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Month: April 2017

Brooklyn-Based Group Refurbishes Hotel Near Saratoga Race Course, Anticipates Busy Season

Posted onApril 7, 2017
The Brentwood Hotel at 15 Gridley St., Saratoga Springs has re-opened.
©2017 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Maureen Werther

When the owners of Studio Tack, a Brooklyn-based design and development group, first encountered the old motor lodge on Gridley Street near Saratoga Race Course, it was not the type of structure people would want visitors to ponder when thinking of the Racing City.

Run down and in need of repair, the Brentwood Hotel at 15 Gridley St. presented an opportunity for the Studio Tack team to develop a boutique property that captures the history of Saratoga Springs.

Studio Tack has transformed properties as nearby as Scribner’s Catskill Lodge in Hunter, N.Y., and as far away as Barcelona, Spain. The company takes cues from the culture and heritage of the property’s surroundings and incorporates them into cosmopolitan and contemporary spaces.

“We were all captivated by the property’s location and relationship to the historic race course,” said Leigh Salem, one of the owners of Brentwood Hotel. “During track season, you wake up to horses walking down Gridley Street to the training grounds. There is something incredibly romantic to be surrounded by the stables and the long traditions of the sport. In the off season, we find the location equally charming. A place of respite away from Broadway where you can sit outside and enjoy some quiet.”

“We fell in love with the idea of creating a small, intimate, and carefully appointed property,” he added.

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NYRA Puts Ticket Packages, Passes On Sale For 2017 Season At Saratoga Race Course

Posted onApril 7, 2017
People can now purchase full-season ticket plans and season admission passes for the coming season at Saratoga Race Course. Action at the historic race track begins on July 21.
Courtesy NYRA

Tickets are already on sale for the 2017 meet at historic Saratoga Race Course.

The New York Racing Association (NYRA) said people can now purchase full-season ticket plans and season admission passes.

Full-season plans, which include reserved seats for the full 40-day season,  are available online through NYRA AccountManager, utilizing the Saratoga Virtual Venue seating map, enabling fans to digitally preview their seat location and sightlines before purchasing tickets, officials said.

Full-season plans include 40 days of admission based on the cost of a season pass.

A season pass provides fans with admission to 40 days of racing, including the Grade 1 Travers and Grade 1 Whitney.

NYRA said the cost for a grandstand season pass is $40 and a clubhouse season pass is $65. Season passes do not include reserved seating and are valid for one admission. Season passes may be purchased through NYRA AccountManager.

“A Saratoga season pass provides fans with the ability to witness the best thoroughbred racing at a world-class sporting and entertainment venue for the equivalent of a dollar a day,” said NYRA Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer Lynn LaRocca. “A Saratoga season pass also comes with an exclusive, free perks program that offers discounts to local restaurants, retailers and Live Nation concerts at SPAC, plus local college basketball and other sporting events. One can easily argue that there is no better value in professional sports.”

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Native Of United Kingdom Starts Business In Burnt Hills After 37 Years As An Educator

Posted onApril 7, 2017
Judith Ann Connolly opened the Northumbrian Cottage, 813 Saratoga Road, last summer after spending time as a secondary school principal in the in the United Kingdom.
©2017 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Jennifer Farnsworth

Starting a business comes with a set of challenges for anyone. Starting a business after moving across the globe takes someone who has to be truly committed. Among those people are Judith Ann Connolly, a self-described transplant from the United Kingdom whose unique personality can be found in an eclectic collection at the Burnt Hills antique shop she both owns and manages.

Connolly opened the Northumbrian Cottage, 813 Saratoga Road, last summer after spending 37 years as an educator in the U.K., specifically as a secondary school principal. Connolly met her husband, Tim, in Dubai. After retiring, she moved to Schenectady. She said she didn’t really know anyone when she first came to the U.S.

She decided to take up painting. It was that decision that led her to becoming an entrepreneur.

“I did not know a single soul when I came here but decided to have watercolor lessons and chose Mary Francis Millet as my teacher. The relationship blossomed. Mary actually came to my wedding in the U.K., and she introduced me to a wide network of artists and artisans,” said Connolly.

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Planet Fitness To Open 25,000-Square-Foot Facility Located In Clifton Park Center Mall

Posted onApril 7, 2017

Clifton Park Center Mall announced that Planet Fitness will open on the mall property this year.

The new gym will occupy roughly 25,000 square feet and will be located near Boscov’s department store and Kay Jewelers, according to Rob Ristau, general manager of the mall property.

“We’re very excited to see Planet Fitness make Clifton Park Center Mall its new home, said Don Greene, president of mall owners DCG Development Co. “It’s a welcome addition to our growing mall. Our shoppers and local community members will certainly enjoy the high-quality fitness experience they offer.”

Planet Fitness, said to be one of the largest and fastest growing fitness providers in the country, continues to expand its portfolio by opening new locations each year. They are known for a judgment-free atmosphere, affordable prices and gym environment where people can be comfortable working out, he said.

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International Peer Advisory Group Launches Saratoga Chapter For Women-Led Businesses

Posted onApril 7, 2017

The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), an international peer advisory group for $1 million dollar-plus, women-led companies, launched a new chapter in Saratoga Springs at KeyBank, 21 Congress St., Saratoga Springs.

Local WPO chapters are coordinated by a professional facilitator and meet monthly to share business expertise and experience in a confidential setting. Members in non-competitive businesses tap into the collective wisdom of their peers to advance their business success, according to the group.

“Women-owned and women-led businesses represent a growing sector of the Saratoga Springs and the global economy. This new chapter of the WPO will help a group of fast growing Saratoga Springs women entrepreneurs build their businesses in an ever-changing global economic context,” said Bonny Boice, chapter chairwoman and president of  BGB Consulting and Retreats LLC.

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Outdoor Festival Promoting Health And Wellness Set For Gideon Resort, Spa State Park

Posted onApril 7, 2017April 11, 2017

A two day-outdoor festival promoting natural health, wellness, mindfulness, fitness and the outdoors is coming to Saratoga Springs April 29 – 30.

Called the Festival for Change, and Powermastery Retreat for Human Potential & Breakthrough, the event  is being dubbed by organizers as “a major launch and re-birth of the Saratoga region as a hub for health and wellness.”

It will be held at the Saratoga Spa State Park and utilize the Victoria Pool and Gideon Putnam Resort.

Events will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days. The festival will be held rain or shine.

The festival is produced in cooperation with the Saratoga Convention & Tourism Bureau, Saratoga Chamber of Commerce, I Love NY, and Carson Worldwide.

The goal of Festival for Change is to get individuals and families active, informed, into the outdoors,  connected with natural health and wellness, empowered with possibility, creating outcomes, and to introduce the area as a go-to, one-stop destination for health and wellness, officials said.

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Riverview Construction Associates Planning New Office Building On Vischer Ferry Road

Posted onApril 7, 2017

By Jill Nagy

A new office building is planned for the corner of Grooms Road and Vischer Ferry Road in Clifton Park. Riverview Construction Associates of Rexford is the developer.

According to Robert Romano, a principal at Riverview, the building is in the final planning stages. It will be a two-story brick and stone building with about 20,000 square feet of office and retail space.

The style will be “kind of Saratogian,” with gabled roofs, he said. The six-acre corner lot at the busy intersection is currently vacant.

Romano hopes to start construction in April, with completion anticipated some six to eight months later. He expects to have retail tenants on the first floor and offices on the second floor.

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Business Report: Living Benefits Of Life Insurance

Posted onApril 7, 2017
Brian M. Johnson of New York Long-Term Care Brokers Ltd.
Courtesy New York Long-Term Care Brokers Ltd.

By Brian M. Johnson, CLTC, MBA

Do you own a life insurance policy? Do you own the old life insurance or the new life insurance? Don’t know the difference?  Let me help.

Traditionally, life insurance, whether it’s term or whole life, benefits only the beneficiaries of the policy, meaning you probably met your maker. No one wants to think about it, but we buy life insurance to protect our families, our businesses or to leave a legacy. However, other risks are far more likely to happen than an untimely death.

What if we live too long? What happens if we develop a sickness or become disabled? What if my needs simply change?

Consumers and advisors need to know about the new life insurance policies that allow you to use the death benefit while you’re alive.  If the insured person is diagnosed with cancer, suffers a heart attack, stroke, etc., the critical illness rider on a new life insurance policy allows the insured to accelerate a portion of the death benefit to use for medical expenses or to offset lost income.

If the insured requires long-term care, whether at home or in a facility, the chronic illness rider allows the insured to use 100 percent of the death benefit to pay for the services he/she needs.

If the insured’s needs change over or time or he/she determines that the coverage is no longer needed, the return of premium rider allows the insured to take a portion or 100 percent of the premiums paid as a refund.

If you currently own a whole, universal or variable life insurance policy, the accumulated cash values in that policy may be exchanged (using section 1035 of the tax-code) tax-free to fund a new policy with these valuable, new riders that provide living benefits. These riders are available on both term and whole life insurance policies, meaning this additional layer of protection won’t necessarily increase your premium. 

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Physical Therapists Say Sedentary Jobs Can Lead To Muscle Strain; It Can Be Prevented

Posted onApril 7, 2017
James Markwica is the owner of La Marco Physical Therapy PC in Saratoga Springs.
©2017 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Jill Nagy

“Sitting is the new smoking,” said Alison Synakowski, manager of the Malta and Saratoga Springs offices of Sports Physical Therapy in Motion.

She and several colleagues find that many of the work-related problems that send people to a physical therapist are the result of too much sitting and improper sitting.

Synakowski advocated “active sitting,” putting things you frequently use in places where you have to reach for them. She also urged people to get up and walk around at least once an hour, a prescription that is also favored by other area physical therapists.

“Our bodies are not built for sitting. They are built for standing and moving around,” said James Markwica, owner of La Marco Physical Therapy PC in Saratoga Springs.

He estimated that between one-fifth and one-quarter of his practice involves lower back, neck and other pains resulting from poor and/or excessive sitting. He helps clients work on their posture and strengthen their core muscles.

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Wesley Health Care Center Gets Grant To Buy Health Care Equipment Like EKG Machines

Posted onApril 7, 2017April 11, 2017
From left, Amanda Duket, RN charge nurse; Jessica Ross, RN 2 Hathorn unit coordinator; and Vellecia Izzo, RN 5 Springs unit coordinator, pose with EKG machines at Wesley Health Care Center.
Courtesy The Wesley Community

Wesley Health Care Center, a component of the Wesley Community, is the recipient of a $14,000 grant from the Arnold Cogswell Health Care Fund of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region.

The grant, which is designed to serve Wesley Health Care Center’s long-term care residents, supports the purchase of multiple EKG machines and stands, two mechanical insufflation-exsufflation machines and an AED device.

Wesley officials said the new equipment will assist the clinical care teams at Wesley Health Care Center in providing the highest quality of care to their residents.

“This new equipment is a wonderful addition to Wesley Health Care Center, and will further enable us to provide compassionate, quality care to our long-term residents,” said Brian Nealon, Wesley CEO. “We thank the Arnold Cogswell Health Care Fund of The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region for its contribution. It is an honor to be recognized by an organization which shares our commitment to enriching the lives of seniors.”

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