LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 18
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Issue 22
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May 31 - June 6, 2024
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saratogaTODAYnewspaper.com
BLUE STREAKS SOFTBALL
Underdogs Win Sectionals Saratoga County’s
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INSIDE TODAY
WOMEN of
Influence 2024 THE RESULTS ARE IN!
The Saratoga Springs varsity softball team poses after capturing the Section 2 Class AAA championship. Photo via Saratoga Athletics social media accounts. See Story pg. 33
Check out the ‘Saratoga County’s Women of Influence,’ a 28-page pull-out section inside TODAY
BELMONT ON BROADWAY What To Know; How To Get There; What’s Happening SARATOGA SPRINGS — A week-long festival marking the first appearance of the Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs will take place in the Spa City. Nicknamed “Belmont On Broadway” and billed as a locally based multifaceted celebration, the 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival is slated to take place June 4 -9 and will feature a free outdoor concert and other events complimentary to the June 6-9
four-day meet at Saratoga Race Course. The signature kick-off event to the week will be a free outdoor concert on Broadway in front of the Saratoga Springs City Center on Wednesday, June 5. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. with Tops of Trees, a Saratoga-based original eight-piece rock and soul ensemble, followed by the Virginia-based Pat McGee Band taking the stage at 7 p.m.
Outside the Saratoga Springs City Center on Broadway May 29, 2024. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos. Story continued on pg. 8-9