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LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 11  •  Issue 2  •  January 13 – January 19, 2017

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35k Square Feet of “Y” Coming to Malta by Norra Reyes Saratoga TODAY MALTA — Two organizations that are engaged in health and wellness locally, the Saratoga Regional YMCA and Saratoga Hospital, are coming together to build a 55,000 square foot facility to be located at the Malta Medical Campus off Exit 12 in Malta. The details of the proposed medical office center and new YMCA, as well as the particulars of the collaboration,

City Police, School District Investigate Hate Speech by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — The 18-year-old was between classes and walking through the halls of her high school last week when the actions of a fellow student jarred her into consciousness. “A kid from one of my classes, who I don’t even really know did the Nazi salute. I stopped and looked at him and didn’t even know what to say,” said senior class student Channah Goldman. She continued walking, to the school library, where she sat at a desk, took out her books and looked down at the series of

symbols carved into the desk top. “There were swastikas all over the desk,” said the student, who has visited concentration camps overseas and has seen the fingernail scratches on the chamber walls of victims who were killed. “I felt physically ill and moved to another desk. And there was another one.” Goldman said a librarian was apologetic and immediately set to the task of cleaning the desks. The student’s captured images show carvings embedded so deeply the desks required a sanding-over and new artwork drawn atop them to obfuscate the hate See Hate pg. 10

are still being finalized, but both parties are committed and a Memorandum of Understanding is in place. The Malta planning board will be reviewing the site plan application next week. “Collaborating with the Saratoga Regional YMCA on building a new facility on the Hospital’s Malta Medical Campus is an ideal next phase in developing the property at Exit 12,” said Saratoga Hospital See Malta pg. 12

Gun Show Returns to City Center

Sheriff Zurlo Pushes Back See pg. 3

MLK Events

See pg. 29

Inside TODAY Blotter 5 Obituaries 6 Business 12-13 Education 14-15

The NEACA Arms Fair is scheduled at the Saratoga Springs City Center for Memorial Day Weekend. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos, January 2014.

by Norra Reyes Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — After months of an uncertain future in Saratoga Springs, the New East Coast Arms Collectors Associates (NEACA) and New York State Senator Kathleen Marchione announced that the NEACA Arms Fair, popularly known as the Saratoga Gun Show, is returning to the Saratoga Springs City Center on Memorial Day Weekend.

President of the NEACA, Inc. Gun Show and Military Exposition David Petronis had received word from the City Center last August that there were no available dates for the show through 2016 and into 2017. That, combined with protesters calling for the publicly-owned facility to ban gun shows, had Petronis seeking other venues, and the show had no shortage of invitations to move from See Gun pg. 8

Arts + Entertainment 28-31

Sports 35-39

Weekend Forecast FRIDAY

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