LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 12 • Issue 36 • September 7 – September 13, 2018 • saratogaTODAYnewspaper.com • 518- 581-2480 •
Blue Streaks Undefeated, 5-0 by Lori Mahan Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Varsity Golf Team only has ten golfers, but they’re already 5-0 this season. The team is the defending champion of the Section II title and they are aiming to hang on to that title. Coach Mike Hall, only in his second season coaching, says he has a very strong team this season, even with a “few new guys” and six returners. “Our new guys have worked their way into the lineup very well See Story pg. 37
Saratoga Varsity Golf Team. Photo provided.
Hanging Up His Horn
PRIMARY DAY
Sam the Bugler Retires After 25 Years
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
Sam “the Bugler” Grossman with his last call to the post on Monday Sept. 3, 2018. Photo by SuperSource Media. See Story pg. 10
SARATOGA SPRINGS — New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon visited the Spa City Sunday afternoon in advance of primary day, which this year will take place Thursday, Sept. 13. Nixon announced her campaign for Governor of New York in March, challenging Democratic incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“I’m running for governor because I believe we can have a New York that works for all of us,” Nixon told a group of about 125 people at Saratoga Arts on Sunday. She spoke for approximately 20 minutes. “I voted for Andrew Cuomo eight years ago, because I remembered his dad and because I believed he was a Democrat the way he said he was, but since taking office he has governed like he was a Republican,” Nixon told the crowd. She suggested Cuomo See Story pg. 11