Michael and Heidi Hoyt at Black Diamond Catering gear up for a busy holiday season By Lisa Balschunat The winter holiday season is a bustling time for food service businesses, and area caterers are in the thick of it....
Belmonte Builders Starts Wilton Housing Project Dubbed ‘The Mill At Smith’s Bridge’
This is a rendering of one of the styles of homes that will be part of a 63-home development in a subdivision on the north side of Smith's Bridge Road, east of Davison Drive By Jill Nagy "Affordable luxury"...
My Turn: How Do You Picture Retirement?
Stephan Scribner, financial consultant, BSNB Financial Services By Stephan Scribner How do you picture your retirement? Traveling the country in a motorhome or staying at resorts several times a year? Perhaps it is finally being able to travel to...
Retirement Straight Talk
Stephen J. Augstell, senior vice president for Key Private Bank By Stephen J. Augstell , MS, CFP Americans are not saving enough for retirement. This is hardly breaking news. When measured against accepted benchmarks-- 85 percent replacement of preretirement...
Raceway Foundation Gives Out 23 Grants
The Saratoga Casino and Raceway Foundation awarded 23 grants to local nonprofit organizations last month. Grants totaled $28,204. Over the nine years the foundation has been in existence, 152 organizations in Saratoga County have received over $267,000 in grants,...
Web Calculator Helps Retirement Planning
AARP in late November launched a free online Health Care Costs Calculator, a major addition to its Ready for Retirement suite of planning tools. In a survey accompanying the release of the calculator, AARP found that just 36 percent of...
My Turn: Casinos in NYS: A New World Is Here
Robert J. McLaughlin, head of Hodgson Russ law firm's Gaming Law Practice Group By Robert J. McLaughlin On Election Day in November, a new day dawned in New York. By answering Proposition No. 1 "yes" voters authorized commercial casinos...
Skidmore College, NYSERDA Partner To Teach Businesses About Energy Efficiency
Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs will launch a new program to encourage the creation of clean energy companies by teaching experienced business professionals about energy efficiency, renewable energy and opportunities for new ventures. Skidmore's program, New York Executive Clean...
Tax Reform/Fairness Commission Offers Recommendations To Governor Cuomo
The final report of the New York State Tax Reform and Fairness Commission was submitted to the governor in November, outlining revenue neutral policy options to modernize the current tax system with the goals of increasing its simplicity, fairness,...
Donations To ‘Toys For Toga’ Campaign Will Help Kids Served By Three Charities
The Saratoga Convention & Tourism Bureau, DeCrescente Distributing Co. and Olde Saratoga Brewing Co. have partnered together to initiate a Toys For Toga campaign in conjunction with the ninth annual Saratoga County Restaurant Week, Dec. 6-12. During Restaurant Week,...