Saturday, August 15, 2026

Daily Digest: New legislation to grant peace officer status to security officers at three St. Peter’s Health Partners facilities

Also: Section 2 football landscape reshaped by five teams moving to eight-man game • Partnership to provide professional development and training opportunities for SUNY Empire State Service Corps
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Saturday, August 15, 2026

 
 

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New legislation to grant peace officer status to security officers at three St. Peter’s Health Partners facilities

St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP) leaders joined New York state lawmakers on Aug. 14 at Samaritan Hospital to announce the passage of legislation granting peace officer status to security officers at three SPHP acute care facilities.

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Section 2 football landscape reshaped by five teams moving to eight-man game

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Section 2’s high school football season will look considerably different when practices begin Monday, with five programs moving from 11-man to eight-man football because of participation and safety concerns. The move, combined with Cambridge/Salem’s decision not to field a varsity team, leaves only two 11-man programs in Class D and prompted a major reshuffling of schedules in Classes B, C and D. Hudson Falls/Fort Edward in Class B, Broadalbin-Perth in Class C and Lake George/Warrensburg/Bolton, Stillwater/Saratoga Central Catholic and Rensselaer/Loudonville Christian in Class D will all compete in eight-man football. The five programs will not be […]

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Partnership to provide professional development and training opportunities for SUNY Empire State Service Corps

State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced a partnership with the Educating Character Initiative to provide professional development and training opportunities for the SUNY Empire State Service Corps.

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Don Rittner: Vietnam’s women, Part Four

During the Vietnam War, American women served in numbers and under conditions that shattered the old image of the military as an exclusively male domain. More than 265,000 women served in the U.S. armed forces during the era.

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Saratoga Race Course entries for Saturday, August 15, 2026

Saratoga Race Course entries for Saturday, August 15, 2026

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HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 29

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $1,250.83 On Saturday, Saratoga honors newly-enshrined Hall of Fame trainer Christophe Clement with a stakes race renamed for him. The 12-furlong Grade 1 turf marathon was previously the Sword Dancer, and to be honest, the new name makes more sense. Clement won this event five times, including twice in a row with Gufo back in 2021 and 2022. Sword Dancer, meanwhile, ran on turf three times, but never won on it. The Man o’War presents a similar conundrum, as the original Big Red never ran on the lawn. Other notable curiosities of this ilk include […]

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Haudenosaunee Nationals announce roster for 2026 Pan-American Men’s Lacrosse Championship

Nedrow, N.Y. — The Haudenosaunee Nationals, the premier international lacrosse organization representing the sport’s origins on the world stage, have announced the roster and coaching staff competing at the 2026 Pan-American Men’s Lacrosse Championship set to take place August 16–23 in Kingston, Jamaica. The 24-man roster contains a mix of standouts and up-and-comers from the collegiate level, top high school recruits, and several active National Lacrosse League professionals. See the full breakdown below: Goalies (2): Sakaraonhiotane “Saka” Thompson, Mohawk, (SUNY Potsdam, NCAA); Jack VanValkenburgh, Chichimecca (UAlbany, NCAA) Attack (8): Gregory Elijah-Brown, Oneida (Syracuse, NCAA); Kyle Jackson, Ojibwe (Philadelphia Wings, NLL, New York […]

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Renegade breezes for Travers

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Repole Stable and Robert and Lawana Low’s Renegade breezed a half-mile in 50.66 seconds, according to NYRA Clockers, on Friday over the Saratoga Race Course main track. Trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, the Into Mischief bay is working toward the local Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers, a 10-furlong test for sophomores, on August 29. Renegade, completing his first breeze back since rallying from last to first in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy on Aug. 1, worked to the outside of allowance winner Sassmaster. “I thought it was excellent,” Pletcher said. “He was on the […]

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