Friday, 02 October 2015 14:22

Week of October 2


Elktoberfest 2015

Local beverage tastings, authentic German food, and fun for a great cause - Major Projects supporting Cerebral Palsy Association of NYS. The event will be held at the Clifton Park Elks Lodge #2466, 695 MacElroy Road, Ballston Lake on October 10, from noon to 6 p.m. The cost is $10.  For more information,  visit http://www.elks.org/SharedElksOrg/lodges/files/2466_Elktoberfest2015flyer.pdf or call (518) 877-5200. You can also email, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..


10th Annual Memorial Walk

Angel Names Association (ANA) will hold its 10th Annual Memorial Walk on Saturday, October 10 at the Saratoga State Spa Park in Saratoga Springs.  The walk is being held in recognition of National Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Awareness month.  Registration begins at noon and the walk will follow at 1:15 p.m.  The day includes children’s activities, light refreshments and prizes.  Everyone is welcomed to attend this uplifting, free family event to walk and raise awareness of pregnancy loss and infant death. For additional information, visit www.angelnames.org or contact Michelle Mosca at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .


Free to Breathe 5K and 1 Mile Walk

On October 17 at Shepherd’s Park in Lake George hundreds of community members will gather to support Innovative Lung Cancer Research. All proceeds from the event support Free to Breathe, a nonprofit lung cancer research and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring surviving lung cancer is the expectation, not the exception. Help us double lung cancer survival by 2022! To register and begin fundraising, visit freetobreathe.org.  


The Way We Were Car Show

The Ballston Spa Business & Professional Association and Saratoga Automobile Museum are pleased to announce plans for the 13th Annual “The Way We Were” Car Show to be held Sunday, October 11 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.  on Front Street in Ballston Spa. The rain date will be October 18.

We invite the public to come stroll our historic village, check out the hundreds of cars and trucks on display, and enjoy the music, vendors and downtown businesses. Front Street will be blocked off from Milton Avenue past the Old Iron Springs to accommodate car exhibits and vendors. A new addition to the show this year is the “Kids Zone,” located by the Old Iron Springs, which will feature several free children’s activities. The event is free to spectators. Exhibitors can pre-register by 10/1/15 for $10 per car or $15 the day of show. All proceeds will benefit BSBPA community activities and the Saratoga Automobile Museum. Pre-registration can be completed online at www.saratogaautomuseum.org or at www.ballston.org.


The Grant Cottage Encampment

On Sunday, October 11, the grounds of Grant Cottage will be alive with activity.  Watch a “Meet the Press-type” of a round table discussion with several Union Generals. Enjoy a black powder demonstration by the 125th NY Regiment. Interact with over 30 Civil War re-enactors. Interact with the Union Generals and members of the 125th NY Regiment as they wander the grounds. There will be children’s activities, food, period music, re-enactors, weaponry. The encampment is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ticket sales are limited to 200 guests and can be purchased at www.grantcottage.org or call (518) 584-4354 or in person at the Visitor Center.


Fundraiser Dinner and Raffle

The Saratoga Knights of Columbus will host a fund raiser for 13-year-old Jeffrey Jackson who has been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.  The benefit will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 50 Pine Road, Saratoga Springs on Sunday, October 11  from 3 until 6 p.m. Cost for dinner alone is $15, raffle tickets (includes dinner) are $50 with a chance on $2000 grand prize. For reservations or to make a donation call (518) 584-8547.


It’s Pickins’ Time 

Get ready for a great evening of music. On Wednesday, October 14, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., the popular Ballston Area Seniors Pickins’ Session will be held at the Milton Community Center located  at 310 Northline Road in  Ballston Spa. Admission is free, open to the public, and there is ample free parking.

We are having a fun season with extemporaneous, off-the-cuff musical jamming by local talented musicians. The Sessions could use fiddlers, bass players…even a harmonica, to make the evening more diversified and entertaining. Musicians are invited to play solo, background or join up with a group. Amateur musicians to professionals, members or non- members, young or not-so-young, are invited to come and recapture the joy of playing. Some folks from the audience come up and sing along with the group as well. Please bring finger foods to share.  Bring your guitar, banjo, fiddle, harmonica or whatever you use to make music,  or just come.


Flag Disposal Ceremony

The Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard Association will conduct a Flag Disposal Ceremony on Thursday October 15, starting at 9 a.m. The ceremony will be conducted at the Saratoga National Cemetery at 200 Duell Road, Schuylerville. The U.S. Flag Code suggests that when a flag has served its useful purpose, “it should be destroyed, preferably by burning.” For individual citizens, this should be done discreetly so the act of destruction is not perceived as a protest or desecration. 

Individuals, businesses, government offices and organizations seeking proper disposal of their worn flags are invited to drop them off in the administration office at the cemetery. All are invited to attend this ceremony.


October Genealogy Conference

Scott Andrew Bartley will be the speaker at the annual Heritage Hunters Genealogy Conference. The Conference will be held on Saturday, October 17 at Saratoga Town Hall in Schuylerville, at the corner of Rt. 4 and Rt. 29, (12 Spring St.).  Scott is a genealogist, archivist, librarian and editor specializing in Vermont, Mayflower lineages and colonial New England.  He is currently an editor/researcher for New England Historical and Genealogical Society [NEHGS].  The Conference topics are: Crossing the Border, U.S. and Canadian Records; Family Search Program; American Probate System; and Your Brick Walls.

The day begins with registration, exhibits and coffee at 8:45 a.m. and will conclude at 3:15 p.m. Registration is $30 for members and $40 for non-members.  Included is a hot lunch, breaks and exhibits.  An option is offered for $45 that would include Heritage Hunters 2015-2016 membership at $15 and the Conference at $30. For information and registration call (518) 587-2978 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  


Fall Consignment Sale

Kids’ fall & winter clothes, toys and more.   Katrina Trask School will host its annual Fall Consignment Sale on  October 16 and 17 at the American Legion in Saratoga Springs. Items for sale include children’s Fall/Winter clothing (sizes infant to size 12), kids’ gear (car seats, strollers, high chairs, etc.), furniture (cribs, toddler beds, changing tables, etc.), Kids sports equipment, tricycles/bikes and small play equipment, toys, puzzles and games, kids’ books and DVDs, and Maternity and nursing wear.  The American Legion is located at 34 West Avenue in Saratoga Springs. There is a pre-sale on Friday, October 16 from noon – 3 p.m.  Pre-sale passes are available at the door for $10 each. The public sale takes place Friday from 3 – 8 p.m.  Saturday’s half-price sale is on Saturday, October 17 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. and is open to the public. Proceeds will benefit Katrina Trask Cooperative Nursery School, a non- profit organization.


a ca Celebration!

Ladies, do the holidays make you want to sing? Do you like to have fun and give back to a worthy cause? Come join us in an “a ca CELEBRATION!” Attend Monday night rehearsals with Saratoga Soundtrack Chorus from October 19 - December 7,  7 - 8:15 p.m. Learn traditional and modern holiday classics in women’s 4-part a capella harmony and be a part of our “ a ca CELEBRATION!” Show on December 7 will benefit Code Blue Saratoga. Rehearsals and the show will take place at the Knights of Columbus, 50 Pine Road, Saratoga Springs, NY. Registration and materials fee: $25. Register on-line at www.saratogasoundtrack.org or call (518) 747-3823, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Country Dance Night to Benefit the Veteran’s Homes

On Friday October 23, 2015 the Ladies Auxiliary of the Saratoga-Wilton Elks will present a Country Dance Night hosted by DJ Kevin Richards.  It will be held at the Saratoga-Wilton Elks on Elk Lane in Saratoga; the tickets are $15 at the door from 7 to 10 p.m.  All proceeds will benefit The Guardian House and The Saratoga County Rural Preservation Co. (Men’s Vet House).  Kevin Richards will offer dance lessons followed by an “Open Country Dance Party.”  The Auxiliary will also sell hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken tenders, fries, onion rings, hot dogs and nachos with cheese for everyone’s convenience from 6:30 to 8 p.m.  There will be a cash bar and several raffle baskets available for added fun.  For more information or to reserve a table for eight or more, please call Arlyne Henley at (518) 879-9262.  


Save the Date

Angelo Mazzone invites you to save the date for the 8th Annual Masquerade Gala on Friday, October 30, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at Prime at Saratoga National Golf Club, Saratoga Springs. Music by The Audio Stars. The gala is benefiting the Capital Region Office of The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, New York Branch. For more information call (518) 812-6833 or (518) 701-4886. 


Historic Ghost Tours of the Canfield Casino and Bolster Sale on Halloween

Are you looking for something to do for before Trick or Treating?   Come to downtown Saratoga Springs for Fall Fest and to the History Museum for a Ghost Tour of the building investigated by Ghost Hunters!  We will conduct tours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 31.  The Museum is a Trick or Treat stop, so come in costume! Each tour size is limited and they run about every 20 minutes with.  Fees are $7.00 per Adult, $4.00 for children.   Kids in costume are admitted for free.  You can also treat yourself to an image from the Bolster Collection as the Museum will have a sale going on in the gift shop of hundreds of images of old Saratoga Springs.  The Bolster Collection has 325,000 historic images of the City of Saratoga Springs and is a treasure to enjoy. The History Museum is located in the Canfield Casino and is daily 10:00 – 4:00.  More information about programs and exhibits can be found at www.saratogahistory.org.


Looking for Volunteers

CAPTAIN Youth and Family Services is accepting new adult volunteer applications for its Homework Help, and Family Assistance.  We are in need of van drivers at this time.  Please visit www.captaincares.org for the application, or call Mary at (518) 371-1185. CAPTAIN Youth and Family Services is a social service agency located in Clifton Park.  CAPTAIN operates a runaway and homeless youth shelter, street outreach services, Teen Talk Helpline, emergency food pantry, family assistance program, and various youth leadership programs.  For those with questions about CAPTAIN, please visit our website at www.captaincares.org. Those wishing to speak to a CAPTAIN Representative may also call (518) 371-1185.


Burnt Hills Oratorio Society Call for Singers

If you love to sing, come join The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society. The music is inspiring and the people are fun. No audition required and you will get to sing with an orchestra. The choir is accepting new singers through mid-October for its upcoming concert scheduled for Saturday, December 5 at 3 p.m. at Grace Chapel in Clifton Park. The choir will be performing Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols” and Vaughn-William’s “Hodie”. Founded in 1970, BHOS proudly presents two major concerts annually that feature local soloists and orchestral players. The members represent all age groups and vocations. Participating in a large chorus is a chance to blend voices and enjoy community. The choir rehearses Tuesday nights, 7 p.m., in the Burnt Hills Ballston Lake High School choir room. Membership is $45 plus the cost of music. For more information, visit www.bhos.us, find us on Facebook, or just show up at a rehearsal.

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