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Volume 10 • Issue 18 • May 8 – May 14, 2015
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Cruising Streaks
Featured Stories
Spa Baseball Continues Hot Start by Neil Benjamin Jr. Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — With five games left in the regular season, the Saratoga Springs baseball squad is piecing together an impressive season with a mix of solid pitching and timely offense. The Blue Streaks sit at 13-2 overall, and 10-2 in the Suburban Council North after a 12-3 drubbing of Niskayuna on May 6, two games behind division leader
Photo by Francesco D’Amico
Distracted Driving Auto Museum Puts the Public Behind the Wheel
Shenendehowa, which boasts a sparkling 12-0 league record. Back on April 9, the Plainsmen blanked Saratoga 3-0 in the teams’ only meeting thus far. The Blue Streaks have a chance to get revenge and close the gap between the teams on Monday, when Shenendehowa comes to the Eastside Recreational Fields for a 4:15 p.m. game. It could be easy for high school athletes to look past what’s in front of them to a big game, but Streaks See Spa Baseball pg. 47
Final Five Sawyer Fredericks Sings On
Families TODAY See pgs. 19-29
Underwater Robotics See pg. 14
Inside TODAY Blotter 5 Obituaries 6 Education
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Business 16-17 Pulse 37-39 Sports 44-47
Weekend Forecast FRIDAY
Sheriff Michael Zurlo on one of The Saratoga Automobile Museum’s distracted driving simulators. Photo by Francesco D’Amico
by Arthur Gonick Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Automobile Museum
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(SAM) has invested in and installed a powerful tool for combating a major problem on our roads – distracted driving. This See Auto Museum pg. 10
85|60 SUNDAY Photo by Sharon Castro
See Sawyer pg. 8
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