Esperanto, a fast-casual restaurant that has been a Caroline Street institution for nearly 25 years, officially opened its new commercial bakery at 357 Milton Ave. in Ballston Spa in October. The 2,700-square-foot facility will enable Esperanto to increase production of its signature product, the Oboy. Originally known as the Doughboys, it is a handheld...

The area’s premiere new home tour, the 2019 Saratoga Showcase of Homes, announced the three “People’s Choice” award winners as voted on by the public who visited these homes over three weekends in September.
Winners were McPadden Builders in the Classic Home category; Kodiak Construction in the Executive Home category; and Bella Home Builders in the Luxury Home category.
The McPadden Builders home was at the Craw Farm development in Wilton. The Kodiak Construction’s entry was at 50 Warren St. in Saratoga Springs. The Bella Home Builders showcase house was at the Park Grove development in Saratoga Springs.

by Andrea Palmer
The second installment of the “Lucky’s Adventures” children’s book series has been released from author Elizabeth Macy.
“Lucky’s Adventure in Winter Wonderland” follows Lucky and 13 of her dog friends as they enjoy winter fun, recognize the good fortune of their lives and decide to give back to a local animal rescue shelter.
“The inspiration from the first book, ‘Lucky’s Adventure in Saratoga’, was based on a true story. Lucky was lost in Saratoga Springs for four days,” said Macy. “The community was so supportive. It was all over Facebook and social media, and the community really helped find her. It was a wonderful story that I wanted to share about my hometown.”

It appears the 2020 racing season will resemble last year, with 40 days of racing starting earlier in July than years past, and marking Mondays and Tuesday as the “dark days”: with no racing.
It is proposed the season start on Thursday, July 16.

The Ballston Spa Business & Professional Association’s annual Ballston Spa Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting will takes place Friday, Dec. 6.
The step off time is 6:30 p.m., proceeding on Milton Avenue and ending in Wiswall Park on Front Street with Santa lighting the Christmas tree.
The parade is a hometown-style holiday tradition, with firetrucks, floats, animals, kids and Santa parading down the main street of the village.

The Wesley Community has launched a capital campaign designed to meet the evolving needs of the older adult population for current residents and future generations.
The Campaign for Springs seeks to raise $5 million in funding, which will help the nonprofit senior care provider to embark on the second phase of improvements to the Springs building at the Wesley Health Care Center, which serves residents requiring long-term care, officials said.
The project will add approximately 5,500-square-feet to the building’s existing footprint, create an additional 19,500-square-feet within the building and renovate the second through fourth floors of the building, thereby increasing the number of private rooms available to residents by nearly 30 percent and creating a more home-like environment.