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Contact: Susan Farnsworth
Phone: 587-8635

Saratoga Springs, NY– “The Final Stretch” Music Festival says farewell to the thoroughbreds on the last weekend of the racing season, Saturday and Sunday night, September 4 & 5, 2010. There are eight musical acts performing at sites along Broadway from Ellsworth Jones Place (by the City Center) to Eddie Bauer, then down at Ben & Jerry’s a the corner of Phila and Putnam, 7 – 11 p.m.

The music includes Saratoga Acoustic Blues Society Saturday and Bluz House Rockers Sunday at Ellsworth Jones Place (by the City Center, 522 Broadway); Almost Uncommon, a local jazz group made up of talented high school students playing Saturday and Tequila Mockingbirds, the acoustic guitar duo of Pete Pashoukos and George Fletcher playing blues, jazz and a whole lot more in the Collamer Parking [...]

This past weekend hundreds of visitors and residents came into the village of North Creek for Race The Train, WayneStock, the Tri County Auxiliary Bazaar and Artists and Authors at the Hudson. Welcoming them were colorful new banners adorning the primary entrance to the village of North Creek.

The volunteer efforts were spearheaded by the marketing subcommittee of the Business Alliance. This group of women business owners who have “entertainingly” called themselves “WOW” or Women of Wisdom, consists of Sharon Taylor the Alpine Lodge, Lisa Thomas of Trimmers, Mary Ann and Anna Bowers of bar Vino, Poiema and the Vault, Kathleen Bennett of Braley & Noxon Hardware, Helen Miner of The Owens House Educational Center, Andy Waldron at Andie’s at Smiths, Laura Pierson of Laura’s Tavern, Sarah Hayden of Café Sarah, Mary Jane Lang of Cunningham’s Ski Barn, and Laurie Arnheiter of [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (August 12, 2010) – Saratoga Gaming and Raceway, previously open from 10 a.m. until 2 a.m. will now be offering two additional hours of operations, staying open until 4 a.m. beginning Friday, August 13.

“We are excited that beginning this Friday our property will be open an additional two hours, seven days a week,” states Executive Vice President and COO, Jamie Hartman. “Patrons will be able to enjoy gaming entertainment from 10 a.m. until 4 a.m.”

Other changes to hours of operation will include Vapor, the property’s two story nightclub that offers free live entertainment every Friday and [...]

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August 3, 2010

Contact:
Katharine Gould
Shorey Public Relations
(518) 587-1011 ext. 232
katharine@shoreypr.com

2010 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE RANDY ROMERO AT SARATOGA RACE COURSE AND GIDEON PUTNAM FOR VIP RECEPTION

Albany, N.Y. – The National Kidney Foundation of Northeast New York (NKF of NENY) has announced a full day of private racing and VIP reception with 2010 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Inductee, Jockey Randy Romero, one day prior to his Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

WHO: The National Kidney Foundation of Northeast New York and Jockey Randy Romero

WHAT: Day at the Saratoga Racetrack on the Porch and VIP Reception celebration at the Gideon Putnam Resort
$150pp for “Day of Racing,” includes [...]

The Saratoga Theatre Club will present “Aint Got No” at the Great Room Theatre in Gansevoort on Aug. 20, 21, and 22nd. It is a collection of entirely original works by local artists that include one and three-act plays, two readings, songs and comedy skits.

The theme of unfulfillment is explored using mild adult humor and situations.

Production times are Friday August 20, 2010 and Saturday August 21, 2010 at 8pm, and Sunday August 22, 2010 at 4pm. Admission is $5.00.

The Great Room Theatre, owned by James Pentaudi, is located at 13 Leonard Street in Gansevoort, eight miles north of Wilton Mall in Saratoga.

This renovated 1838 historic church was featured in “Spirit of Saratoga” magazine’s April 2009 issue.

The cast and crew are all members of The Saratoga Theatre Club, a “Meetup” organization. Inquiries on the production can be directed to assistant organizer Joy Canfield at (518) 250-0251.</ [...]

The Mechanicville District Public Library is pleased to be the recipient of a grant to make possible a series of weekly concerts between Family Day and the Feast of the Assumption in Tallmadge Park, Mechanicville, NY.

Ride the Library Wave to Tunes @ Tallmadge Park, Thursdays 6:30-8pm

8/5 David Ruch; Historian/Folk

8/12 John D’Aloia Band ; Classic/modern Rock

These concerts are funded in part by the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Saratoga County Arts Council and the City of Mechanicville, coordinated by the Mechanicville Library. For more information please call the library at 664-4646.