LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 18
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Issue 27
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August 2 - August 8, 2024
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SCHUYLERVILLE Saratoga Rowers Compete in Paris Turning Point Parade
Saratoga rower Kristi Wagner competes with her double sculls partner Sophia Vitas. Photo via U.S. Rowing. See Story pg 34
Turning Point Parade, Schuylerville. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos. See Story pg 6
Complex at Sperry’s TOM DURKIN Gets OK from ZBA BACK IN ACTION by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The city Zoning Board of Appeals last week unanimously approved a SEQRA Negative Declaration as well as area variances to allow a mixed-use development proposal involving Sperry’s Restaurant and new residential units on Caroline Street to move forward.
Sperry’s Restaurant operated in the Spa City for 91 years before closing in early 2023. It was purchased by Louis Lazzinnaro in January of 2024 with the idea of re-opening the restaurant and combining it with a new mixed-use project. Dave Carr of the LA Group represented the applicant in front of the ZBA last week and said both the Sperry’s name and the restaurant’s façade will be maintained. Continued on pg. 8...
Tom Durkin. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos. See Story pg. 14
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