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The farm’s first Kite Festival invited families to bring a little magic to its fields on Saturday.
Police said the 24-year-old was traveling in the wrong lane when his pickup truck collided with another truck.
“We’ve done so much in just the last two, three years. We’re never going to relax. We want to remain competitive,” the general manager said.
What to know, food options, entertainment and more for this year’s Saratoga Race Course horse racing meet in Saratoga Springs.
Berkshire Opera’s new Resident Artist Program pairs intimate opera training with leading roles in a revived, 200-year-old retelling of “Beauty and the Beast.”
A New York State Police recruit was fired after troopers accused her of concealing an Apple Watch that was never found. She alleges they partially strip-searched her.
Jade Warrick and her younger siblings Quill, Shalom and Zoë Harrison are teaming up for their first family mural and Color the Canal’s largest project to date.
The state is working with AllTrails to delete unofficial paths from the app and is planning to consolidate unsanctioned trails into official ones.
Irad Ortiz Jr. tied a Saratoga Race Course record with 6 wins on Saturday's card, including aboard Counting Stars in the Coaching Club American Oaks.
Flavien Prat, the current leading jockey at Saratoga Race Course, was cleared to ride after a wild fall from his mount moments after a win in the seventh race on Saturday. Then he won the next race.
The one-story home at 288 Springer Road saw significant damage, though the brunt of the fire appeared confined to the two-bay attached garage.
The man was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center and was listed as being in stable condition.
Held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays from mid-to-late August through October, the market will be run by the owner of the Washington Park Farmers Market.
Eric Gratta is one of many new farmers in the Hudson Valley. But finding land and funding has proved far harder than growing vegetables.
The three-day convention features a wide array of animal costumes, games, music, art, panels and a parade.
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