Augie’s Family Style Italian Restaurant Will Open ‘To Go’ Shop In Saratoga In January

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Augie Vitiello, owner of Augie’s Family Style Restaurant in Ballston Spa, is opening a new location in Saratoga Springs. Augie’s Family Style To Go will have takeout food when it opens in January. ©2016 Saratoga Photographer.com
Augie Vitiello, owner of Augie’s Family Style Restaurant in Ballston Spa, is opening a new location in Saratoga Springs. Augie’s Family Style To Go will have takeout food when it opens in January.
©2016 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Jennifer Farnsworth

Augie’s Family Style Restaurant in Ballston Spa will be expanding into Saratoga Springs  early next year.

Augie’s Family Style To Go will open at 223 Lake Ave. From ready-to-heat and eat meals to desserts, the new location will serve as a convenient stop and shop for those seeking fresh Italian food.

Augie’s owner, Augie Vitiello, said he was hoping to hold out a little on the announcement of the Saratoga business, but people began to talk and ask questions about it. He said for years patrons have said they would love a second location with a take-out option.

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After Leaving The Business For Five Years, Man Returns, Opening The Floor Store In Malta

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Paul Mastroieni was working in the financial field after giving up a six-store group of flooring outlets. He has left that field and opened the Floor Store in the Shops of Malta. ©2016 Saratoga Photographer.com
Paul Mastroieni was working in the financial field after giving up a six-store group of flooring outlets. He has left that field and opened the Floor Store in the Shops of Malta.
©2016 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Jill Nagy

The Floor Store is back and in a new location after a five-year hiatus.

Owner Paul Mastroieni was working in the financial field after giving up a six-store group of flooring outlets in 2011.

“I hated finance,” he said, and so he is back in his previous business with a store at 7 Kendall Way in Malta, part of the Shops of Malta near Exit 12 of the Northway.

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Halfmoon Wine And Liquor Opens In The Route 9 Crescent Commons Shopping Plaza

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Shelley Colvin, manager of Halfmoon Wine and Liquor, displays some of the product availablle at the store, which opened in November in the Crescent Commons on Route 9. ©2016 Saratoga Photographer.com
Shelley Colvin, manager of Halfmoon Wine and Liquor, displays some of the product availablle at the store, which opened in November in the Crescent Commons on Route 9.
©2016 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Maureen Werther

Halfmoon Wine and Liquor store opened in November in the Crescent Commons shopping plaza.

The store is located at 1471 Route 9, just south of Grooms Road in the town of Halfmoon.

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Saratoga Native Will Return To Hometown To Open His Own Edward Jones Financial Office

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Brandon Bogardus will open an Edward Jones Financial office next year. Courtesy Brandon Bogardus
Brandon Bogardus will open an Edward Jones Financial office next year.
Courtesy Brandon Bogardus

By Jennifer Farnsworth

Saratoga native Brandon Bogardus is adding his name to the roster of local of financial advisors under the Edward Jones Financial  umbrella.

A 2012 graduate of Saratoga High School, Bogardus will officially be an Edward Jones advisor early next year,  after completing an intense training course that will allow him to offer a variety of financial planning tools to area residents.

Bogardus said the business will focus on five specific client needs; preparing for retirement, living in retirement, paying for education, planning an estate and preparing for the unexpected.

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Annual Showcase Of Homes Raised $70,000 In 2016 For Two Nonprofit Organizations

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Members of the Saratoga Builders Association present checks to Rebuilding Together Saratoga County and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties. Courtesy Showcase of Homes
Members of the Saratoga Builders Association present checks to Rebuilding Together Saratoga County and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties.
Courtesy Showcase of Homes

The Saratoga Builders Association recently presented proceeds totaling $70,000 from the 2016 Saratoga Showcase of Homes to two nonprofit organizations.

Checks were presented to Rebuilding Together Saratoga County and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties.

Showcase officials said the total is the highest amount raised in the past five years. The Saratoga Builders Association has now contributed over $1 million to local charities from the home tour event.

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Skidmore College Arts Planning Group Has Grants For Saratoga Springs Arts Programs

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The Skidmore College Arts Planning Group has a new program designed to directly support arts organizations in the Saratoga Springs community, with over $42,000 in grants available for the 2017 calendar year. Under the new program, 501(c)(3) nonprofit community arts organizations located in the Saratoga Springs area—including Greenfield, Malta, Ballston Spa, and contiguous communities—may...

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Domestic Violence Services Group Wins Grant Through A National Challenge Competition

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Wellspring, the Saratoga County-based domestic violence and sexual assault services resource, won a $15,000 grant from the Allstate Foundation after placing fifth among almost 200 domestic violence organizations across the country in the Purple Purse Challenge. 

This marks the second prize won by the organization during the month-long challenge.  Wellspring also finished the first week of the challenge in the top five, winning an additional $10,000 challenge gift.

Wellspring was one of 20 organizations nationally to earn a grant competing against other domestic violence nonprofits with an operating budget of less than $1.75 million. 

In total, Wellspring raised more than $51,000. Officials said they will use the money to support a comprehensive approach to helping victims of domestic violence, providing services such as shelter, a 24-hour hotline, counseling, and legal advocacy. 

The funds will also help expand the programs that focus on prevention, issue awareness and social change, such as partnerships with local schools and law enforcement.

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Business Report: Group Works To Keep Children Safe

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Lori Nadeau is a recruiter/homefinder for Northern Rivers Family of Services. Courtesy Northern Rivers Family of Services
Lori Nadeau is a recruiter/homefinder for Northern Rivers Family of Services.
Courtesy Northern Rivers Family of Services

By Lori Nadeau

As a foster parent recruiter/homefinder for Northern Rivers Family of Services, I travel throughout Warren, Washington, Saratoga and Essex Counties talking to people every day about opening their homes to children in need.

You may have seen me or a member of my team at a county fair or community event. We’re the ones at the Give Hope a Home table. And the number one thing I’ve learned from meeting so many friends and neighbors is that not everyone understands exactly what foster care is and how they can help.

There are times when the only safe option for a child is removal from their home. Reasons can vary from abuse and neglect, lack of proper housing or other challenges. Regardless of the reasons a child may enter foster care, the system has two goals: Keep the child in a warm, safe, loving place in their own community where he or she can heal and grow; and to work towards reunification and achieve permanency in the families’ life.

Northern Rivers serves 14,000 children and families in 36 counties as the parent organization to Parsons Child & Family Center and Northeast Parent & Child Society, and my team is headquartered on Quaker Road in Queensbury.

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