Saratoga Springs News

I t's a short holiday season this year, so let's get right to it: You need some holiday spirit and there's plenty of it in the Capital Region - if you know where to look.

And right now, the film's celebrated cast and director are even more far-flung: "I think Steve McQueen's on a plane at the moment, and Michael [Fassbender]'s in New Zealand or something, and Lupita [Nyong'o]'s in Paris," 12 Years star Chiwetel Ejiofor tells EW.

Site of the former Tobin First Prize packing plant on Exchange Street Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013, in West Albany, NY.

A casino in Saratoga Springs is not a sure bet , but two groups - an anti and a new pro - are debating it as if it were.

Irish folk music legends the Chieftains team up with guitar great Ry Cooder for four nights and three full days of music making, workshops, concerts, singing, dancing and great food at Saratoga Springs' Gideon Putnam Resort from Monday-Friday, July 7-11.

Tickets will go on sale to SPAC members in February and to the general public in March.

Albany Mayor-elect Kathy Sheehan has been elected chair of the Capital District Transportation Committee, a policy-making board that oversees distribution of federal transportation funds in four of the five counties - Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady - that make up the metropolitan area.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. A full-casino license will be granted in the Capital Region after New York voters approved the measure in November, and many want to expand a current casino rather than build a new one.

White Plains Nurse Practitioner Stephen Ferrara, executive director of the Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State, recently spoke at the NPA's annual conference in Saratoga Springs.

The Chieftains, infectious giants of traditional Irish folk music, will host a four-day event next summer packed with music, seminars, workshops and "merriment" at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs.

A test proctor is someone who assists in the administration of a test given by the state, city and/or county.

Hundreds of construction contractors will be gathering this week in Saratoga Springs for an annual three-day conference.

TDSB holds its first meeting of the school year in Toronto on Sept. 11, 2013. A new audit suggests more than $1-million of public dollars has been going toward salary hikes despite wage freezes.

New details have been released in Monday's St. Mary's Hospital hazmat situation in Amsterdam.

MUSIC : Skidmore College Orchestra @ Skidmore College's Zankel Music Center , Saratoga Springs.

The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with Northshire Bookstore to host a luncheon featuring Michael Carroll , author of "Fearless at Work" and "The Mindful Leader," from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, at the Holiday Inn located at 232 Broadway in Saratoga Springs.

Neil Young performs during the Farm Aid 2013 concert in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in September.

Neil Young at the Farm Aid 2013 concert at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saturday, Sept.

The owners of the Saratoga Casino and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, NY are among several groups who are expected to compete to build a full-scale casino with live table games such as roulette, blackjack and craps.

In February 2004, Elyssa Rosenbaum and Lauren Aryeh opened Revival, a designer consignment and vintage boutique, in Roslyn.