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Taylor Bonacci wins PBA scholarship
Taylor Bonacci was awarded this year’s Saratoga Springs Police Lieutenants’ PBA scholarship, which goes to a graduating high school senior from the Saratoga Springs area who plans to major in Criminal...
View ArticleSaratoga Springs school board adopts veteran’s tax exemptions
The Saratoga Springs City School District Board of Education voted to adopt a resolution for the Alternative Veterans’ Tax Exemption at Level C and the Cold War Veterans’ Tax Exemption at Level C at 10...
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Skidmore aims to raise $200m
Skidmore President Philip A. Glotzbach with students. Skidmore College has launched a multi-year fundraising campaign with a goal of raising $200 million by 2020. Creating Our Future—The Campaign for...
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French exchange program at Ballston Spa High School to continue in spring
Twenty French students from Blanche-de-Castille High School in Le Chesnay, France arrived at Ballston Spa High School in October and spent 12 days with American host students and families. The French...
View ArticleSearch on for South Glens Falls superintendent
The South Glens Falls Central School District (SGFCSD) board of education unanimously voted at its Monday, Nov. 20, meeting to work with WSWHE BOCES District Superintendent James Dexter to begin the...
View ArticleShenendehowa gets AA+ rating from S&P Global
S&P Global Ratings has raised its long term and underlying ratings to ‘AA+’ from ‘AA’ on Shenendehowa Central School District’s outstanding general obligation (GO) debt. At the same time, they...
View ArticleSaratoga County sheriffs talks to middle school students
The Saratoga County Sheriff deputies will visit Social Studies classes at the Ballston Spa Middle School on Monday and Wednesday, Dec. 4 and 6. Deputies will talk to the students about school safety...
View ArticleSouth Glens Falls school board to appoint Jon Hunter as interim superintendent
The South Glens Falls Central School District board of education will appoint Dr. Jon G. Hunter to lead the school district as their interim superintendent at the next meeting of the board on Dec. 18....
View ArticleHome Instead Senior Care reschedules wrapping party to Wednesday
The Home Instead Senior Care office serving Saratoga, Washington and Warren counties has rescheduled its wrapping party to Wednesday, Dec. 13, when employees and community volunteers will wrap the...
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Foundation awards $6,800 in grants to Ballston Spa school district
Ballston Spa Central School District representatives receive grant awards from BSEF officers Susannah Amiteye and Stephanie Lamphere. The Ballston Spa Education Foundation (BSEF) presented more than...
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Adirondack Trust awards grants to Ballston Spa schools for STEM education
The Ballston Spa Central School District received a $2,500 Lend-A-Hand Grant from the Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund (ATCCF). It will be used to support the 2018 Girls’ Summit, a full-day,...
View ArticleBallston Spa school awarded funding from GLOBALFOUNDRIES-Malta Foundation
The Ballston Spa schools was awarded grant money from the GLOBALFOUNDRIES-Town of Malta Foundation. The district received $5,500 in funding for the annual Tech Valley Robot Rumble Off-Season Robotics...
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Ballston Spa National Bank funds high school robotics team
For the 10th year, the Ballston Spa National Bank (BSNB) will fund the Ballston Spa High School Robotics Team’s participation in the annual US FIRST Robotics competition. This year’s $6,000 in...
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Skidmore raises money, collects donations for county nonprofits
The 2017 Skidmore Cares drive was held at the college’s Scribner House. Continuing a holiday tradition dating back to 2006, the Skidmore College community this year raised $12,590 in monetary donations...
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Ballston Spa students collect pennies to donate to nonprofits
Students from Ballston Spa’s Milton Terrace Elementary School assist with loading their penny collection into the SEFCU Mobile Branch. The annual fall harvesting of pennies has been completed in the...
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SaratogaREADS! encourages young people to read
SaratogaREADS! continues its partnership with Skidmore College to bring students in grades 4-6 who reside in the Saratoga Springs City School District an opportunity to delve into this year’s Junior...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters accepting applicants for ‘Students Inside Albany’
The League of Women Voters of Saratoga County is accepting applications for high school juniors residing in Saratoga County to attend “Students Inside Albany,” a conference sponsored by the League of...
View ArticleSaratoga Independent School names Lisa Brown as head
The Board of Trustees of the Saratoga Independent School (SIS) has named Lisa Brown as its head of school. Brown had been serving as interim head of school since July 2017. Prior to coming to SIS,...
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Skidmore College culinary teams wins gold
The Skidmore College culinary team earned its fifth consecutive gold medal for culinary excellence in the American Culinary Federation (ACF) sanctioned competition held Friday, Jan. 12, on the...
View ArticleBallston Spa PTA hosts ‘Super Science Saturday’
Ballston Spa PTAs will host the annual “Super Science Saturday” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, in the Milton Terrace/Wood Road cafeteria and gym. This year’s theme focuses on climate change...
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