Daily Digest: Troy celebrates ribbon-cutting of Staalsen Memorial Pedestrian Bridge

Also: Questions and answers with the ‘Car Doc’ • Beagle School in Saratoga Springs celebrates $1.4 million renovation

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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Good morning! I hope you have a great weekend. Check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe. — Nicholas Buonanno, Regional Assistant Managing Editor • Local news • Obituaries • E-edition • Sports • Troy celebrates ribbon-cutting of Staalsen Memorial Pedestrian Bridge TROY, N.Y — The Collar City recently celebrated the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Staalsen Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, connecting trails for residents to enjoy the outdoors and nature. Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello, donned with hiking boots and dressed for the occasion, said the new bridge will help connect trail systems for all. She thanked […] Read more → Questions and answers with the ‘Car Doc’ Questions and answers with the ‘Car Doc’ Read more → Beagle School in Saratoga Springs celebrates $1.4 million renovation The Beagle School recently celebrated the completion of a $1.4 million renovation of its “Little Red Schoolhouse.” Read more → Saratoga Race Course entries for Sunday, July, 26, 2026 Saratoga Race Course entries for Sunday, July, 26, 2026 Read more → Chief Wallabee leads the Listed Curlin SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Michael and Katherine Ball’s Kentucky homebred Chief Wallabee will drop out of graded stakes company for Wednesday’s Listed $150,000 Curlin presented by Casamigos, a nine-furlong test for sophomores who have not won a graded stakes, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, the Constitution bay was an 8 1/2-length fourth to Golden Tempo last out in the 10-furlong Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on June 6 here. Chief Wallabee, when adding blinkers, was previously fourth beaten three lengths by that same rival in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on […] Read more → HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 15 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $1,238.63 I like to provide whatever advice I can to aspiring writers and content creators, and I’ll use this space for a lesson on what not to do. This weekend, a writer named Frank Schuengel copy-pasted a tweet posted by Dustin Gouker, a prominent voice in the iGaming and prediction market spaces (and, coincidentally, one of the people who hired me back into the gambling industry several years after I thought I was done as a full-timer), and reposted it on LinkedIn as his own work. There was no attribution. Dustin caught him, and rather […] Read more → Snapshot: Tedisco honors Rotary Club of Clifton Park State Sen. Jim Tedisco (R,C-Ballston Lake) honored the Rotary Club of Clifton Park (formerly the Shenendehowa Rotary Club) with a New York State Senate Proclamation on the occasion of their official name change ceremony held at Wheatfields Restaurant in Clifton Park. Read more → Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Animal instincts “I’m going into the MATRIX,” my son announced. “Or more accurately, I’m getting the matrix out of me,” he laughed. “And I’m just telling you because I’m probably going to need a few days off of work next week.” Read more → The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region welcomes new development associate The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region is pleased to welcome Ava Bashant as the organization’s new Development Associate. Read more →

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Daily Digest: Several Flock ALPRs vandalized in Troy

Also: Tonko, Fitzpatrick introduce bipartisan Disability Community Act • Watervliet Arsenal welcomes 65th commander

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Good morning! I hope you have a great weekend. Check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe. — Ivan Lajara, Regional Managing Editor • Local news • Obituaries • E-edition • Sports • Several Flock ALPRs vandalized in Troy Several Flock Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) were vandalized Thursday night, as heated debate continues regarding the operation and usage of the systems. Read more → Tonko, Fitzpatrick introduce bipartisan Disability Community Act Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) introduced the Disability Community Act, legislation that would bolster workers who support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Read more → Watervliet Arsenal welcomes 65th commander The Watervliet Arsenal installed its 65th commander, Colonel Danilo Green, at a recent change of command ceremony. Read more → Erie Canalway Junior Ranger Day to be held on August 1 at 15 canal sites Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the NYS Canal Corporation invite youth and families from across New York State to participate in Erie Canalway Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, August 1. Read more → Local author’s book available at Impressions Saratoga; benefiting Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga Local author Melissa Trombetta, Saratoga Springs High School graduate (’91), is a writer of “emotionally grounded contemporary romance about second chances, reinvention and the kind of love that shows up when you least expect i… Read more → Don Rittner: Lessons from Vietnam and the Boys from Troy In Troy’s working-class neighborhoods, where iron factories used to roar, Vietnam wasn’t just a chapter in a history book; it was real life. For guys like me coming of age in the ‘60s and early ‘70s, it wasn’t about debates on TV or heated arguments in college lecture halls. It was about draft letters showing up on 8th Street, friends saying goodbye at the bus station, and the knowledge that some wouldn’t make it back home. Read more → Saratoga Race Course entries for Saturday, July 25, 2026 Saratoga Race Course entries for Saturday, July 25, 2026 Read more → Fully Subscribed up in time in G2 Shuvee SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Klaravich Stables’ Fully Subscribed, expertly handled by Flavien Prat, overtook dual Grade 1-winner Scottish Lassie in the final jumps to capture Friday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Shuvee, a nine-furlong route for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by five-time Eclipse Award-winner Chad Brown, the 4-year-old Tiz the Law chestnut maintained her perfect 8-4-3-1 in-the-money record, rallying stoutly down the center of the track to capture her third graded win following past successes in the Grade 2 Mother Goose and Grade 3 Comely last winter at Aqueduct Racetrack. “I wasn’t sure she’d get there, because […] Read more → G2-winner Kappa Kappa ships in for G2 Honorable Miss SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — LC Racing and Wellesley Stable’s Kappa Kappa will look to secure her second Grade 2 score in Sunday’s $250,000 Honorable Miss presented by Mionetto, a six-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race… Read more → HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 14 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $1,277.63 I liked Chase Sessoms, better known in podcast circles as “The Wolf of Oaklawn,” from the moment I met him. He doesn’t take himself seriously, but he took his work with “The Notorious OTB” and al… Read more →

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