LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 13
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Issue 29
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July 19 – July 25, 2019
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50 YEARS LATER Locals Remember Apollo 11 by Kevin Matyi Saratoga TODAY
July 1969, astronaut Aldrin takes his first step onto the surface of the Moon. Photo courtesy of NASA.
WALKOUT Spa City Dem Leaders Split
by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — Five members of the Saratoga Springs Democratic Committee leadership group announced this week they are stepping down from their positions and resigning from the committee. The multiple resignations occur at a time when party members were gathering to decide about endorsements for
the November election regarding the City Council member seat for finance commissioner. In advance of the Democratic Primary, which was held June 25, the executive committee endorsed incumbent Commissioner of Finance Michele Madigan over challenger Patty Morrison. Following a too-close-to-call Primary Election Day vote, Morrison emerged victorious after a July 2 counting of absentee ballots. See Story pg. 12
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, the first spaceship to ever carry humans to the moon and back. Since the first time, Americans have gone back on manned flights another six times. However, the first was by far the most famous, to the point that people still remember exactly where they were and
when the launch happened, and both museums and NASA itself continue to hold events in honor of the anniversary. Robert Mills said that he was just a kid at the time and that he was with his younger brother and parents at a lakeside camp in the Adirondacks, technically a friend’s lake. They had a nine-inch black and white television with rabbit ears and “tough reception.” See Story pg. 3
A Life After Racing
Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga
Two therapy horses George and DW at the Healing with Horsepower Derby Day Fundraiser on May 4, 2019 at the Saratoga Auto Museum. Photo Provided. See Story pg. 44
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