WSSV News

Big changes are in store for the Spa Little Theater. The Daily Gazette reports the 500-seat venue, which was constructed circa 1935, is set for a $12 million renovation project that will include the addition of a cafe, backstage area, artists’ space and community room. The groundbreaking is slated for Sept. 2. The theater will be closed until the renovations are completed in late fall of 2026.

A routine vehicle stop early Saturday morning led to the arrest of a Clifton Park man on multiple charges, including aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. WTEN reports the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office reported that 43 year old Jeremy P. Durivage was stopped at 2:28 a.m. on Clifton Park Center Road for an expired inspection certificate. During the investigation, authorities discovered Durivage was allegedly operating the vehicle with a blood alcohol content of 0.16%, double the legal limit.

A 27-year-old man from Corinth, identified as Jacob Lee, has been arrested for allegedly breaking a business window with a shovel. The incident occurred on Main Street around 4 a.m. WNYT reports damages from the incident are estimated at $250. Authorities have not provided any information on the motive behind the act.

There was large flooding in Lake George Friday night following a reported dam break. WNYT reports
Route 9 was closed for multiple hours with the flooding also leaving local businesses destroyed.
The Whippoorwill Motel & Campsites and Ledge Rock Hill Winery are both owned by the Morgan family, they said the flooding has left them with thousands of dollars in damage. A Go Fund Me page has been set up for the family.

Clifton Park considers ban on e-bikes in parks. The town is hearing complaints, but a Planning Board member says the ban would push e-bikes onto streets, which he said are dangerous. In response to a growing number of complaints the Town Board will hold a public hearing set for 7 p.m. on Monday, May 19 to consider banning the motorized bicycles in municipal parks and preserves.

BALLSTON SPA Village residents who live in the shadow of a water tower now fear that another even taller structure will hover over their homes a 180-foot cellphone monopole. The approval the location is unsafe, as it is surrounded by several homes, and that the village is unwilling to look for a different site.

Two celebrated neighborhood spots in Saratoga County are making changes. The 43-year-old Ravenswood Pub in Clifton Park, went up for sale earlier this month for $3.249 million by Scott Schreifels, who bought the business in 2016. Up in Saratoga Springs, Clancy’s Tavern, a 28-year-old watering hole is getting its first real kitchen Sunday. Griffin Clancy said he hopes to debut the menu and the refurbished bar by the end of June.

Construction workers uncovered human remains on Thursday in Glens Falls. City officials believe they were part of an old cemetery. An excavation crew unearthed the remains at a site on Broad and South Streets. The discovery brought construction to a halt and that’s because the Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act requires landowners to stop construction and report discoveries to authorities.

A proposed six-unit, three-story condominium fashioned after one of the city’s lost historic hotels, is being poorly received by its neighbors. Last week’s city Planning Board meeting heard more than a dozen residents in the Park Place and Cottage Street neighborhood complain that the structure, proposed for the corner lot, is too large, too dense and would overwhelm their properties

Sovereignty, the winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby, has officially arrived at the Saratoga Race Course, according to the New York Racing Association. The colt’s arrival came just two days after news that trainer Bill Mott had decided to skip the Preakness Stakes, thus forgoing a Triple Crown attempt, and aim for the Belmont Stakes instead. Mott told NYRA that he would see how Sovereignty acts once he settles down and then decide upon an exercise routine.