State Seal Spring Temporarily Closed

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The popular State Seal water fountains in the Saratoga Spa State Park were temporarily closed last week “out of an abundance of caution and for the safety of our patrons,” the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced. 

“We test the waters regularly and we just saw some traces of things we shouldn’t be seeing, so we just have to take a look at it,” said Erik Kulleseid, office of parks commissioner, after attending a ribbon cutting event at SPAC on July 27. 

Asked what those traces were, Kulleseid replied: “I don’t want to speculate. (But) as soon as we determine what the issue is, we’ll address it, and get it open again.”