Mapping Progress Local Man’s New Venture Helps Others Find Their Way

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — “Even after 17 years, I’m still in a honeymoon period with Saratoga,” says Dan De Federicis. “It’s just a wonderful place to be in any stage of your life.”

The retired State Trooper relocated from his native Buffalo to Albany in 2001 after being elected president of the NYS Troopers

PBA. “Each successive year, I found myself coming to Saratoga Springs more and more. It was 4th of July holiday weekend in 2005 when I drove to Saratoga from Albany four times! That’s when I said, ‘That’s it. I’m moving to Saratoga Springs.’”

These days, De Federicis operates Saratoga Report – a local news aggregator website that collects and displays links to Saratoga-related stories.

See Story pg. 9 bathrooms at Waterfront Park on Saratoga Lake.

The East Side Rec Skate Park originally opened in 1989, making it the oldest municipal skate park in New York, according to the city. Saratoga Springs Mayor Ron Kim said while the skate park has been well-utilized, it “needed those improvements.”

“The City had put this in their capital budget last year, so we wanted to move forward on it,” said Kim of the skatepark. “So that’s really exciting.”

See Story pg. 28