LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 14
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Issue 10
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March 6 – March 12, 2020
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UPH Unveils 700 Seat Theater by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — “How do you like us now!” Teddy Foster beamed beneath the sparkle of stage lights Saturday night, unveiling the grand room to the eyes of several hundred theater goers. “I’ve been waiting to say that a long time,” said the newly named director of Universal Preservation Hall, which stands
on Washington Street, one block west of Broadway. “A really, really long time.” Foster joined the board at UPH in 2006, became its president three years later and has stewarded the grand old church building from the brink of obliteration to its present-day promise as a thriving performance and community center in downtown Saratoga Springs. See Story pg. 10 & 11
Universal Preservation Hall, a new 700-seat theater-in-the-round performance space, just prior to the first-night opening of the doors, on Feb. 29, 2020. Photo by SuperSource Media, LLC.
Saratoga Drama Presents
SEWAGE PROJECT SHREK ON STAGE BACKED-UP by Opal Jessica Bogdan Saratoga TODAY
Photo provided. See Story pg. 18
BALLSTON — After beginning the Ballston Lake Sewer Project in 2015, Town of Ballston officials hope to start the $17 million construction of the system this spring. However, attaining a $5 million grant has halted the project until further notice. The town received notice about being awarded a $5 million Water Quality Improvement
Project (WQIP) grant for the Ballston Lake Sewer project the week of Dec. 16, 2019. On Jan. 3, 2020 the board received a letter from the Director of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) stating the Office of the State Comptroller (OFC) would review the DEC’s paperwork. Once approved through OFC, the DEC would provide additional information to the Town of Ballston to create the contract. See Story pg. 8
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