LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 16
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Issue 14
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April 8 – April 14, 2022
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OUT OF THIS WORLD Mount McGregor: The Place Where The Paranormal and Tourism Meet by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
Mount McGregor. Photo: Empire State Development image, 2014.
SARATOGA COUNTY — The multi-acre swath of land nestled between Wilton, Moreau and Corinth has in the past served as a correctional facility, a TB sanitarium, and a center for the developmentally disabled.
Now, paranormal investigator Steve Brodt and business partner Mark Erskine are finalizing an offer to New York State to purchase the long-vacant Mount McGregor correctional facility property, with a goal of creating a new heritage tourism destination in Saratoga County. See Story pg. 11
City Lets Taxpayers Decide Coming Full Circle at the How Their Money is Spent Autism Expo & Art Exhibit by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — City Finance Commissioner Minita Sanghvi introduced a new initiative to Saratoga Springs, which will specifically allow residents to decide how a portion of the city’s annual budget is spent. Commissioner Sanghvi introduced the “Participatory Budgeting” plan at this week’s City Council meeting. “Participatory budgeting gives everyone a seat at the table
and creates an inclusive budget process,” Sanghvi said. “This is an innovative finance tool we’re introducing in Saratoga Springs. It builds stronger communities. This is your taxpayer money, and you should decide how to spend it.” Essentially, the process sets aside a modest amount of the city’s annual spending plan and allows residents – through a submitted proposal plan and subsequent vote – to decide how that money is spent. See Story pg. 9
Allison Rodriguez, Joshua and Scott Bonney. Photo provided. See Story pg. 19
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