LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 18 • Issue 47 • December 20-December 26, 2024 • saratogaTODAYnewspaper.com • 518- 581-2480
- Congress Approved - School Transportation “Saratoga Nat’l Battlefield Park” Woes Continue by Jonathon Norcross Saratoga TODAY
Schuyler Estate in Schuylerville on Dec. 18, 2024 – one of the sites that comprises the Saratoga National Historical/Battlefield Park. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos. See Story pg. 10
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BUSINESS: SEE PAGES 12-13
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A six-month study of the Saratoga Springs transportation department suggested that district schools should change their schedules to help ease problems caused by the ongoing bus driver shortage. The altered start and end times would be the result of transitioning the district from a two-tier busing system to a three-tiered one.
In a presentation delivered at the December 12 Board of Education meeting, proposed schedule changes included: • High School students arriving 15 minutes earlier and departing 20 minutes earlier, with a start time of 7:30 a.m. • Maple Avenue Middle School students arriving 45 minutes later and departing 40 minutes later, with a start time of 8:30 a.m.
See Story pg. 14
State Seal Spring
RE-OPENS
• OMAKASE SUSHI & GRILL OPENS ITS DOORS • TREE HOUSE ACCEPTING TO-GO ORDERS • NEW CANNABIS DISPENSARY OPENS • HAMLET & GHOST TEAM OPENING WINE BAR
The newly renovated State Seal Spring reopened in Saratoga Spa State Park on Dec. 4, 2024. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos. See Story pg. 9