LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 16
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Issue 30
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July 29 – August 4, 2022
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saratogaTODAYnewspaper.com
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518- 581-2480
From Parking Lot...To Pocket Park
BEFORE
AFTER
City redesign plan for repurposing a current lot into a park with amphitheater. The current view captured from the upper level of the City Center parking garage on July 26, 2022, depicts the paved parcel targeted for re-use as a park, and in the distance a second paved lot filled with parked cars that borders Lake Ave. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos. See Story pg. 9
History
OF
SARATOGA
Those Carefree Days When Ballston Was A Spa
Aggressive Panhandlers
BEWARE
by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
The Sans Souci Hotel about 1875. Photo provided by The Saratoga County History Roundtable. See Story pg. 2
SARATOGA SPRINGS — In an effort to help curb “aggressive” panhandling in Saratoga Springs, the City Council this week is expected to stage a public dialogue session regarding a proposed measure to prohibit “aggressive solicitation.” The purpose of the measure is to protect people from
threatening, intimidating or harassing behavior by persons soliciting money or other valuables in public places, according to a draft copy of the proposed ordinance. A public hearing is anticipated to take place in advance of the 7 p.m. start of the council’s Tuesday, Aug. 2 meeting at City Hall. A vote on the measure could also potentially take place later that same night, although the council See Story pg. 10
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