LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 11 • Issue 42 • October 21 – October 27, 2016
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Lead Levels In School Fountain Three Saratoga Schools Take Action
by Norra Reyes Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs City School District has recently learned that three of its elementary schools have lead levels in drinking water that exceed 15 parts per billion (ppb), the level deemed “actionable” by the Environmental Protection Agency and New York State Law. One school was found to have a drinking fountain with lead levels at 930 ppb. As required by law, the district has begun immediate action for remediation under the guidance of
Notes From City Hall Code Blue Heading to Caroline by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — Should the council hold public hearings on whether it is in favor, or opposed to Saratoga Springs hosting the gun show? That’s what one local resident is suggesting. “What I think the City Council needs to do, is take this issue seriously,” local resident David Bronner told council members this week, during the public comment section of the council meeting. “Craft
a resolution about the gun show and how you feel about it. Hold public hearings on it, debate it, and vote on it.” After organizing more than 100 gun shows at the Saratoga Springs City Center over the past 32 years, show promoter David Petronis was informed last summer that the venue would not have any open dates to host the show in the near future, because a greater priority had been placed on securing conference See Blue pg. 10
the Department of Health. The district states on its website, “While we know that this information may cause some concern, we are taking the necessary steps to address the situation and confirm the safety of water throughout the district. There is nothing that we take more seriously than the well-being of our students and staff.” According to the lead levels testing results posted on the district website, the highest levels were found at Dorothy Nolan Elementary, in the Room 201 Drinking Fountain which had lead levels of 930 ppb. See Lead pg. 18
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