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Saratoga Builders Donate $60,000 From Showcase Of Homes To Local Charities

Posted onDecember 16, 2024
Barry Potoker (left) stands with George Earle, Michelle Larkin, and Mark Johnson displaying the checks representing money raised through the Showcase of Homes for two area charities.
Courtesy of Saratoga Builders Association

The Saratoga Builders Association has presented proceeds totaling $60,000 from the 2024 Saratoga Showcase of Homes to Rebuilding Together Saratoga County and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties. The association has announced that the total contribution to local charities from this area’s premiere new home tour event is now over $1.6 million.

The 2024 edition of the Saratoga Showcase of Homes had eight homes from seven builders on tour this year – Abele Homes, Bella Home Builders, Belmonte Builders (2), Kodiak Construction, Stephen James, Trojanski Builders and Witt Construction. Congratulations to Kodiak Construction for winning the People’s Choice Award for Executive Home and Bella Home Builders for winning the People’s Choice Award for Luxury Home. 

This year’s event attracted over 3,000 visitors to these beautiful new homes, which were on display over two weekends. In what has become an autumn tradition in the area, the Saratoga Builders Association is dedicated to this long running show being an integral part of the fabric in our fall season.

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Saratoga Beer Summit Returns February 22, 2025 With Local & National Favorites

Posted onDecember 16, 2024
A man pours a cold craft beer in anticipation of the upcoming Saratoga Beer Summit to be held at the City Center in February.
Courtesy of Saratoga Beer Summit

The Saratoga Beer Summit is returning to the City Center in Saratoga Springs on Saturday, February 22, 2025. The beer summit will once again feature its traditional menu of delicious local and national craft beers, along with a robust selection of ciders, seltzers, and malt beverages!

“Saratoga Beer Summit is the Capital Region’s premiere beverage sampling event, and is still the ultimate tasting session for local craft beer lovers. With additional beverage options there is something for everyone to enjoy,” said Townsquare Media Vice President of Sales Jake Demmin.

There will be two three-hour sampling sessions at the Saratoga Beer Summit from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., which include a souvenir tasting glass. There is also a four-hour VIP option from noon to 4 p.m.

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The Saratoga Casino Hotel Celebrates ‘Giving Tuesday’ By Donating $130,000

Posted onDecember 16, 2024
Sam Gerrity (L), Chief Executive Officer with K-9 officers and Skip Carlson VP of External Affairs.
Courtesy Saratoga Casino and Hotel

Saratoga Casino Hotel celebrated ‘Giving Tuesday’ by donating $130,000 to 13 Capital Region non-profit organizations during their annual ‘Make A Difference’ holiday luncheon in Vapor recently.

“Twenty years later, this is still the event we look forward to most every year,” said Skip Carlson, vice president of external affairs at Saratoga Casino Hotel. “Giving back to organizations that improve the lives of so many and impact our guests, team members and the overall community is an integral part of our company’s principles and something our owners truly believe in. We are honored to be in the position to help.”

The Saratoga Springs Police Department K9 Unit, one of the recipients of a donation this year, consists of four highly trained police dogs and their handlers. This specialized unit provides essential support to the Patrol Division in various operations, including tracking, building and area searches, item location, narcotics and explosives detection, and suspect apprehension. Handlers and their canine partners undergo a rigorous selection process, followed by extensive training to develop effective teams that are deployed in a wide range of situations.

Lieutenant Paul Veitch was on hand to accept the $10,000 donation to the Saratoga Springs Police Department K9 Unit, 

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Foothills Farm Is Scaling The Production Of Hydroponic Greens For New Markets

Posted onDecember 16, 2024
Max Poritzky inspects hydroponic greens, grown using innovative technology in a sustainable environment. The farm provides fresh, locally grown produce to local restaurants and institutions
Courtesy Foothills Farm

By Susan Elise Campbell

Looking back on their first full year of production, entrepreneurs Max and Nikki Poritzky have counted one ton of produce grown and distributed to restaurants and schools from their hydroponic farming facility, Foothills Farm, in Greenfield Center.

The farm is a 40-by-eight-foot container housing an efficient, vertical growing system that produces high quality lettuces and herbs using a fraction of the space of traditional farming.

The couple have backgrounds and careers in the field of nutrition and come from health conscious families, they said. 

She studied nutritional biochemistry at UC Davis and was a commercial executive marketing dietary supplements, an industry in which Max also had an executive career spanning 25 years. He said his mother founded Wild Oats, the first health food store in Saratoga Springs. 

“‘Let food be thy medicine’ might sound clichéd, but this is how our families live,” Max said. 

The couple met in and resided in California and later while in Boston, their careers and life took a new trajectory. About six years ago Max was visiting a technology museum in San José and was exposed to hydroponic farming at a kiosk display.

“Hydroponic farming lets you grow nutrition-rich food year-round in any environment,” he said. “We were interested in the concept but didn’t know how or if to get into the business.”

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The United Way Seeks New Partner Agencies

Posted onDecember 16, 2024

Tri-County United Way has announced the opening of new applications for new partner agencies to join its 2025 Community Investment Fund. 

The programs seeking funding must address the needs of individuals in one or more of Tri-County United Way’s key focus areas: youth (up to age 24), seniors, and those affected by mental health challenges across Warren, Washington, and Northern Saratoga Counties. 

Applicants must also serve Tri-County United Way’s ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed) population—individuals who earn above the federal poverty level but below a sustainable wage. The Priority Area Screening Application is available on Tri-County United Way’s website at www.tricountyunitedway.org/priority-area-screening-application.

All Priority Area Screening Applications must be submitted via the Tri-County United Way website by January 10, 2025. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations located within Northern Saratoga, Washington, and/or Warren counties and comply with all relevant federal, state, and local legal and operational requirements (including government-approved accounting practices, annual audits, 990 tax forms, and non-discrimination policies). Once an agency is screened and approved, they will be invited to submit a full Request for Proposal (RFP) for funding of up to $10,000. A maximum of three new agencies will be selected for funding in 2025.

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Hinman Construction Is Honored With A Chrysalis Award For Remodeling Project

Posted onDecember 16, 2024

Continuing to set new standards of professionalism, Ballston Spa-based Hinman Construction is among 72 companies from across the United States to be named winners at the 2024 Chrysalis Awards for Remodeling Excellence. 

The award recognizes a bathroom remodel in the $50,000-$75,000 category in a 1960s VanPatten Hanover model home in Clifton Park. Hinman doubled the size of the master bathroom, upgraded to two sinks, full size shower, heated tile floor, jewelry storage and an expansive amount of built in storage.

The entries were judged on overall design, the creative use of space and materials, and the degree to which the project enhanced the original structure.

Added attention to design and planning prior to construction sets the stage for a well coordinated comfortable remodel. While removals, relocations, repairs and upgrades are familiar to Hinman, it can overwhelm a client. In this case they provided guidance with selections, ordered all related items and scheduled all phases. They worked together to ensure the remodel met the needs and goals of their client, with plenty of designs to help them visualize every step. They went from cramped and crowded to an open modern farmhouse feel with much more storage than they had previously.

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Third Generation Takes Parillo’s Sausage To The Next Level With Ambitious Expansion Plans

Posted onDecember 16, 2024

By Rod Bacon

After a hiatus due to the untimely passing of its owner, Parillo’s Sausage is in the process of being rebranded and expanded.

The 73-year-old business was closed in January due to the inability of second-generation owner Marc Parillo to operate it because of ill health. Marc’s daughter, Marisa Rahman, officially reopened it in November and is in the process of significantly expanding its market. In the interim she sold the company’s proprietary spices online, something her father never did.

“I obviously know the recipes so I sold the spices on my own,” she said. “I built a website and sold them on Etsy and they did pretty well.”

Rahman, who is currently employed full-time as a partner/sales director for a software company, has been involved with Parillo’s Sausage since she was 10 years old. At that age she wasn’t making sausage but over the years when her father suffered a couple of heart attacks she ran the business totally on her own.

“That’s why it wasn’t hard for me to pick it up now and run with it,” she said.

The business was started in 1951 by Rahman’s grandparents, Joseph and Ruth Parillo, in their garage on Elbern Street in Saratoga. In 1971 they purchased the building at 90 Washington Street in what is now a historic district of Saratoga Springs. 

The Parillo family had a sausage business in Italy and some of the recipes could have originated with them. In any case, the recipes have been modified over the years to conform to market trends. Marc, for example, completely removed the sugar from the breakfast sausage and some special spices have been made a bit more spicy. 

“The recipes have definitely changed but I wouldn’t say there’s been a dramatic change,” Rahman said.

The company’s signature offerings include sweet and hot Italian links, bulk sausage, and breakfast sausage. These are complemented by their proprietary seasoning blends that have been perfected over generations.

Throughout the company’s history their commercial customers have been primarily in Saratoga and Warren counties. They provide products to seven Hannaford Supermarkets as well as restaurants and pizza parlors in the area. Longtime clients include Mama Mia’s, the Barrelhouse, West Side Sports Bar & Grill, Country Corner, Pope’s Pizza, and Pizza Etc. There are also a handful of diners in Warren County.

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New York Pain Management Clinics Help Sufferers Find A Path To A Healthy Life

Posted onDecember 16, 2024
Dr. Charles F. Gordon III, MD of New York Pain Management talks with a patient about pain management for a leg injury.
Courtesy NYPM

By Rod Bacon

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 51.6 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. That is 21 percent of the U.S. population. Of that number, 17.1 percent experience what is termed “high impact” chronic pain, which is defined as pain that persists most days or every day for three months or more and significantly limits their daily activities.

Locally, Charles F. Gordon III, MD, has been addressing this problem for over 20 years at his health care clinic, New York Pain Management, which he founded in 2003 after three years as head of Glens Falls Hospital’s Pain Management Center.

He decided he wanted to practice full-time pain management without having duties as an anesthesiologist because he realized that patients suffering from chronic pain required one hundred percent of his energy and attention. After exploring options with the hospital it was determined that starting his own practice would result in a more immediate outcome and enable him to care for those in chronic pain more expeditiously. 

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Improvements At Gore And Whiteface Ski Areas Guarantee A Better Winter Experience

Posted onNovember 12, 2024
(From left) Ashley Walden, Betty Little, Lt. Governor Antonio Delgado, Sterling Goodspeed, and Jim Siplon join employees at the groundbreaking for the new lodge at Gore Mountain Ski Bowl.
Courtesy of Gore Mountain Ski Area

By Paul Post

Olympic Regional Development Authority has invested $17 million on capital upgrades at Gore and Whiteface mountains for the upcoming ski season.

Projects include replacing antiquated lifts, updating and maintaining existing lifts, improving snowmaking and electrical infrastructure, and modernizing buildings and lodges.

At Gore, workers broke ground last spring on a new 18,300-square-foot lodge at North Creek Ski Bowl, operated by ORDA adjacent to the main ski center but owned by the Town of Johnsburg. The new lodge, complete with a restaurant and two levels of outdoor patios, is scheduled for completion in 2025 and is expected to boost year-round recreational tourism, further enhancing the resort’s impact on the local economy.

In addition, the Ski Bowl’s old Hudson chairlift has been replaced with a new detachable quad servicing all levels of ski trails.

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Peckham Industries Has Provided Quality Work And Environmental Stewardship For 100 Years

Posted onNovember 12, 2024
Leading Peckham Industries, a fourth-generation business, are (l-r) General Manager Gregory Peckham, Kingsbury site manager Rachael Young, and President/CEO Damian Murphy.
Paul Post photo

By Paul Post

Peckham Industries has 17 hot-mix asphalt plants and 26 stone quarries in five states including a large operation on Vaughn Road in Kingsbury where crowds gathered recently to celebrate the fourth generation, family-owned company’s 100th anniversary.

“Not too many businesses make it to 100 years and less than three percent make it to the fourth generation,” said Damian Murphy, the firm’s president and chief executive officer. “It goes back to the values that have been there since the founder’s days. We talk about safety, integrity, dedication.”

“Be consistent,” he said. “Even though things are always changing, those values never change. People know that about our business, whether it’s our customers, communities or work force. They know they can trust us and that we’re here for the long term.

“The bigger story we like to talk about is the culture in our business,” Murphy said. “That’s what really differentiates us. One of the key phrases is, ‘Our word is our bond’.”

Recent large projects have run the gamut, such as paving a long stretch of the Northway from Schroon to North Hudson, and construction of large parking facilities in The Bronx and at UBS Arena where the NHL’s New York Islanders play.

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