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The Saratoga Springs Lions club is holding an active sports camp for young people who are visually impaired. According to WNYT, Camp Abilities Saratoga will be held through August 6 at Skidmore College as part of a Lions Club service project.
The campers learn sports skills they can bring back to school with them during the year that can help them participate on school teams with their classmates.

First responders were honored guests at the track on Thursday as NYRA paid tribute to them. All first responders with ID’s got free grandstand admission. WRGB reports the celebration included pipe and drum performers from the New York State police, along with a display of a fire engine from the Saratoga Springs Fire Department.

Wednesday, an older couple came to the Saratoga Springs police station after visiting for the day but then couldn’t find their car. Police drove around for hours with the couple searching and continued to do so overnight into Thursday without luck. Polie say the vehicle they’re looking for is a white 2020 Nissan Kicks, with NY plates GEY9746.

State Police arrested 35-year-old Andrew Pegler of Bethlehem for Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child and Resisting Arrest. Pegler is accused of possessing and promoting images consistent with child sexual exploitation via the internet. His arrest followed an investigation stemming from a cyber tip received by the New York State Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the execution of a search warrant at his residence.

State Police at the Capital arrested 30 year old Naelle Marius of Albany for two counts of Grand Larceny and Petit Larceny.
On December 9, 2021, State Police were contacted by the New York Department of State concerning four checks that had been cashed by someone other than the intended recipient. During the investigation, State Police discovered Marius had deposited 56 checks issued to the Department of State totaling $19,445 into her personal bank account. Marius was working as a temporary employee for the agency.

A Galway man is killed after an accident in Argyle on Friday. WNYT reports 45 year old Eric Larson was thrown off his motorcycle after veering into a car on County Route 48 around 5:00 pm. Larson suffered multiple serious injuries and was later pronounced dead. No one else was hurt.

The Saratoga County Department of Health is set to hold a monkeypox vaccine clinic on Saturday, July 30. The clinic will be at 6012 County Farm Road in Ballston Spa from 9 a.m. to noon. WTEN reports officials said there are currently no reported cases of monkeypox in the county. The two-dose JYNNEOS vaccine will be given to eligible people who may have had a recent monkeypox exposure.

The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library is getting a makeover thanks to $25,000 in funding from the state. According to WTEN, the money will help pay for various renovations to the children’s section. The library will be applying for more grants from the state to fund additional projects.

State Police arrested 20 year old Thomas Greene from Colonie, for Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Making a Terroristic Threat, and other counts after he allegedly made a terroristic threat while on the Army National Guard Base in Latham recently. A search of Greene’s home resulted in the State Police seizing an illegally possessed assault rifle, a shotgun, and five large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. Greene was also found to be in violation of an active order of protection preventing him from legally possessing a firearm.

At about 7:30pm Thursday night, St. Johnsville police were called for a report of a sexual assault at Soldiers & Sailors Park. Police say a young woman reported she had been lured to a place in the park and sexually assaulted. Pictures of the suspect’s car were widely shared, reports WNYT, and now 26 year old Agha Musaib Kahn of Halfmoon is facing charges of criminal sex act, forcible touching, and unlawful imprisonment.