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Brown's Bathing Beach, Saratoga Lake, N.Y. 262
A postcard showing Brown's Bathing Beach, with automobile, swingset, and dock.
Text on back of postcard reads:
11/9/32
Dear George, Ain't this a glorious country. We all voted against Roosevelt but are now glad election is over & t hat the Dem.…
Text on back of postcard reads:
11/9/32
Dear George, Ain't this a glorious country. We all voted against Roosevelt but are now glad election is over & t hat the Dem.…
How does the media represent Latinxs? Latinx Students Video Interview
Latinx students from Skidmore College spoke with Ashley Polanco and Alyssa Morales on the ways in which the media perceives Latinxs.
When People See me: Skidmore Latinx Student Interviews
Latinx students from Skidmore College engaged in a conversation with Ashley Polanco and Alyssa Morales of Raices about race within Latinx communities. They share their experiences of how others perceive their identities.
Peg Boyers Interview
Peg Boyers is a Skidmore alumni and faculty lecturer in the English Department, as well as executive editor of Salmagundi Magazine. She spoke with Skidmore Student Sarah Coker at her home in Saratoga Springs on March 25th2016 about Cuban identity,…
Nurianny Montilla Interview
Nurianny Montilla is a Skidmore student living in Saratoga Springs, NY. She is a senior at Skidmore majoring in sociology, and she spoke with fellow Skidmore senior Abigail Outterson on March 26th, 2016 about her experiences being born in the…
Aldo and Dennis Video Interview
Aldo and Dennis X. are two brothers living in Long Island, New York. They are uncles of Skidmore student Alison Ungaro, and spoke with her about their experience migrating from Peru to the United States through work, education, community, religion…
[Senior Center Computer Club Members, 2005]
A group of seniors who comprise the Computer Club
Fitness knows no age
In this article, margaret Lebrun writes that "fitness doesn't have to wane with age." Her examples are pool-playing Charles Shortsleeves and the bowlers Betty and Harvey mead. They participate in the fourth annual games for adults age 55 and older…
Breaking Ground
A newspaper clipping showing the beginning of construction for the center at 5 Williams St.
Interview with Greg Hess, '78
Hess, a double major in chemistry and biology, and minor in business, describes how he came to take ballet classes and starting the Skidmore Hockey Club. He also worked as a ski instructor at West Mountain and Gore. Hess recalls that the letter of…
Interview with Bill Ladd, '83
Ladd, '83, was a theater major who studied with Carolyn Anderson. He hails from Wayne, Maine, and currently lives in Framingham, Massachusetts. He recalls faculty including Phyllis Roth and Pat Lee pushing him to excel, acting in a movie while…
Interview with Jacob Navarrete, '08
Navarrete, '08, from Dallas, Texas, graduated with a double major in psychology and history, focusing on existential psychology with Sheldon Solomon and American History with Jennifer Delton. He started working with Prof. Solomon in LS1 (Liberal…
Saratoga URA Gives Go-Ahead to Survey for Senior Citizen Center
The Urban Renewal Agency last night authorized Director Donald Veitch to proceed with plan for a new survey and legal description of land near St. Peter High School playground for the construction of a new Senior Citizens Center.
Bus route changes to take place in spring
The changes, the first major route restructuring in the Saratoga area since 2007, will increase service around areas of the city and out to the commercial corridor at Northway Exit 15, and bringing bus service for the first time to the neighborhoods…
More CDTA service planned in city
Plan shifts bus routes to 'touch' more people.
Stimulus going to new parking lots
A pair of parking lots will be made more eco-friendly thanks to nearly $600,000 in stimulus money. This will include installing porous pavement and a natural catch basin.
Big Families Hunt Decent Housing in Vain
Too many people are living in cramped conditions; post urban renewal, low-rent housing will be useful to meet relocation needs for low-income families.
New bike lanes on North Broadway officially unveiled
In September. before the weather regularly became too cool and wet - like it was Wednesday - the Department of Public Safety painted new bike lanes on North Broadway.
Circular Closed
A newspaper clipping about the center's lack of funding leading it to close
Spring Run Trail officially opened
New, mile-long walking, biking path; after almost two decades the Spring Run Trail is now open
Citizen Center is Active Place
A newspaper article reporting on the Center as an active place for seniors in the community
Greyhound buses moving to train station off West Ave.
The logic, Greyhound Lines Inc. said, is that the CDTA, which owns the train station, uses it as a hub for city buses. The new location will make transfers between Greyhound and CDTA buses easier.
Interview with Vonnie Estes
Interview with Vonnie Estes, musician, dancer, and volunteer at The Flurry Festival, a three-day music and dance festival in Saratoga Springs, NY. Estes speaks about growing up, her evolution as a piano player, the history of The Flurry Festival, and…
Interview with John Kirk
Oral History interview with John Kirk, musician and contra dance instructor for The Flurry Festival. Talks about the changes to the festival that have occurred over the years in terms of audience, music types and dance styles.
Interview with Trish Miller
Trish Miller, dedicated Flurry participant and teacher of banjo at Skidmore College, describes her background in folk music and traditional dance and discusses her experiences with the annual Flurry Festival in Saratoga Springs.
Interview with Cecilia Frittelli
History of street, evolution, artists identities/roles, the future
Interview with John Guay
Oral History interview with John Guay, president, musician and dancer of the Flurry Festival. Guay talks about how the Festival has changed over the years and the problems they have today.
Interview with David Plaskett
The overarching theme of the interview I conducted displays Mr. Plaskett's doubtful yet hopeful view for the future of the Lodge. He has been living in Saratoga and participating in the Lodge since 1998 - he has been an Elks member since his youth.…
Spa City weighs parking meters
The plan would generate income but many local businesses are concerned.
Expanded rail routes studied
Passenger trains cold once again cross the railroad bridge over the Hudson River at Mechanicville if a bi-state planning effort comes to fruition.