'Housing' is more than a headline in Saratoga

BUT FIRST: 🍀 Belly laughs at an Irish wake.

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🍀 Belly laughs at an Irish wake

Feast on Irish soda bread and Shepherd’s pie during UPH’s pre-St. Patrick’s Day musical comedy ‘Finnegan’s Wake’

Abby Tegnelia

Being out and about these last few days has felt great, no?

When the temps nosedive again, do NOT retreat back into your cocoon — get ahead of it now, by booking a ticket that will get you out of the house, and make you laugh.

As you read this, local actors are rehearsing and gearing up for their three-day run of Finnegan’s Farewell, a musical comedy (by the co-creator of Tony & Tina’s Wedding!) that’s taking the stage at UPH Thursday and Friday nights and Saturday matinee.

“It’s so much fun,” laughs UPH director Teddy Foster. “You’ve gotta come — it’s such a great time.”

The premise: You’re a guest at an authentic Irish wake and have come to pay your last respects to “dearly departed US Postal worker Paddy Finnegan.” The good-natured lad took a trip to an Atlantic City casino where he won $10 million at the slots — and then promptly dropped dead. With Father Seamus presiding, you’ll be treated to eulogies, sing-alongs and the search for a missing corpse.

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Meanwhile, you’ll eat, drink, watch The Riverkids Irish dancing champions — and be invited to dance to the music of The Dublineers.

Don’t leave before they read the will!

To grab your ticket (show runs March 12-14), visit at atuph.org.

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📰 IN BRIEF

Caroline Street project ‘hits snag’

Since we’re headquartered right on Caroline Street, this headline caught our eye. It was huge news when D’Andrea’s Pizza came down to make room for new apartments - and now the project’s developers have hit a “snag,” reports the Albany Business Review. Construction of the six-story, mixed-use building was set to begin this year, and the delay could take months to resolve. (Yes, it’s a code issue.) The project, writes the outlet, is a “key piece in the revitalization of Caroline Street.”

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🏇 HEADS UP

NYRA’s agonizing ticket roll-out continues. Tomorrow begins the sale of season tickets for reserved seats in the Grandstand, Clubhouse and Michelob Ultra Stretch. (Single-day passes begin April 9.)

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Local News

In Saratoga, ‘housing’ is more than a headline

Why I’m joining the Dispatch: real estate expert Allison Bradley

Saratoga Dispatch

Housing isn’t just a headline in Saratoga County.

It’s the house you grew up in, the apartment someone is trying to afford. It’s the neighborhood you hope your kids will come back to someday.

But if you’ve tried to follow housing news lately, you’ve probably noticed something frustrating: Most of the information hitting your screen isn’t actually designed to help you understand what’s happening here.

National outlets run on traffic. In that world, “Saratoga County is steady” isn’t a story — but “The Housing Bubble Is Bursting” is. And those headlines are usually built on national averages.

But you don’t live in a national average.

You live in Upstate New York.

And while social media can be a great place for conversation, it’s also where rumors and half-truths travel faster than facts.

I’ve spent nearly 20 years working in and around housing, watching people try to make sense of a market that directly affects their lives. What I’ve learned is that the most important real estate stories are almost always local.

That’s why I’m joining the Dispatch.

The Dispatch isn’t built on clicks. It’s built on subscribers — people who care about what’s actually happening in their community. That means our incentives are different. We don’t need to chase the loudest headline. We can focus on what’s real

Bradley oversaw the sale of this 1800s farmhouse — the highest sale in Cambridge so far this year. Photo by Meri Light Photography

Here’s what you can expect from me:

• If something is my opinion, I’ll say so.
• If it comes from data, I’ll show you the source.
• If the takeaway is reassuring, I’ll tell you that. If it isn’t, I’ll tell you that too.
• Above all, it will always be honest.

I’m grateful to be doing that work with the Dispatch, and for you.

And if you find it valuable, I hope you’ll share it with a neighbor or a friend. Because the stronger our local conversations are, the stronger our community will be.

For more information visit sothebysrealty.com/fourseasons and contact Allison Bradly via text at 518-339-7313 or email at Allison.bradley@sothebysrealty.com.

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Commitment is hard

Your Dispatch is independently owned and locally operated, from right here on Caroline Street.

A paid subscription requires commitment (extra shout-out to my 300 or so paid subscribers!!). Sometimes that’s hard (for me too). So I made a one-time contribution an easy lift.

Please contribute what you can so we can keep this movement going! Any and all help is SO appreciated.

— Abby