National Ballet of Cuba Kicks-Off 2018 Season with Capital Region Debut – Only One of Five U.S. Locations Editors Note: The 2018 SPAC Classical Season Programming has been released. It has such rich detail that we are presenting it in multiple parts this week. In Part One, we preview the debut performance of the...
Region Glows Red!
Businesses Answer Call To “Glow Red For Women” – Saratoga Springs Mayor To Issue Proclamation This Afternoon SARATOGA SPRINGS – On January 28, we reported (See Post HERE )that Saratoga residents Dr. Joy Lucas and Hope Plavin – this year’s co-chairs for local activities for February’s American Heart Month – were asking businesses to...
DINE-asty!
Skidmore Gets Gold For Fifth Straight Year SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Skidmore College culinary team earned its fifth consecutive gold medal for culinary excellence in the Seventh Annual American Culinary Federation (ACF) sanctioned competition held Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, on the Skidmore Campus. “We are extremely proud of our gold medal, and it is...
Scholar of the Month: Cami Denning
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Here’s five fast facts you need to about Cami, then we’ll go deep: 1 – She’s a future nursing student, 2 – Has a long and strong passion for volunteering, as evidenced by… 3 – Her membership and family involvement in the Salvation Army, 4 – Also, she’s the Vice President...
Today’s Reason…
…Summit Clothing Donates Warmth To Code Blue SARATOGA SPRINGS – Today’s reason to be grateful you live here comes in the form of spotting a need and filling it – courtesy of Liam Rice, and his company Summit Clothing. Liam noticed that our Code Blue Shelter facility was short on warm tops and hoodies,...
It’s Val: Our Travel Gal in…. (EVERYWHERE)!
Native Daughter Reaches For Mantle of Travel Tastemaker DATELINE EARTH- Psssst, hey Saratoga Springs High! I have a nominee for your next alumni career day keynoter! That would be one Valerie Joy Wilson. Val to her friends, she has carved out a niche that few enjoy – a pro traveler who searches the globe...
Ooh Baby, Baby! 2018’s First Bundle of Joy
Baby Girl First Born in 2018 at Saratoga Hospital SARATOGA SPRINGS – David and Jaclyn Barnett, of Saratoga Springs, began the new year by welcoming a beautiful baby girl, Elliana Grace Barnett. Elliana Grace – 5 pounds, 13 ounces and 19.5 inches long – was the first New Year’s Day baby born in 2018...
Planet Mandy: Hooked on TNT
Editor’s Note: While the photos, showing the vigor and vitality of Tonya, Nate and their TNT class are impressive in and of themselves, note well that this large class occurred on Early Thanksgiving Morning… these folks worked off their turkey dinner before many even rose for breakfast! Kudos all. AG SARATOGA SPRINGS — Before...
Porter’s Corner
At Age 5, Porter Declares She Will Make a ‘Whole House’ for the Homeless… Don’t Bet Against Her! SARATOGA SPRINGS – As adults, part of the rite of passage is that we are trained to see the obstacles, the downsides, the ‘what if’s’ and the ‘on the other hands’ – sometimes to the point...
The Giving Continues as the Hard Work Remains
Giving Circle’s ‘A Caribbean Christmas’ is Another Step Down the Road to Recovery SARATOGA SPRINGS – For 2017, hurricane season is over… … aftermath season, however – will be with us for some time. St. Thomas. Photos provided You have seen the news – entire villages thrown around like toothpicks, indeed – becoming toothpicks....