Balloons will take to the skies again in the Glens Falls/Lake George area when the Adirondack Balloon Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 19-22.
It will be the 47th annual event.
It kicks off at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 19 at Crandall Park in Glens Falls with a musical performance by the Lustre Kings. A block party featuring live music, balloon baskets on display, a car show, and kid’s activities will be held in the park from 6-9:30 p.m.
A flight of balloons will go up at 5:15 p.m.
Events continue through the weekend at Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport in Queensbury.
Flight times are approximate and all activities are weather permitting. There is no smoking, no dogs allowed, and no drones or remote control aircraft are allowed.
On Friday, at the airport, gates open at 3 p.m. A craft fair will be hosted by Zonta with 50-plus vendors, kid’s activities and food vendors.
On Saturday, a “big balloon breakfast” will be held from 5-10 a.m. From 5-7 a.m. food vendors will be open for business. There will be a craft fair hosted by Zonta, kids activities, including bounce houses, as well as crafts and games. A flight of up to 100 Balloons will be at 6:30 a.m.
Musical performances by Pluck & Rail will take place 2:30-4:30 p.m.; a musical performance by The High Peaks Bluegrass Band 5-7 p.m.; and a flight of up to 100 Balloons at 5 p.m. At 8 p.m. will be “Lighting Up The Night – Airport Moonglow” with , 30-plus balloons.

For the first time in history, the New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) generated more than $700 million in all-sources handle during the 2019 meet at Saratoga Race Course, which was conducted over a five-day race week and included the cancellation of a full Saturday card of racing.
NYRA officials said Wagering from all-sources totaled $705,343,949 an increase of more than $46 million, or 7 percent, over last year when racing was conducted for the full 40 days during a six-day week. This year’s handle eclipsed the previous record set in 2017 by nearly $29 million or 4.2 percent.

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) are honoring the legacy of esteemed thoroughbred owner and breeder, celebrated philanthropist and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Marylou Whitney, who died at the age of 93 on July 19.
In tribute to Mrs. Whitney’s passion, commitment and dedication to both racing and the community, the Clubhouse entrance at Saratoga Race Course, which serves as the gateway to the Spa from Saratoga Springs, was officially be named the “Marylou Whitney Entrance.”

Flanking the entrance are two jockey statues adorned in the Eton blue and brown silks representing the classic colors of Marylou Whitney stables. The statues commemorate the 2004 victories of Mrs. Whitney’s colt Birdstone in the Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes.

Mrs. Whitney was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Aug. 2.

NYRA formally celebrated Mrs. Whitney at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 3, in conjunction with her family’s namesake race: The Grade 1, $1 million Whitney Stakes.

By Andrea Palmer
“It’s a new day in Albany, There are only 3 Upstate New York members in the senate majority,” state Assemblywoman Carry Woerner, said at an Aug. 1 event at the Queensbury Hotel. “We struggle to have the needs of Upstate New York recognized in Senate, especially issues related to agriculture. This is the year we learn to adapt to a new way of working.”

Woerner was one of the speakers at the second annual Lunch with Legislators hosted by the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Also on the panel were state Sen. Betty Little, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik and state Assemblyman Jake Ashby.

Woerner said it is more important that business people come to Albany to advocate for their priorities. With emphasis on downstate issues, grassroots support is needed.