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The Route 50 Diner in Ballston Spa is closed, and it appears to be permanent. Orange signs on the doors Tuesday evening said, “This property has been seized for nonpayment of taxes, and is now in the possession of the state of New York.” The Daily Gazette reports two tax warrants in the total amount of more than $40,000 were issued to the diner at 2002 Doubleday Ave. this year — $20,794 on May 12 and $19,926 on Nov. 20.

Local author, Fran Dingeman, releases her first book, called The Animal Menagerie. It’s an A to Z picture book for children ages 4-7. The characters are animals for each letter of the alphabet and aims to introduce dozens of creative new words to a child’s vocabulary.The new release retails for $21.99 plus tax.

New York residents are the most likely to suffer from sleep disorders in the United States, according to a new study from Eachnight. Eachnight said it looked into online search data for keywords per 100,000 people to find the top 10 states with residents suffering from those disorders. The top searched keyword in New York State was insomnia, which reached 28,600 searches in 2023 at the time of this study.

The Department of Aging and Youth Services is offering its Gather and Dine program at the Saratoga County Senior Center. According to WNYT, the program offers hot, nutritious meals to seniors 60 and older, at noon, Monday through Friday.
Anyone interested can make reservations by Wednesday, Dec. 6 by signing up at the Senior Center.

The man accused of firing a gun in a downtown Saratoga Springs shootout in November 2022 intends to plead guilty to misdemeanor attempted assault and likely will receive no jail time. WNYT reports Alex Colon is one of three men from Utica accused of punching Vito Caselnova on Broadway at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 20, 2022. The incident escalated into Colon and Caselnova, of Glens Falls, exchanging gunfire, which was seen on surveillance camera footage.

The lawyers for Kevin Monahan, the Hebron man accused of killing Kaylin Gillis in his driveway are asking the judge to prohibit the use of the term “victim” at trial, reports WNYT. His lawyers also want the judge to prohibit use of “assailant” and “perpetrator” in front of a jury. The 20 year old Gillis was shot and killed as she rode in an SUV that mistakenly drove up Monahan’s driveway in Hebron in April.

A home health aide from Rensselaer has admitted to stealing about $28,500 from a client in Guilderland. According to WNYT,
Lakeisha Stewart, 43, pleaded guilty in Albany County Court to attempted grand larceny. Stewart cashed several checks from the checking account of the victim, the Albany County Sheriff’s Office said. It all happened between Jan. 5 and Feb. 1, police said.

A part of that “Hail Mary” to save the closing College of St. Rose in Albany, included the exploration of merging with other local colleges, with a last ditch effort coming in the form of a proposal to UAlbany, which didn’t work in the end. WTEN reports within that effort, came requests for funding ito the city, county and state to stabilize that proposed merger.

Two people are facing charges in connection to a stabbing in Schuylerville. A third person was charged for his alleged behavior during one of the arrests. WNYT reports the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office says they arrested Ryan Danaher, Ruthann Danaher, and Kevin Relyea for assault, hindering prosecution and reckless endangerment, respectively. Sheriff’s deputies say that Ryan Danaher stabbed someone in the neck with a knife two weeks ago in Schuylerville.

On Thursday, 76 year old Herbert L. Marlow of Clifton Park was sentenced on two charges of possessing a sexual performance by a child. Marlow will serve one year of incarceration and ten years of probation on each charge, which will run consecutively. Marlow was arrested on March 23 following an investigation into a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and again in late August.