Scandal-plagued mansion sold. Rock salt.
Albany shooting prompts potential flare gun crackdown.
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Is road salt an issue in Saratoga Lake?
A Saratoga Lake Association-commissioned report has asked the four municipalities that share the lake’s shoreline to reduce road salt use during the wintertime, after the report found that some levels of salinity are “detrimental to aquatic life” and that salt levels are higher than reported by the Saratoga Lake Protection and Improvement District, the Times Union is reporting. Officials in Saratoga Springs and the Town of Saratoga are taking some steps to reduce the use of salt, the story says, but officials in the Town of Malta did not respond and the Town of Stillwater will take any action, the story says, citing reports from the Saratoga Lake Protection and Improvement District.
Dispatch coverage: Saratoga Lake's salt problem looks like others
Roglieri Mansion in Queensbury sold
The 14-acre estate once owned by loan broker Kris Roglieri has been sold for $1.6 million, the Times Union is reporting. The property was sold to pay of creditors of the man who is charged with wire fraud and of swindling clients in a multimillion-dollar scheme that funded Roglieri’s lavish lifestyle, officials have said. Jailed in Rensselaer County for over a year, he goes to trial in January in federal court in Albany.
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Flare-gun crackdown after July 4 fires, violence
Capital Region lawmakers said they will seek to make flare gun sales to people under 21 illegal and to make sure their use is a "criminal possession of a weapon," in a crime, after a gunfight in Albany over the Fourth of July weekend burned down a historic building and sent people to the hospital, a story in the Times Union says.
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What happens in NY after the Big Beautiful Bill?
New York would lose over $15 billion annually for Medicaid and SNAP food assistance benefits under the “Big Beautiful Bill” that President Donald Trump signed over the holiday weekend, says a story in NY Focus. They cite an analysis from a left-leaning think tank. People on Medicaid could fall by 1.5 million and people using SNAP could fall by 1 million, the story says.
At this hour: Traffic, weather and the markets
Weather
Misty morning with 100% humidity; high of 84 degrees with a slight chance of thunderstorms or showers tonight, the National Weather Service’s Albany office says.
Traffic
As we near 8 a.m., traffic is looking light, says Google Maps.
Premarket trading
The S&P 500 finished at the second-highest level, but the Dow could slip, according to numbers from Marketwatch.
Earlier stories by Dispatch editors and staff…In Case You Missed Them…
County's tourism numbers are stable
By Steve Thurston, Dispatch news
Dispatch covers the News
July 9, 2025: Median home prices in Saratoga County are up; revenue per available hotel and motel rooms are up, and the labor force remains…Read more here.
No phones, no exceptions
By Abby Tegnelia, Dispatch on the scene
Dispatch has the Dish
July 9, 2025: [Kids] didn't ask to be in this digitally saturated world. Sometimes we get so frustrated with them when they're showing symptoms of being addicted to their screen. But we have no idea what it's like to be growing up in this time. So we have to…Read more here.
A sure-thing bet at the track? Giveaway days.
By Steve Thurston, Dispatch track news
Dispatch at the Track
July 9, 2025: With so many extra racing days already under our belt for 2025, it may be easy to forget that official start of the traditional meet is at last finally here.…Read more here.