Saratoga Springs News

Select Sotheby's is hosting an open house blitz from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Visit any 5 and get your passport stamped for a chance to win a wine basket.

Signs protesting a proposed solar farm line the road in front of 120 Denton Road on Sept 24, 2013, in Greenfield, N.Y. The signs were erected to demonstrate the unhappiness of the local residents to a proposed solar farm to be installed by Skidmore College in a field close to these residents.

State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav R. Shah has empaneled a commission charged to 'create an effective, integrated health care delivery system for preventative, medical, behavioral and long-term care services to all communities throughout New York's north country.'

One reason the true stories of the Civil War are so compelling 150 years later is that they are mostly about ordinary people who rose to extraordinary heights.

Authorities say 30-year-old Kevin King became angry at his 3-month-old baby, Brett, for crying in August.

Thursday's meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall. NEWS10 ABC has been told that public comments will not be allowed.

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.