There are a few dates on the calendar that you hope to spend with family and friends every year. The obvious one is Christmas. The other, for me, is Independence Day.
There's an unwritten rule at concerts that nobody actually agrees on, and a moment at Saratoga Performing Arts Center brought it straight to the surface.
From thoroughbred racing on the Fourth of July to a spa tucked inside a national historic landmark, Saratoga Springs has a summer that's hard to match.
There was already one crash on I-190 when things got a whole lot worse — and a trooper had to make a split-second decision most of us never want to face.