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A Waterford family is donating their tree for it to be displayed at the Empire State Plaza this holiday season. The Reesce family just bought their home a few months back and when they saw a 40 foot tall blue spruce too close to the home for comfort, they called the state Office of General Services which picked that tree to be placed on the Empire State Plaza outside the Capitol with a community tree lighting ceremony will take place on December 5.

The Saratoga Springs City Council candidate accused of altering petitions appeared in court on Thursday. According to WNYT, Republican Samantha Guerra pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor charges in Saratoga Springs City Court on Thursday. Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen is asking that Schenectady County District Attorney Bob Carney prosecute the case.

Saratoga Comic Con is expected to draw large crowds to the city this weekend. It runs Saturday, November 20, 10 a.m.- 7 p.m., with an after party from 7-9 p.m. Then on Sunday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. at the Saratoga Springs City Center, 522 Broadway in Saratoga.

CDPHP and Community Care Physicians are joining together. WNYT reports CDPHP says partnering with a group of doctors allows for new treatment tools for health management. Patients won’t see any disruptions as a result of this partnership and doctors won’t change but there will be changes in management under the deal.

Saratoga Springs Police Chief Shane Crooks says the department will cooperate with a state probe of its handling of Black Lives Matter activists. The Daily Gazette reports Crooks said the city had received correspondence from the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office concerning allegations of possible violations of state and federal law as it relates to recent protests that occurred in the city.

The state Attorney General’s Office has announced the indictment of 54 members of a drug trafficking ring which distributed heroin laced with fentanyl, powder and crack cocaine, and methamphetamine to a number of areas locally including Saratoga County. Among those charged; Miguel John, 26, of Saratoga Springs and Everett Russell Bishop, 48, of Wilton.

Ground was broken Tuesday for the new Children’s Museum in Saratoga Springs. It’s a result of the Children’s Museum at Saratoga and the Children’s Museum of Science and Technology merging, with the joint venture operating out of the Lincoln Bathhouse. This makes the third museum to call Saratoga Spa State Park home. WNYT reports museum officials hope the new location will be completed by late spring.

Carlton Road between Van Patten Drive and Kinns Road will be closed to traffic on November 23 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to make several repairs at the train underpass. This comes after a tractor trailer hit the low bridge, destroying its trailer. WTEN reports there are warning size about the clearance of the underpass but they were apparently ignored by the driver.

A vandalized monument in Congress Park in Saratoga is back on its pedestal. WNYT reports the statue honoring volunteer soldiers from New York during the Civil War was damaged in July 2020. Repair costs totaled more than $58,000 and were covered under the city’s insurance program. Community donations of $14,000 were also made that were used for landscaping and security improvements.

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that $25 million in federal funding will be used to provide free legal assistance to low-income renters facing eviction in areas of the state outside of New York City where access to free legal aid is not available to meet the need of these renters. The legal assistance is aimed at helping both tenants and landlords resolve rent-related disputes and maintaining tenants’ housing stability.

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