SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Following the recent anti-democratic hate group “Proud Boys” marched through Saratoga Springs, approx 150 area residents gathered to say: “All people are welcome, ideas and groups that foster hate and violence are not.” The Sunday, Aug. 13 rally was held after The Proud Boys, a group defined by Britannica as a […]
SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y. â When the clock struck midnight and 2020 began last January, the New Year kicked off with people making goals and having high hopes for the year ahead.
However, that all changed on March 7, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the first two positive Novel Coronavirus cases in Saratoga County. From that day on, cases throughout the state and the Capital Region continued to rise.
With the spike in cases, the governor decided to put the state on âpauseâ, which meant many businesses and restaurants had to close to the public.
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Restaurants had to pivot and change their game plan to allow for take-out only, while other businesses struggled too much to reopen.
Use of pepper spray on Saratoga Springs protesters haunts reform efforts
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Lexis Figuereo, prior to a Black Lives Matter rally in front of the Rensselaer County jail in Troy, NY, on Friday, July 31, 2020, shows welts on his arm after getting shot with a rubber bullet at a BLM rally in Saratoga Springs, NY, the night before (Jim Franco/Special to the Times Union.)James FrancoShow MoreShow Less
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A Black Lives Matter protest in Saratoga Springs in November lasted more than 7 hours.Robert Gavin / Times Union Show MoreShow Less
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4of6Buy PhotoSaratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo holds a press conference inside a newly renovated and expanded jail unit reserved for veteran inmates and addiction services at the Saratoga County Jail on Friday, Sept.13, 2019, in Ballston Spa, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less