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Parking, road closures for Trooper’s memorial services
The Saratoga Springs Police Department has announced street and parking closures Thursday, Aug. 21 and Friday Aug. 22, for the line-of-duty memorial services of retired New York State Police Sgt. Frederick W. Scheidt Jr. He died of health issues related to his service at the World Trade Center complex after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. After a 30-year career, Scheidt retired in 2009. He was last assigned to Troop G in Saratoga. Sergeant Scheidt is survived by his wife Shannon, son Brandon, and preceded in death by his daughter Katie-Lynn, according to a statement from the NYS Police.
Thursday, Aug. 21, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.: no parking on both sides of N. Broadway from Rock Street to N. Circular Street.
Aug. 21, Public Calling hours, 3 to 7 p.m.: William J. Burke & Sons, Bussing & Cunniff, Inc. Funeral Homes 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs.
Friday, Aug. 22, 8 a.m. to noon: Washington Street will be closed from Broadway to Federal Street.
Friday Aug. 22, Funeral: Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St. Saratoga Springs.
Friday Aug. 22, about noon: Funeral escort may cause brief traffic delays and congestion on the west side of the city.
End of an Era: Feigenbaum Cleaners
Best Cleaners of Schenectady is expanding north with an acquisition of Feigenbaum Cleaners of Glens Falls, the Albany Business Review is reporting. Saratoga Springs and Queensbury, will now be part of Best Cleaners. Feigenbaum Cleaners, with a store in Saratoga, began in Glens Falls in 1917 and has been family-owned since.
Race honors family and nonprofit they support
We at the Dispatch ran the story of the Tribute to Transformation fashion show gala and lunch at the 1863 Club (see if we included you in the multitude of glamorous pix, here), but we ran out of space for one last bit of information:
Sunday's fourth race at the Saratoga Race Course was dedicated to Brian Bouchey, who took center stage at the gala fundraiser, and brother Danny Bouchey, who passed away in 2021.
The Bouchey family have long been big supporters of Living Resources, one of two nonprofits that were supported at the fashion show gala. Both Brian and Danny were in the Living Resources programs. The fundraiser's presenting sponsors included Barbara Bouchey and her brother Steve Bouchey. Building on Love was the other nonprofit recipient.
Wise Up took home first place, with Manny Franco aboard.
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DPW’s Big Truck Day moved to Aug. 22
With rain in the forecast for Wednesday Aug. 20, the Saratoga Springs Department of Pubic Works has moved its Big Truck Day to Friday Aug. 22, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Saratoga Springs West Side Rec Center’s Coach Waldron Way parking area. The free community event will allow children of all ages to learn more about the DPW fleet of vehicles and how they provide services to the city.
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Sky Port Diner, razed, will be rebuilt
The former Sky Port Diner in Glenville has been torn down, a bigger move than expected for the owner who plans to rebuild the site as a bakery, a story in the Daily Gazette says. The aptly named owner Leigh Baker of Scotia Sweets plans a 1,900 square foot restaurant.
State Health worker accused of bizarre threats
A Galway man is accused of threatening to shoot ICE agents in Saratoga Springs, the Times Union is reporting. The state Department of Health worker has also been charged with threats against the widow of murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Shane E. Daley, 40, who is a medical assistance specialist with the Health Department, is charged with cyberstalking and faces five years in prison, the story says.
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