SARATOGA SPRINGS – Robert A. (Bob) Stokes, a visionary leader in business, community, and public service, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family on April 24, 2024.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1942, Bob was raised “in the shadow of Fenway Park.” He often said his lifelong devotion to the Boston Red Sox helped form his willingness to take on tough challenges and the endurance to see them through. He earned his Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts. After graduating from Colgate University with a degree in History in 1964, he married Julia Snelham Stokes, whom he met on a blind date while she was a student at Elmira College. They moved to the Capital Region, where he was hired as management with New York Telephone Co., the predecessor of Verizon. He spent the next 30 years managing the company’s plant and business offices while implementing strategies to build facilities in fast-growing areas including Saratoga County.
The County’s community infrastructure is infused with Bob’s nearly 60 years of influence and quiet, determined vision. His relentless practicality, and “done right, on time and under budget,” guided Bob’s oversight of a multitude of volunteer projects. When Bob and Julie moved to Saratoga Springs in the 1970s, he began serving on citizens’ planning committees. As the first chair of the Community Development Committee in Saratoga – he was proud to open Fire Station 2 on West Avenue. He went on to serve on numerous school redistricting committees, and when the Presbyterian Church on Broadway burned in 1976, Bob chaired the Building Committee, acquiring St Peter’s Convent on Circular Street and Park Place for the new structure.
After moving to the Town of Greenfield in 1979, Bob was appointed to the Greenfield Planning Board, later becoming Chair. He was elected to the Town Board in 1993 and Supervisor in 1995. Bob held public office for the next 10 years, serving as Greenfield’s Supervisor and Chair of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors. He enjoyed building a solid financial base for the town, expanding Greenfield’s Town Hall and was committed to providing services to support managed growth like quality roads and parks. At the County level, he was proud of having proposed and funded the first Saratoga County Open Space Committee and grants in 2003.
He found a way to teach others in his retirement. He served as a volunteer at the Saratoga Auto Museum and had a special passion as a docent for the National Park Service at the Saratoga National Historic Park. Stokes would share his historical insights with friends and visitors. As a board member of the Friends of the Saratoga Battlefield, he helped lead the design, fundraising, and construction of the panoramic Saratoga Sword Surrender Site, expanding the boundaries of the historic seminal battlefield. He was a master of Trivial Pursuit, especially in the yellow “history” category, and waged epic games of Risk with his daughters and grandson. A lifelong interest in cars led to the restoration of several 1940s and 1950s British MG “T” series sports cars. He delighted in showing them at car shows, and with Julie, received numerous regional and national awards, including one of the Antique Automobile Club of America’s most prestigious honors.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years Julia Snelham Stokes, his daughters Lynn Stokes of Saratoga Springs, Jennifer Stokes of Denver, Colorado, and his grandchildren Mary Elizabeth Andrews of Monks Corner, South Carolina, and Dylan Stokes Crowe of Denver, Colorado. He is also survived by his extended family Linda Snelham Moore, Thomas Snelham, Courtney Snelham Rhodes, Peter Snelham, Eliza Moore, and their families. He was predeceased by his parents Robert and Marion Stokes and son Edward Stokes.
A special thank you to the friends, family, and caregivers who have provided ongoing support during Bob’s palliative care.
Visiting hours will be held at the William J. Burke & Sons/ Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Home, 628 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs on Friday, May 3, 2024, from 5- 7 p.m. with a celebration of life at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2024, at Hudson Crossing Park, Lock 5 Island, County Route 42 in Schuylerville, NY.
In recognition of Bob’s commitment to the community the family requests, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Friends of the Saratoga Battlefield (648 Rt. 32, Stillwater, NY 12170) or a charity of your choice.
Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com
SARATOGA SPRINGS —The Saratoga Automobile Museum announced its Spring Auto Show is set to take place amidst the backdrop of Saratoga Spa State Park on May 11 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
“We are delighted to host the Spring Auto Show once again in the picturesque Saratoga Spa State Park,” said Megan Hennessey, Executive Director of the Saratoga Automobile Museum, in a statement. “This event is growing every year; we hope to reach 1000 cars this year – last year we had well over 800.”
Pre-Register your car, truck or motorcycle and receive two complementary one day tickets to the Saratoga Motorcar Auction, a $50 value.
The Spring Auto Show is not only a celebration of cars but also a fundraiser to support the Saratoga Automobile Museum’s mission of preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting automobiles and automotive artifacts. By participating in this event, attendees will contribute to the museum’s ongoing efforts to educate and inspire future generations.
Pre-Registration is $20; day of is $25. Register for the Spring Auto Show in advance on the Saratoga Automobile Museum’s website or day of at the entrance on the day of the event. Pre-Register and receive two complementary one day tickets to the Saratoga Motorcar Auction, a $50 value.
For more information and to pre-register your car, truck or motorcycle, go to: www.saratogaautomuseum.org.
SOUTH GLENS FALLS —Maplewood Parkway Methodist Church of 15 Maplewood Parkway, South Glens Falls is officially beginning as a new church.
Formerly known as the South Glens Falls United Methodist (SGFUMC). SGFUMC disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church. MPMC has affiliated with the Global Methodist Church with a focus more on Bible-based worship.
Gathering time is at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday worship beginning at 10 a.m. Prior to Sunday worship, there is a 9 a.m. gathering called First Hour, where those attending meet in prayer and take a first look into the Scripture of the day.
A Bible Study group meets on Tuesday mornings at 9:30, and a Prayer Group gathers Wednesday mornings at 9:30. A Sunday school is available for children during the worship service.
SARATOGA SPRINGS —The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, along with Honorary Co-Chairs Rachel Dunn and Bill McEllen, hosts the 2024 Historic Homes Tour on Saturday, May 11.
The event held between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. offers the rare opportunity to see the interiors of private historic homes and buildings in the North Broadway neighborhood of Saratoga Springs.
Private residences on North Broadway, Greenfield Avenue, and Woodlawn Avenue will be featured. The tour will also include the former Masonic Lodge at 687 North Broadway as the “Rehabilitation-in-Progress.”
The virtual segment of the tour features four buildings on North Broadway, three of which are on the in-person tour, as well as two other properties, including 65 Phila Street.
In addition to the tour, the Foundation is hosting two educational programs on Saturday, May 11.
For the Breakfast & Buildings program “Woodlawn Park,” Charlie Kuenzel will explore Woodlawn Park, today the site of the Skidmore College campus. Learn about the former immense estate of Judge Henry Hilton that included a mansion, several cottages, stables, miles of carriage trails, a lake, a boat house, a racetrack with a grandstand, and more. The program starts at 9 a.m. at Senator Edgar T. Brackett House, 605 North Broadway.
Join Carol Godette for Lunch & Learn program “On This Spot: 628 North Broadway” where she will take a closer look at the history of the building. Learn how this 1887 Queen Anne, designed by prominent local architect R. Newton Brezee, went from being the residence of philanthropic, civic-minded leaders of Saratoga Springs to a well-respected funeral home. Program starts at noon at William J. Burke & Sons / Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway.
The Historic Homes Tour is the Foundation’s largest annual fundraiser of the year and underwrites the Foundation’s mission to promote the preservation and enhancement of the architectural, cultural, and landscaped heritage of Saratoga Springs through educational programs, advocacy efforts, technical assistance, and restoration projects.
Historic Homes Tour tickets for the in-person and virtual tours are $40 for SSPF members and $50 for non-members. Virtual tour tickets are $20 for SSPF members and $25 for non-members. Tickets for the Buildings & Breakfast and Lunch & Learn programs are $35 and must be purchased in advance. Space is limited for these educational programs and tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, May 8th. Visit www.saratogapreservation.org to become a member to receive event ticket discounts and support preserving Saratoga Springs.
For more information visit www.saratogapreservation.org or call 518-587-5030.
Hanging at the top of the main stairs at Brookside Museum is a pair of portraits. With them is a framed brooch which contains locks of hair. These portraits are of Thomas McDonnell and his wife, Frances Halsey McDonnell, and were painted in 1852 and 1853 respectively by John G. Taggart, a New York City trained artist with a studio in Saratoga Springs. In her portrait, Frances is wearing the brooch that now hangs beside her.
But who are they? That is the question their great great great grandson and his wife, who gave us the paintings, wanted to know.
Thomas, who was born on 28th Feb, 1795, and his younger brother Robert, arrived in New York City from Ireland in 1816. By 1823, Robert was in Saratoga Springs, opening a store selling groceries and liquor in a prominent position in town, on Broadway, opposite the United States hotel. In 1827, Thomas joined his brother, became a joint owner, selling “a great assortment of groceries”, and later taking sole ownership in 1831. Over the following years, the brothers owned a succession of stores, together, or with other people.
According to the New York Daily Herald, early in the morning of June 4th, 1846, a devastating fire, “doubtless the work of an incendiary” broke out in the offices of the Saratoga Sentinel. Although “the capacious reservoirs of the United States Hotel” across Broadway were made available to the firemen, six buildings were burnt, including one owned by Thomas McDonnell. This building was occupied by a grocery store, McDonnell and Bennett, and, on the 2nd floor, by a billiard hall. His property was insured for $2000, though damage was estimated to be $3000.
But Thomas was still doing alright. The 1855 census lists his house as worth $4500, and his neighbors at the time were Samuel Root and Gideon Putnam, both prosperous gentlemen. By 1860, the value of his real estate was $12000 with personal property valued at $15000.
Thomas and Frances married on Nov 23rd, 1828 at the Vandewater Street Church in New York City. They had 5 children, and it is the children’s hair contained in the brooch. Two children, Thomas and Maria, died young. The eldest child, Jane, married Frederick L. Root, a neighbor from Saratoga Springs. A son, James S., died, at 30 years of age, in 1870. Interestingly, Thomas’s will, written in 1864, left his estate for the use of his wife, and, after her death, to be divided between his daughters; James was not mentioned. James, together with young Thomas and Maria, is buried with their parents in Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs.
The second child, Frances, married a Greenfield lawyer, John T. Wentworth on October 4th, 1852 at her father’s house. She was described as a “beautiful and accomplished young lady”. She was certainly accomplished. Frances and her husband moved to Chicago, IL, and then to Wisconsin, finishing in Racine, WI where John worked in multiple legal positions, including as a circuit court judge. Frances threw herself into causes, including being an early advocate for the temperance movement, and a very strong proponent for women’s suffrage. In 1909, in response to a request for names for a petition to Congress in support of the Federal Suffrage Amendment, “Mrs. Wentworth, over eighty years of age … obtained 1,000 names”.
Robert and Thomas’s seemingly rapid rise to wealth in Saratoga Springs suggests that the brothers were not poor Irish immigrants. According to a Wisconsin biographical note on his grandson, Thomas was Presbyterian Irish, of Scottish descent, from Portaferry, a small coastal town in County Down, Northern Ireland. After arrival in NYC, he went to Charleston, SC, from there to Syracuse, NY, and then to Saratoga Springs, where he stayed until his death. The Charleston connection is not as unusual as it may appear. From 1750-1820 a wave of Scots Presbyterian Irish traveled to Charleston and frequently these immigrants were from wealthy backgrounds, though were probably not eldest sons.
Thomas died on February 22nd, 1866. His death announcement in the Saratogian describes him a gentleman who had “won a high reputation for integrity, promptness, order and general business capacity”, but, more importantly than that, “[h]e had a warm heart [and] his sympathies were generous”, and “his tenderness often spoke when his lips were silent”.
Frances died on December 1st, 1876. Her death notice describes “her ready sympathy and benevolence, her cordial greetings and friendship, and her genuine integrity of character, [which] secured to her affection and respect”.
Thomas and Frances appear to have been kind, generous, hardworking people. We are proud and honored to have their portraits hanging in Brookside Museum. If anyone would like to see them, please let us know.
As many of the readers of this blog may remember, one of the more unfortunate characteristics of former Saratoga Springs Mayor Ron Kim was his penchant for taking every opportunity to make unsubstantiated disparaging remarks about his predecessors on the City Council. Many of us had hoped those days of ugly personal attacks had ended with his defeat in the last election.
Unfortunately, the ghost of Kim was still present at the April 16, 2024, City Council meeting, kept alive through the efforts of Accounts Commissioner Dillon Moran, Finance Commissioner Minita Sanghvi, and audience member Kristen Dart, with some enabling help from Public Works Commissioner Jason Golub.
The impetus for this most recent display of unsavory behavior was triggered by an item on Mayor John Safford’s agenda to pay attorney Karl Sleight’s bill for approximately $4,800 for representation for former Mayor Meg Kelly related to the New York State Attorney General’s investigation.
Similar bills for legal representation for city officials related to the Attorney General’s investigation had come before the Council for approval a number of times over the past couple of years, and Kim had used each occasion to complain about the expense and to make disparaging remarks about the people being given legal representation. In the end, though, the bills were always approved by the Council as they had to be.
The city is required by the city code and state law to defend and indemnify public officials in need of legal representation for actions brought against them during their tenure in office.
This is axiomatic. No one would run for office if they were not assured that if circumstances arose while they are in office for which they needed representation, they would have to pay for it themselves.
The Ambush
Pre-agenda meetings which take place the day before the regular Council meetings are an opportunity for Council members to present the resolutions they will be submitting for consideration at the regular meeting. At this public meeting Council members are supposed to raise any issues they may feel need clarification in preparation for the regular Council meeting. They are also supposed to have the courtesy to advise their colleagues of any resolutions they plan to oppose and why.
The following video is from the pre-agenda meeting held in preparation for the April 16 Council meeting. The Mayor lists his items including a resolution to pay Kelly’s legal bill. Readers will observe that Commissioner Sanghvi expresses no concerns about paying the bill.
Dillon Moran is not present but his deputy sits silently and Moran never contacted Mayor Safford to advise him that he would oppose paying Sleight’s bill.
There was no hint of what was going to unfold at the Tuesday night Council meeting.
The Ugly Gratuitous Attack on Meg Kelly
The debacle began during the comment period of the April 16, 2024, Council meeting when Kristen Dart spoke.
Section 9-1 of the city code reads: “The City Council of the City of Saratoga Springs agrees to provide a defense and indemnify its officers and employees in any state or federal legal action arising out of any alleged act or omission which occurred or allegedly occurred in the scope of official duty or public employment…”
In a letter to the Special Council in the Attorney General’s office, Kelly’s attorney Karl Sleight had responded to one of the many accusations in the Attorney General’s report by observing :
“As an initial point of fact the Report’s statement that Mayor Kelly had any ability to create policy and direct personnel outside of the limited powers of the Office of the Mayor is belied by the City’s charter and its Commission form of government. Mayor Kelly did not have the governmental authority to do what you alleged she did.”
Dart used this to claim that Sleight’s defense was proof that Kelly had acted outside her duties as Mayor and that therefore she forfeited legal protection that would be paid by the city.
Dart made this argument cynically ignoring the context of Sleight’s letter.
Dart totally misreads the Sleight letter. He is arguing that not only is there no evidence in the report supporting the allegation that she directed Chief Crooks but that since the chief reports to the Commissioner of Public Safety, she would have no authority to take such action.
Even if Kelly had improperly attempted to direct Chief Crooks she would still be indemnified because she was acting in her role as mayor. This distinction is specifically addressed in the City Attorney’s opinion (see below).
Dart, who is not a lawyer, should have had the sense of humility and courtesy, to have consulted an attorney before doing what constituted a hit on Kelly.
Dillon Moran: Unencumbered By Responsibility
When the item to pay Sleight’s bill came up on the Mayor’s agenda, Moran and Sanghvi swung into action in what had all the appearances of an orchestrated performance that had begun with Dart’s comment.
Moran attacked first playing off of Dart’s comment. He begins by reasserting another false allegation namely that Kelly did not cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation so he cannot vote to pay her legal fees. He conveniently ignores Sleight’s correspondence with the AG. Sleight’s letter documents that the AG’s office canceled the scheduled meeting with Kelly and Sleight. Further, Sleight expresses concern about engaging with the Attorney General’s office in light of a federal suit brought by Lexis Figuereo against Kelly, among others. Sleight expresses concern that the AG’s office had “collaborated with the plaintiff in the federal court action.” It is worth noting that for some reason, the AG’s office did not see fit to respond to Sleight’s letter.
Most fundamentally and most critically, Moran chooses to simply ignore that city code and state law requires that these bills be paid. The idea that because he does not like the way Kelly interacted with the AG somehow abrogates our city code and state law is stunning.
Sanghvi Suddenly Has Questions
As the earlier video of the pre-agenda meeting documented, Sanghvi voiced no concerns about paying the legal bill nor did she even have any questions. Not so at the actual Council meeting.
Suddenly Sanghvi is full of questions. She even resurrects the issue that had been raised in the Kim era of potentially capping the amount of money spent on legal fees claiming that the City Attorneys allegedly told her that the city could do this. Her statement was subsequently refuted when the City Attorney memorialized the issue in a recent opinion (see below).
The legal bills must be reasonable. The city should not be impelled to pay for a lawyer who charges $1,000.00 an hour or bills for an unreasonable amount of hours given the scope of the work. It is not unusual for municipalities and insurance companies to insist on negotiating such bills.
What the city cannot do is place a cap on the total amount the city will pay for representation as was discussed in the Kim era and was now repeated by Sanghvi.
The Denouement
There were a number of possible ways forward for the Council on how to deal with this issue at this point. Safford could have asked for a vote but he could not be sure it would pass given the objections Minita and Dillon were suddenly raising. Given the sensitive legal issues involved and the need for privacy for the parties involved, Public Safety Commissioner Tim Coll proposed the Council goes into executive session to discuss the matter with the City Attorneys. Commissioner Sanghvi said she was amenable to this. The Council potentially could have resolved these issues in an executive session and then voted. But at this point, Public Works Commissioner Jason Golub interceded for some reason and urged the Mayor to table the resolution which Safford did. This had the effect of postponing the inevitable vote to approve this bill and giving Moran another chance to perform at the next Council meeting. (This also gave time for Wendy Liberatore to do her predictable TU article rehashing uncritically all the AG accusations and giving Dillon another platform for his phony self-righteous attacks on Kelly. The headline for her story documents why Golub’s move to table was unfortunate as it provided credibility to what Golub had to know was nonsense. The title of Liberatore’s story tells it all: Saratoga Springs officials flinch at paying more legal fees for former Mayor Kelly.)
Jason Golub: An Unpleasant Experience
Previous to last week I had always respected Jason Golub. While I was frustrated at his passivity regarding much of the craziness at City Council meetings and in particular his disinterest in addressing some of the more disturbing behavior of Dillon Moran at the Council table, I attributed it to his style.
Unfortunately, his performance at the Council meeting in killing the Mayor’s attempt to vote on the legal fees has exposed another side of him. A text he sent to me during the Council meeting establishes that he was fully aware that the attorney bill had to be paid. His confidence that Kelly would be paid makes clear that he knew the arguments put forward by Moran, Sanghvi, and Dart were without merit. So why did he intercede to table the vote rather than to let it be approved?
He had to know that his action prolonged Kelly’s vulnerability and left the dubious business of blocking the payment of her bills unresolved and subject to exploitation by Sanghvi and Moran.
In a subsequent conversation I had with Golub I was disappointed in his adamant defense of allowing the issue to go on. He offered multiple excuses. He alleged that he did not hear Sanghvi agree to go into executive session (Readers should review the video and determine for themselves whether it is credible that he did not hear her.) He argued that Kristen Dart is an attorney and he needed to take the issues she raised seriously. (Kristen Dart is not an attorney and we have already established that he knew Kelly should be paid.) He attempted to blame Mayor Safford for tabling the resolution. While Safford technically tabled it as chair, Safford did it only when Golub urged him to.
The Saratoga Springs Department of Accounts has issued an RFP (Request for Proposals) to law firms for legal services to be provided only to the Accounts, Finance, and Public Works Departments.
As the excerpt from the RFP documents, the legal services sought are pretty much for everything.
This is unprecedented. Based on this RFP, Commissioner Moran, Sanghvi, and Golub appear unhappy with and distrustful of the current City Attorneys and want their own legal representation.
Interestingly, they did not include the Public Safety Department. I don’t know if the exclusion of Commissioner Coll and Mayor Safford was because they were endorsed by the Republicans or whether the supporters of this resolution assumed that Coll would not support this poorly considered RFP.
I wrote to Moran, Sanghvi, and Golub:
“Can you shed some light on why Accounts, Finance, and Public Works are seeking their own legal representation through a recent RFP?“
None of the three responded.
This is potentially disastrous. The city would have dueling attorneys at an unknown cost and generating an even more acrimonious Council.From The City Charter
From The City Charter
According to our city charter, the city’s Mayor has the authority to hire the City Attorney. In fact, based on history, the Mayor also has the authority to fire the City Attorney
The charter empowers the City Attorney to act as the city’s “general legal adviser.” The code allows the Council to “provide additional legal service,” but this has always been for hiring attorneys with specialized skills, such as negotiating contracts with our unions. In my memory, it has never been used to usurp the responsibilities of the City Attorney.
Some History And Some Perspective
The Mayor’s right to choose the City Attorney has, in my opinion, been abused in the past. Despite the goal in the code that the City Attorney is counsel to the city, there have been attorneys who appeared to act more as the Mayor’s attorney rather than the city’s.
Still, in the decades I have observed our city’s deliberations, no one has ever suggested that individual Council members should have their own legal representative beyond the support provided by the City Attorney.
David Harper, the current City Attorney, and I could not be further apart on the political spectrum. Having said that, Mr. Harper is a person of the highest integrity. I am confident that when asked to address a legal issue, he follows the law wherever it may take him. He is an excellent lawyer, and this city is very fortunate that he serves us.
Similarly, Mayor John Safford and I could not be further apart on the political spectrum. Still, the issues that separate us have nothing to do with the considerations for successfully managing our city. I don’t think you can find a person fairer and more open than John Safford.
Let’s Hope Cooler Heads Prevail
I cannot emphasize enough how potentially disastrous this RFP is. Commissioner Moran unfairly denounced Harper’s opinion in the on-call debacle in the most intemperate terms, attacking Harper personally. More recently, he opposed paying the fees for a past elected official’s legal costs. Again, he was grossly incorrect on the law, as documented in the carefully crafted legal opinion of Harper and Izzo.
Arming Moran, Sanghvi, and Golub with their own attorneys to fight opinions they do not like would not end well.
Saratoga Springs — The Saratoga Builders Association (SBA) and Capital Region Builders & Remodelers Association (CRBRA) were thrilled to invite industry professionals, local leaders, legislators, and community members as we celebrate the launch of the Northeast Construction Trades Workforce Coalition (NCTWC) at their joint mixer.
This event took place on April 10TH at the Hilton Garden Inn in Clifton Park. The 200 attendees included professionals from diverse business segments, and special guests Saratoga Springs Mayor, John Safford; Assemblywoman, Carrie Woerner; Assemblywoman, Mary Beth Walsh; and Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, Phil Barrett showing their support for this important initiative.
Attendees enjoyed an evening filled with valuable networking opportunities, updates on the Coalition’s progress in furthering the agenda to promote careers in the trades with local schools.
“It was a great event and helped me understand the many programs this Coalition is offering students to educate them about career opportunities in the trades. Our kids need this,” expressed one attendee.
“We are excited to bring together stakeholders from across the region to celebrate the launch of the Northeast Construction Trades Workforce Coalition,” said Doug Ford, President of NCTWC. “By collaborating with local schools, leaders, and legislators, we aim to promote the trades as a viable and rewarding career option for the next generation.”
GLENS FALLS — The Adirondack Thunder, an ECHL ice hockey team affiliated with the New Jersey Devils, faced off against the Maine Mariners in the first two games of the Kelly Cup Playoff North Division Semifinals last weekend. The games were held at the Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls.
Game One
Thunder – 1 Mariners – 2
The Mariners took game one in front of a sellout crowd in Glens Falls. The Thunder’s lone goal came courtesy of Tristan Ashbrook, with assists from Shane Harper and Connor Blake. The Thunder held the Mariners to only one shot in the third period but couldn’t manage a second goal to tie the game.
Game Two
Thunder – 2 Mariners – 0
The Thunder came back with a vengeance in game two, claiming a shutout victory. Goalie Isaac Poulter blocked 21 shots, while Shane Harper scored both of Adirondack’s goals. The Thunder evened the series at home, 1-1, in front of a near-capacity crowd.
If the Thunder are able to win at least one of the next three games in Maine, the series will return to Glens Falls on Tuesday, April 30 for game six of the seven-game series.
• Game 3 – Friday, April 26 at 7:15 p.m. – Adirondack at Maine
• Game 4 – Saturday, April 27 at 6:00 p.m. – Adirondack at Maine
• Game 5 – Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 p.m. – Adirondack at Maine
• Game 6 (if necessary) – Tuesday, April 30 at 7 p.m. – Maine at Adirondack
• Game 7 (if necessary) – Wednesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. – Maine at Adirondack
