Ceasefire on stocks; Hochul talks nuclear energy; Saratoga Pride swells; one dead in boating accident; and boy is it hot.
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Boating accident leaves one dead
One person is dead after a boating accident on the Great Sacandaga Lake, Monday evening. The accident occurred at about 6:15 p.m., a story in the Daily Gazette says.
10th Saratoga Pride Fest is too big for the spaces
Despite national pressure from the Trump Administration to tone their lives down, community members, and members of the LGBTQ+ community specifically, held the 10th Annual Saratoga Pride Fest in the Spa City’s High Rock Park. It’s a space larger than what was available in Congress Park, but still the group says the event is outgrowing their bounds, a story in the Saratogian says.
Traffic, weather and the markets
Weather
It’s hot, hot, hot. And humid. According to the National Weather Service’s Albany office, the threat of heat-based illness continues until 8 p.m. today, with a high temperature expected to hit 97 degrees, but it will feel like 105. Scattered showers and thunderstorms may hit the region before midnight tonight, the NWS says. Tomorrow’s high temperature will be a balmy 85, or so, degrees, they say.
Traffic
At this hour — about 7 a.m. — Google maps shows that the interchange between the Interstate-87 Northway and Route 7 is slowed by construction work. Route 67 just west of the Northway is slowed by an accident. Otherwise, the commute is rather clear.
Premarket trading
News last night that Israel and Iran had reached a truce has sent stocks up in premarket trading. According to numbers from Marketwatch, the Dow and the S&P500 at this writing are up about three-quarters of one percent each. The NASDAQ is up over 1%.
Hochul directs her admin’s energy toward nuclear energy
Gov. Kathy Hochul is telling the New York Power Authority “to develop and construct a zero-emission advanced nuclear power plant in upstate New York,” the Times Union is reporting this morning. The goal is to hit the energy targets outlined in the 2019 Climate Act, goals that include net-zero emissions by 2040. The plan would lower reliance on fossil fuels and move the economy toward electric-centered power generation.
Free political speech or threats?
The New York Conservatives are sparring over a threat and whether it was real or simply idle, according to a story in the Times Union. Sticker Mule CEO, and conservative gadfly, Anthony Constantino has used a recorded phone call with Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar, who said if Constantino ran against another conservative next fall, “we intend to kill you.” Constantino says it was a true threat to his life, while Kassar’s side said in context it was meant a political hit job. Kassar’s side has issued a cease and desist letter.
From our coverage, in case you missed it…
D. Wayne Lukas is retiring, very ill
The news broke yesterday that legendary horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas, 89, is staying home and not seeking treatment for a blood disorder. Read our story on the local reaction here.
Counter, intuitive: Five Points deli reopens with familiar faces
The location in the flatiron building at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Park Place has seen a few different owners over the past five years, but the new owners are not new to food service, and in our story they outline their plan for the community.
Local physicians associate talks about ticks and the bad season Saratoga is facing.
Tell-tale signs of tick bites, what to do when you see one and when to call the doctor are all covered in the Q&A between our Abby Tegnelia and Seana Mosher.
Primary election TODAY
Polls open for members of the Working Families Party from 6 a.m to 9 p.m. today. Read our coverage here.