BREAKING: Major crash clean-up/lanes closed on B'way. Plus: Leaf peeping; Madigan's mayoral run.
ICYMI, technical glitch edition: TV pilot filmed in Troy screening HERE on Sat.
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BREAKING: Two trucks collided on South Broadway early this morning, sending at least one person to the hospital, according to the team of workers still clearing the street of debris late this afternoon. “The crash happened about 100 yards from the Saratoga Consignment Studio [at 3306 S. Broadway], which is where they’re stopping traffic,” said the Dispatch’s Melanie Snyder. “They’re still redirecting everyone through Spa State Park.” The all-day clean-up involving bulldozers included product that was scattered all over the area during the crash — mainly, Michelob Ultra.
“It reeks,” Snyder said “of beer.”
The crash happened when a southbound trailer truck hit the second truck — a pick-up — which was stopped on the shoulder to deal with mechanical issues, reported Spectrum News at 10:04 a.m. All lanes on Route 9 south at East West Road and Crescent Avenue are closed until further notice, according to the outlet.
“It’s still a huge mess,” Snyder said.
In this edition:
Top: Leaf peeping, where and when!
Mid: ICYMI (tech glitch edition): TV pilot filmed in Troy has upstate premiere Sat. in Saratoga
Bottom: A look at Madigan for mayor.
Color tracking peak foliage: where to travel when
Leaf peeping time! How to track the nearest escapes with the best fall colors — down to the day — including the places you need to see right now.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — Autumn in the Adirondacks is famously beautiful — and notoriously short-lived.
This weekend is already the last to enjoy fall colors in some parts of Upstate New York, while other nearby hotspots are just beginning to turn. Make sure you know where to travel to find the best views, and when you should expect peak season near you.
The Adirondacks are of course too vast to paint a broad brush over, color-wise. You can check this fall foliage meter (updated every day) to see which regions in the park are peaking when. The meter gives percentages that reflect the color change anticipated for the upcoming weekend.
For example, up north, the Whiteface Region is already reporting a 95% color change, meaning it will be hitting peak foliage right around this week and weekend. Lake George area meanwhile is only anticipating a 25% change in color currently and should be nearing “peak” (100%) foliage by mid-October.
We also took a look at the New York state foliage map to come up with a run-down of where you’ll want to go this month without traveling too far, either in nearby Adirondack towns or places in the North Country just north of the Capital Region.
This weekend: Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake and Whiteface regions. While you’re there, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake all have their own villages to explore, too.
Next week and weekend (the weekend of the 11th): Lake George, Hamilton County — which includes the towns of Inlet and Speculator — and Minerva, North Hudson, Schroon Lake and Newcomb.
Last week/weekends of October: Lake Champlain region and areas directly North of Lake George towards Vermont, including Ticonderoga, Elizabethtown and Port Henry.
For peak foliage in Saratoga, you’ll have to wait a couple of more weeks: expect those postcard-worthy reds, yellows and oranges around mid-October. You can also use this fall foliage map to search specific locations you want to visit, peak timing for different areas, and an up-to-date color report.
ICYMI: Technical glitch edition…
Due to a technical glitch, not everyone got yesterday’s Daily Dispatch in their inbox.
Find the full, FREE Daily Dispatch from Sept. 29, here
The stories:
TV pilot filmed in Troy has upstate premiere Sat. in Saratoga
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — The pilot for Books was simply meant to be filmed in the Capital Region.
The TV show’s creators, Tim Cahill and Kristina Libby, met the folks who would end up getting it made at the Lake Placid Film Festival. During a fateful table read session, some 518 Film Network members sat in the audience, their interest immediately piqued. By the time Cahill and Libby headed home to New York City, they had a plan — and producers…
…For the rest of the story and more details on the FREE screening of this TV pilot — that was shot at Market Block Books in Troy — during this weekend’s Saratoga Book Fest, please keep reading!
Yes! I want to know everything — and can’t wait for Saturday!
All aboard… if you dare: Ghosts Trolley Tour rolls back into town
Spooky season wouldn’t be the same without a haunted ride through town with the Ghosts of Saratoga Trolley Tour, which kicks off this Thursday, October 2.
For four nights only — October 2, 9, 16 and 23 — amateur ghost hunters can get into the spirit with this 90-minute tour that makes Saratoga’s haunted history come alive with ghost stories starring our town’s most colorful former residents, urban legends (or are they real?), and even paranormal reports.
A look at Michele Madigan, mayoral candidate
Her campaign began on a wide range of issues from housing to large-scale state grants.
Sep 30, 2025
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In her campaign launch event last April, Michele Madigan struck on a number of themes that have become the focus for her on the campaign trail to be mayor of Saratoga Springs.
“Our city stands at a crossroads, and it’s imperative we unite to address the challenges ahead,” she said, adding later, “I can do this job as mayor.”
She highlighted her 10 years as commissioner of finance, responsible
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