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Spa City to Get Extra Gas for Emergency Vehicles
Mayor Raymond Watkin reported last night that he has made what he feels to be his first major breakthrough in an effort to solve the critical gasoline shortage although it concerns only 'emergency-type' vehicles.
Spa City to improve walkability
The city is taking steps to improve conditions to walk, bike or travel around via alternative transportation. Those efforts have been recognized with some national attention.
Spa City URA Plans for Hotel-Center
The Saratoga Springs Urban Renewal Agency last night unanimously passed a resolution limiting the number of parking spaces in the proposed Spring Valley North project to allow the construction of a hotel-civic center complex. Later plans will include…
Spa City weighs parking meters
The plan would generate income but many local businesses are concerned.
Spa City's new station plans to open in March
The new station will be three times the size of the old one. It will include a newstand, coffee, kiosk, gift shop and children's play area. There will be rotating artists and exhibits, and the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce will host an…
SPAC Fundraising Letter
A SPAC fundraising letter dated July 18, 1963, concerning the Palmer- Player match at the reopening of the Saratoga Spa Golf Course.
Spring Run Trail officially opened
New, mile-long walking, biking path; after almost two decades the Spring Run Trail is now open
Stacey Gerrish Interview
An interview with Stacey Gerrish, '87, about her college days at Skidmore College. MDOCS interviewed Ms. Gerrish' grandmother on the same day. Ms. Gerrish talked about teaching a friend to drive, her work reading the news at WSPN and other…
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.
Street Cleaner in Mask
The original caption on this Oct. 21, 1918, photo read: "Mask worn to check influenza spread. The admonition of the New York Health Board to wear masks to check the spread of influenza epidemic has been headed. 'Better ridiculous than dead' is the…
Streetcar - Electric Model
Two pieces: Trolley car and base. Trolley car: Green-painted trolley car (23.5 x 4.75 x 7.5) with yellow/gold roof and lettering "Ballston Terminal Railroad Co. - A.N. Chandler - Baggage and Express"; black-painted steps, undercarriag
Style Shop Bag
Pastel-flowered plastic bag with solid plastic carrying handle; black lettering A shopping bag from The Style Shop, 26 Front Street, Ballston Spa. Closed, now pool hall. Also known as Caplan's, had branch in Mechanicville.
Tentative Senior Citizens Site
A plan of the plot of land acquired at the corner of Williams and Hamilton Streets for the Adult and Senior Center of Saratoga. The text reads "This area, adjacent to the St. Peter's Academy playground, has been designated as a possible location for…
The Chapel
The Chapel is a collection of photos taken in and around the Wilson Chapel on Skidmore's campus. Photographer Margot Hahn was influenced by elements of nature, shadows, still life, and the physicality of space and place.
The city, on 2 wheels
BikeShare Week offers tours, provides free rides to the public.
The Kittie West
Kittie West, Erie Canal pleasure boat
The Northern Traveller; Containing the routes to Niagara, Quebec, and The Springs
A guidebook to the U.S. Northeast that went through multiple editions between 1825 and 1850. Strip maps and area maps in each edition reflect the existing travel infrastructure. Comparing the 1825 and 1834 editions shows the arrival of the…
