celebration is highlighted by a tree-lighting celebration as well as more than 45 sites with free entertainment throughout downtown Saratoga.

Bikeatoga will be holding its annual Holiday Kids Bike Giveaway on Saturday December 7, 2013 in Saratoga Springs.

If there was to be a counterbalance to "Django Unchained," it is "12 Years a Slave," the harrowing and unfathomable tale of Solomon Northrup , a free black man tricked into traveling to Washington, D.C. and ending up in chains for over a decade.

A Colonie woman has pleaded guilty to one Count of Driving While Intoxicated and one Count of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the First Degree, both Felonies.

Travel + Leisure magazine named Saratoga Springs as one of the best college towns in the nation.

NYRA has a plan to get to profitability without VLT money which involves increases in track admission and parking, a hike in simulcast fees , closing the Aqueduct training facilities during non-racing months, and reducing legal and other expenses.

On December 2nd around 7:15 p.m. police received a report of a robbery at the Suman Convenient Store in Riverfront Center.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. The New York Racing Association will meet in New York City Wednesday afternoon to discuss the budget for the 2014 racing season.

Amjad Hammad, MD, owner of Saratoga Vireo-Retinal Ophthalmology and CEO of New York Eye Surgical Center, recently announced the 6,000th patient to the group's electronic medical record system, according to a report from the Saratogian.

MUSIC : Los Lobos @ The Egg , Albany. Melding the music of their Mexican-American heritage with blues, rockabilly, jazz and more, Los Lobos is simply one of the best roots-rockin' bands on the planet.

The Saratoga County chief executive's son must avoid arrest and attend drug treatment court under a sentence imposed by a judge.

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. On Monday, the town of Rotterdam took another step in selecting an emergency medical services provider, as the town clerk's office opened for bids for the town contract.

MUSIC : Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys @ McGeary's Pub , Albany. Bluegrass on wry - with new member Scott Hopkins on banjo.

The Saratoga County Sheriff's Office says a 45-year-old man has died after being struck by a Jeep Wrangler as he walked along a rural road near his home.

Shayne Richardson, 21, of Saratoga Springs, and Luis Garcia, 23, of Brooklyn, were arrested after police responded to a fight in progress call on Pavilion Row at 4:02 a.m. It is alleged that both Richardson and Garcia caused serious physical injury to another person during an assault.

MUSIC : Badge @ the Parting Glass , Saratoga Springs. The North Country rockers reunite for their first gig in almost 30 years.

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. - It is Small Business Saturday and today some local lawmakers are touring local businesses to show their support.

The Saratoga Springs Board of Education on Monday will consider firing a teacher that a Saratoga County jury acquitted of initiating unwanted and inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old female student.

MUSIC : Darlene Love @ the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center , Great Barrington. The voice of "He's a Rebel," the star of the documentary "20 Feet From Stardom" and a bona fide Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, the veteran singer brings her full band to town for her "Love for the Holidays" concert.

Chefs, from left, Roslyn Zecchini, executive chef, Boca Bistro, Saratoga Springs, Ric Orlando, executive chef-partner, New World Bistro Car, Albany and Dimitrios Menagias, executive chef, The City Beer Hall, Albany with an Easy-Bake oven in the Times Union studio Wednesday Nov. 28, 2012.