Saratoga Springs News

MUSIC : What Cheer? Brigade @ Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside , Troy. Spring is finally here, and it's time to dance, so bring on the 19-piece brass band from Providence, who blend together a rip-roaring hybrid of the music of Bollywood, the Balkans and New Orleans with samba, hip-hop and big band.

Now we know why. Just days after last week's vote, Saratoga Casino and Raceway said it wants to build a $300 million casino in the Rensselaer County town, on a hill above Route 4 and Walmart .

Hannaford Supermarkets will show off renovations and improvements to its store at 95 Weibel Ave., Saratoga Springs, at a reopening ceremony scheduled for May 3. Hannaford described some of the changes in a statement released Thursday: The store renovations are geared toward creating a better overall shopping experience for Hannaford customers by ... (more)

The first series out of the gate this summer is the UpBeat on the Roof concert series that returns once again to the roof of Skidmore College's Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs.

Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES student Kellie Bush, center, photographs well-wishers outside her bus at the F. Donald Myers Education Center as students leave to compete in the New York State SkillsUSA competition at the State Fairgrounds Wednesday April 23, 2014, in Saratoga Springs, NY.

The Figgs perform on Friday, April 4, 2014, at The Low Beat in Albany, N.Y. Pete Donnelly, the drummer from The Figgs, pumps up the audience on Friday, April 4, 2014, at The Low Beat in Albany, N.Y. Stephen Gersztoff of Albany, second from right, connects with his wife, Annie Gersztoff, as they jam to The Figgs on Friday, April 4, 2014, at The Low ... (more)

A priest in the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese has been arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

Winners will be honored at the annual state AP awards banquet. In a scheduling change this year, the event is a luncheon on Saturday, May 31, at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs, where New York AP broadcasters will hold their awards dinner that night.

Julian LaVerdier, an artist and Hollywood art director, will appear at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss "Lost Cornerstone," a sculpture that the Tang loaned out for use in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." Best known for the double-shafted "Tribute in Light" to the World Trade Center, LaVerdier ... (more)

Mayor Susan Skidmore has been appointed to the eight-member Nominating Committee of the New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials.

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Christine Ohlman blossoms onstage, this slight and slender woman instantly commands the room with sheer bravado, soulful exuberance and a captivating style.

A 34-year-old Saratoga Springs woman was arraigned in Malta Town Court Tuesday for allegedly selling crack cocaine in the town and other communities in Saratoga County.

Kings Of Leon front man Caleb Followill performs at the 2013 Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 in Austin, Texas.

The Fresh Market will open its second Capital Region store on May 14th. The new store, at 52 Marion Ave., in The Hamlet at Saratoga Springs shopping center, will open at 8 a.m. that day with chef demonstrations, food sampling, and drawings for The Fresh Market gift cards.

The Saratoga Casino and Raceway announced they are not planning to expand into a full-scale Las Vegas-style casino at their site in Saratoga Springs.

MUSIC : Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge @ Saratoga Arts , Saratoga Springs. Fabulous fretboard fireworks from two free-thinking, genre-bending acoustic guitarists - Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge .

Hannaford wants to offer curbside pick-up service at its store in Saratoga Springs, adding another wrinkle to the intense competition with Price Chopper, ShopRite and other grocery chains in New York's Capital Region.

Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, could generate 30 percent of its annual electricity through a solar farm and a micro-hydro project.

Gamers play the video slot machines on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Saratoga Casino and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ORG XMIT: MER2014042113041178 Electronic Roulette at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway Thursday afternoon Sept 12, 2013 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ORG XMIT: MER2013091216140948 Exterior view of the Saratoga Casino and Raceway Thursday ... (more)