Hattie’s Mardi Gras: Bons moments – garantis, mon ami! Photos provided by Heather Bohm-Tallman Photography (http://hbtphoto.com/) –Thanks, Heather! SARATOGA SPRINGS – It’s that time of the year again, when the Canfield Casino will be transformed into Bourbon Street – all in the name of charity. The Hattie’s 19th Annual Mardi Gras Soiree` will be...
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‘Skidmore Cares’ Donates Over $12,000 and 4,000 Food Items
Saratoga County Community Agencies Are Recipients SARATOGA SPRINGS – Continuing a holiday tradition dating back to 2006, the Skidmore College community, through it’s program ‘Skidmore Cares’ raised $12,590 in monetary donations and collected 4,912 items of food, provisions, and school supplies to assist individuals in need throughout Saratoga County this year. Skidmore President Philip...
5 Weeks / 2,500 Toys / $10,000 For Local Charities
Fifth Annual Toys For Toga Campaign Builds on Success SARATOGA SPRINGS – Thanks in large part to the support of the local community, this year’s Toys For Toga campaign was a huge success, collecting more than 2,500 toys and raising nearly $10,000. Toys For Toga, an idea to help provide local children with toys...
Past is Prologue: History Starts Today
The Historical Society of Saratoga Springs’ Museum Holiday Gala – Friday, December 8 SARATOGA SPRINGS – It happened just the other day… A product of modern time – a Facebook “memory” – as opposed to actual memory – popped up. A random reminder about something that one/two/five years ago, whenever. (And, please, don’t tell...
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...
Saratoga Casino Hotel Foundation, Inc. Awards $25,000 to 21 Local Organizations
SARATOGA SPRINGS – On Sunday, December 3, the Saratoga Casino Hotel Foundation, Inc. awarded over $25,000 to 21 different non-profit organizations. The ceremony took place in Fortunes Restaurant at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The awards are part of the foundation’s annual grant awards, which recognize organizations that benefit the residents of Saratoga County. Initiatives that...
The Gallery: Digging (and Dining) In for Jake’s
“Cantina for a Cause:” Dining and Drinking at Cantina Yields A Record $5,797 for JHFH Photos by Cathy Duffy for Daily Planet Arthur SARATOGA SPRINGS – It’s been a great week for local not-for-profit Jake’s Help From Heaven (JHFH) – see their website/. On Tuesday, December 5, JHFH announced that they had achieved a...
Snow Ball 2017 Shows How It’s Done… Again!
Snow Always Generates the Sweetest Fruit and the Brightest Flowers Photos: Arthur Gonick New Magic Strikes Carrie Rowlands Johnson SARATOGA SPRINGS – Long, bare arms reach out, fingers curled and beckoning. Tall bodies made even taller in heels and clothed in sequins stand statuesque, one blonde and one brunette. Faces are smiling and genuine,...
Dancing in the Land of the Blue Light Special!
Thirty-Fourth Annual Dancing in the Woods Dancing for Decades Carrie Rowlands Johnson LATHAM – Makeshift chandeliers and delicate tea lights drop from the ceiling, dangling like talented gymnasts, their job to mask and steer attention away from the industrial white tiles they’re anchored to. Several feet away, boughs of branches claim their own real...
Scholar of the Month: DeVaughn Berry
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Standing out, whether it be in a crowd of scholars, or in pads and helmet on the gridiron, is the result of hard work. That is the commitment DeVaughn Berry – our Saratoga Sponsor-a-Scholar (SSAS) for the month of December – brings to the table each day. But it is enhanced...