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Our June 18 front page

Summer Starts Friday!! Who’s running on Tuesday. Schermerhorn wins lawsuit, saves $500,000. 2 ‘No Kings’ arrests. Chronicle discovers more Zinovyev charges. Talked it out with Bill & Diana. Firm plans 100-room Marriott at Exit 19 next to Home2 Suites which they also own and plan to expand. Zerbini Circus in Wbg, HF & GF. 2026 Belmont will return to Saratoga. New in Corinth: ADK Gateway 8 Challenge: Biking, hiking & …

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Spa’s Homemade Theater terminates paid staff trying ‘to survive

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Home Made Theater in its 39th year in Saratoga Springs announced that it will become an all-volunteer company, “releasing our entire paid staff as of the end of our fiscal year on June 30th.”

Laid off were three full-timers: Executive and Artistic Director Eric Rudy and the business manager and the tech director, plus a part-time administrator/volunteer coordinator.

Mr. Rudy told The Chronicle it …

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Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on June 8; 4 days of racing, events

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The 156th running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown, is Saturday, June 8, at 6:41 p.m. at Saratoga Race Course.

Typically held at Belmont Park in Long Island, the horse race moves to Saratoga this year and in 2025 to allow for construction at Belmont Park. It is the first time the oldest of the Triple Crown events, first …

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Our August 17 front page

Washington County Fair starts Monday! Gunshots, injury in Glens Falls. Adirondack Trail Makers. Carrie Woerner: Horse racing is key to economy & public loves it; ‘small minority’ seeks to ban it. F.W. Webb digs in its heels. Crandall Library gets $500,000 donation from Qby. native to honor his late mother, 2 aunts. Tim Drawbridge to exit; GF seeks Communications Chief, $50,000. Twin Bridges won’t buy land in Moreau Industrial Park. …

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David Britton of GF is chef at Siro’s, Saratoga

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Glens Falls’s David Britton is the new executive chef at Siro’s Restaurant, a centerpiece of the Saratoga Race Course season.

As reported by Steve Barnes in the Albany Times Union, Siro’s was sold last week to SPS and JLS Family Partnerships, which two years ago purchased Shepard’s Cove Restaurant and turned it into the Lake George Beach Club in Lake George Village.

Mr. Britton …

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