The following are arrests made by the Saratoga Springs Police Department for the period of August 28 through August 29 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Daniel J. Provost, 22, of Daniels Road, Saratoga Springs was charged with third degree burglary and criminal possession of stolen property, fifth degree. At 4:05 a.m., Patrolman Mark Leffler made a routine traffic stop on Lake Avenue in the area of Longwood Drive. During the course of the traffic stop, Ptlm. Leffler noticed items in the vehicle that appeared to be out of place and possible stolen. Further investigation revealed that the items were in fact stolen from Dango’s Bar and Restaurant on Caroline Street. The management of Dango’s was contacted; they checked the establishment and found a burglary had been committed. 

Adam L. Larkin, 31, of Adirondack Circle, Gansevoort, was arrested at 10:21 p.m. and charged with false personation after giving officers a false name when they were questioning him about another incident he had been involved in earlier. 

Jordan D. Nichols, 19, of Route 9N, Greenfield Center, was arrested at 8:30 p.m. after a traffic stop for a suspicious vehicle on Elm Street and charged with second degree criminal possession of marijuana.

Since joining the Saratoga Farmers’ Market back in 1980, when the market was still quite small and located in the parking lot on Spring Street, Stasia Hayner has seen a lot of changes.

Nowadays, a colorful quilt announcing the name of her farm provides

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Thorobred Feed Sales will be having a customer appreciation event, Thorobred Feeds’ Purina Check-R-Board Day, to thank their loyal customers on September 21 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will drawings for five $100 in-store gift cards and 100 day passes to the Saratoga Horse Expo will be given with every purchase.

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Ever looked at a house and wish you could go inside and get a sneak peak of it? Well, for 14 Saratoga County homes, that opportunity will present itself with the 2013 Saratoga Showcase of Homes. Tickets are now on sale and available at all Adirondack Trust  locations, Trustco Bank locations, Curtis Lumber in Ballston Spa, Realty USA offices in Clifton Park and Saratoga Springs, Roohan Realty in Saratoga Springs and the Gazette in Schenectady. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.saratogashowcaseofhomes.com and are always available at any showcase home during the tour. Again this year, each ticket holder will receive a free shoe tote bag at the first home visited. 

The 2013 Saratoga Showcase of Homes will be presented over three weekends beginning September 21 and 22, 28 and 29 and October 5 and 6. Tickets are still only $20 which allows you to visit these spectacular homes over six weekend days from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. This year’s edition has 14 locations from 10 award-winning builders on display in Saratoga County.  

Participating builders are; Bella Home Builders (three homes), Belmonte Builders, Bonacio Construction (two homes), Heritage Custom Builders, Malta Development, Polito Homes, RJ Taylor Builders, Saratoga Builders, Terrace Homebuilders and Witt Construction (two homes). To view an interactive map with locations and directions to these homes, visit the website at www.saratogashowcaseofhomes.com.

Don’t miss the incredible line-up for the Showcase Chefs “Comforts of Home” evening, part of the Showcase of Homes event being held on Friday, September 20 from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Visitors will not only tour these magnificent homes, but will enjoy sample comfort food delights from many popular local restaurants. Tickets are $25 each (due to the nature of this event, quantities will be limited) or the $40 combo which includes a Chefs event and Showcase of Homes ticket.  

The Showcase Chefs “Comforts of Home” event will feature eight chefs; Chef Scott Ringwood of Lake Ridge Restaurant at Bella Home Builders; Chef  Carla Kuchar of Zest Chefs at Belmonte Builders; Chef Kim Klopstock of The Lily & the Rose at Heritage Custom Builders; Chef Dale Miller of Sperry’s at Witt Construction; Chef Jason Saunders of Prime at Saratoga National at Saratoga Builders; Chef Franco Rua of Café Capriccio Saratoga at Terrace Homebuilders; Chef John LaPosta of Maestro’s at Malta Development and Chef Sean Comiskey of Druthers at Witt Construction.

Now celebrating its 18th year, this annual community event has contributed nearly $800,000 to local charities. Proceeds from the Showcase of Homes will benefit Rebuilding Together Saratoga County (www.rebuildingtogethersaratoga.org) and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties (www.glensfallshabitat.org). For more details on the 2012 Showcase of Homes event, please visit www.saratogashowcaseofhomes.com.

By Patricia Older

MIDDLE GROVE – Disaster was narrowly missed on Tuesday when the pilot of a small aircraft that had engine failure remembered a field he had just passed over and turned his plane around and headed for the patch of land just off of Middle Grove Road in Greenfield.

William Booth, who had just left the Saratoga County Airport for his summer home in Blue Mountain Lake, was flying over Greenfield toward Lake Desolation when his plane began to experience engine problems.

“I saw the plane fly over,” said Brad Hall, who lives off of Daketown Road. “And then I saw him come back and it sounded like the engine was going faster than the plane was travelling—the plane appeared to be going really slow.”

Then, Hall says, he heard nothing at all.

Booth said that when he realized his plane, a Lake Renegade—one of only 100 known to be in existence—started to have mechanical problems, he remembered the field and decided to head toward it. If he had flown a few minutes more, he would have been over the woods that cover the Mount Pleasant mountaintop or Sacandaga Lake. Even where Booth landed posed problems with a large subdivision nearby and hundreds of homes in the area.

Booth said even the field posed a problem for him as he tried to guide his now-disabled plane past telephone poles, a major roadway and utility wires.

Booth, who said he kept thinking of the pilot’s adage to ‘fly the crash,’ was only slightly injured. A resident, whose house sat only a few yards from the accident scene, saw the plane crash and ran out to help the shaken pilot, who suffered bruising and a few abrasions when the plane made the bumpy landing.

The sound of the airplane crashing was heard by residents as far as a mile away. One woman said that while she did not see the plane, she was outside tending to her horses when she heard a loud boom.

“It startled me—I didn’t know what had happened,” she said.

The crash closed down a section of Middle Grove Road just west of Sandhill Road and north of North Creek Road for hours as firemen and the Federal Aviation Administration worked the scene.

Greenfield Fire District responded to the call, as well as the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office and the FAA.

Richard Andrew Winslow, 70, of Gansevoort died Sunday August 18, at Saratoga Hospital with his loving family at his side.

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Fingerpaint welcomed Erin Armstrong to its account service team and Pam Volzone to its medical strategy team.