Saratoga Springs News

Following an 8-month search process, St Margaret's Episcopal Church of Belfast has found a new rector, Skidmore graduate Rev. Martha G. Kirkpatrick.

Chuck Fetekes says the timing of the fire at his Lansingburg eatery couldn't be much worse - 4th of July weekend and a day after floodwater at another of his locations in Cohoes cost him half a day that he could have spent preparing to open a new shop in Saratoga Springs.

Signs of the recession could be on display in the sky at your local fireworks show.

Families pass time by playing wiffle ball outside the gates at Saratoga Performing Arts Center before listening to the Dave Matthews Band for free. Here are tips for the some of the best places to catch free SPAC.

WTEN and other television stations owned by Young Broadcasting Inc. are scheduled to be auctioned later this month as part of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.

A decision by the Civil Service Employees Association to forgo a giant inflatable rat at a Spa City protest was well advised, as torrential rainfall besieged pickets in front of the City Center shortly after their demonstrations began on Tuesday, June 30. ... Mayor Scott Johnson says the city cannot afford the CSEA proposal.

Tears rimmed Saratoga Springs resident Joseph Hauser's eyes as he watched his daughter, Charlotte, disappear behind the gymnasium door.

For those itching to pack the cooler, chomp a cigar and thumb through racing stats under the Saratoga sun, post time just got a little bit closer.

The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden presents the first retrospective of the work of Yaddo's Anne Truitt, a pioneering figure in the development of American abstract art.

Motorists who spotted a baby moose trying to jump a guard rail on Tuesday were met by the anger of a protective mother.

A Saratoga County builder and contractor who was accused of ripping off homeowners has been sentenced but has avoided jail time.

Louis Romanet, Chairman of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, will discuss the importance of and need for international harmonization of medication policies when he delivers the keynote address at The Jockey Club's 57th annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs on August 23rd.

A settlement of a key portion of a legal battle between the Shinnecock Indian Nation and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs fed widespread media speculation that the Shinnecocks and their Detroit-based financial backers are now on a fast track to opening a gaming facility in New York City or on Long Island.

They hope it won't be as bad as last year, when rain soaked almost the first half of the season.

Gov. David Paterson talks to the media this morning after speaking at the New York Conference of Mayors meeting in Saratoga Springs.

Fasig-Tipton will host a five-kilometer race and a one-mile "fun run" Aug. 15 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Both events will start in front of the auction firm's Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion.

A Saratoga Springs man has pled guilty in Schenectady County Court to all 19 counts of an indictment charging him with attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree, among other charges.

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Steve Puricelli admits he couldn't have picked a worse day to buy a motel - September 15, 2008.

There were only two other fillies who lined up in the Belmont Park starting gate with the imposing Rachel Alexandra in Saturday's $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes.

Linda McAllister didn't just like hiking. She was passionate about it, and had backpacked through the Grand Canyon and several national parks.