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Sackatoga Stable honoring Funny Cide with send-off event

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Sackatoga Stable announced they will be hosting a "Saratoga Send-Off" event in memory of champion racehorse Funny Cide. The event will be held at Siro's Restaurant on August 16 at 6 p.m. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Funny Cide, winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, passed away on July 16. Nicknamed "The Gutsy Gelding", the thoroughbred used to run at Sackatoga Stable before retiring to Kentucky Horse Park in 2008. The event will feature a tribute video, a display of Funny Cide's trophies, live music by Blue Hand Luke, and a panel discussion, including commentary by Sackatoga Stable operating manager and Funny Cide owner Jack Knowlton, trainer Barclay Tagg, assistant trainer Robin Smullen and Hall of Fame jockey José Santos. The panel will be emceed by retired race caller Tom Durkin, who called both of Funny Cide's iconic 2003 victories. Casa Creed’s resilient run earns...

Delmar-Bethlehem EMS announces open house

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Delmar-Bethlehem Emergency Medical Services is hosting an open house on Saturday, September 9. The event will be held from 12 to 4 p.m. at 114 Adams Street between Kenwood Ave and the Rail Trail. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Visitors can meet the community's first responders and learn what to do in a medical emergency. Representatives from the Bethlehem Police, Albany County Sheriff's Office, and local fire departments will be available with displays, including emergency equipment.There will be hamburgers, hot dogs, and ice cream by Stewart's. Other activities include a bounce house for children and a climbing wall. There will also be free giveaways and live music throughout the event.

Fatal crash in Hyde Park under investigation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

HYDE PARK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident on East Market Street on August 13. Responding officers located a BMW that collided with a tree. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The driver, a 23-year-old from Poughkeepsie, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The two passengers from Hyde Park were transported to the Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital. One is listed in critical condition.Preliminary investigations determined that the BMW was traveling west on East Market Street. The vehicle went off the roadway and struck a tree on the north side of the street. Police are not disclosing names at this time.The Town of Hyde Park Police Department was assisted by the Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response, the Hyde Park Fire Department, Northern Dutchess Paramedics, and the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office.

Wilton restaurant plans to reopen, also up for sale

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

WILTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- In March 2023, Jeff Baker was in a bad skiing accident. He went through multiple surgeries and is still working to walk again. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Baker is the owner of Winslow's Restaurant at 802 Saratoga Road in Wilton. The restaurant has been closed since his accident, which was almost five months ago."The restaurant can't run without me," Baker tells NEWS10. "I'm working hard to get back on my feet." New medical center, apartments proposed in Wilton The building that Winslow's calls home was built in 1948 and served as a gas station, grocery store and taproom before becoming a full-fledged restaurant. Baker's grandparents bought the property from the orginal owner in 1960. Baker bought the restaurant from his grandparents in 1989.After almost 40 years in the restaurant business, Baker has been trying to sell Winslow's for the last several years, and the property is still up for sale. H...

31 men and women, some likely in Mexico, indicted by Adams County grand jury in cocaine ring

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

A Colorado grand jury has indicted 31 men and women, some of them possibly in Mexico, for drug trafficking in metro Denver.These 17th Judicial District indictments announced Monday by Adams County District Attorney Brian Mason follow discoveries by police and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency in February that a Mexico-based criminal group has been distributing cocaine in the Adams County area for about 15 years while avoiding law enforcement detection.The men and women are indicted on 15 counts of drug trafficking and 16 violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act. Some of those indicted have not yet been arrested.Police in Brighton and other north metro cities began an investigation in May 2021. Over 18 months, the police and federal agents seized roughly 28 pounds of cocaine, four firearms weapons, 15 vehicles, five houses, and $283,514 in cash, authorities said in a press release.Mason declared that “we are disrupting drug operators who are dealing significant quanti...

Broomfield’s Butterfly Pavilion becomes the first to hatch Colorado fireflies in captivity

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

After two years of research and careful studying, scientists at the Butterfly Pavilion in Broomfield have become the first to ever raise Colorado fireflies in captivity.The scientists at Butterfly Pavilion, understandably, are always excited about bugs. But one day in June marked a particularly exciting milestone for their ongoing research into Coloradan fireflies.“People look and see this tiny beetle and don’t think it’s anything special, but we were all so excited,” said Francisco Garcia, entomology manager at Butterfly Pavilion. “We were all screaming and excited and celebrating two years of hard work.”A firefly larva, bottom left, is seen in substrate at the Butterfly Pavilion in Broomfield on Tuesday. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)Garcia is one of the many researchers who worked to collect and raise the fireflies, which emerged in late June. The beetles were collected in Fort Collins in 2021, and Garcia and his coworkers have spent the last two years learning about their li...

Avalanche’s Cale Makar is NHL 24 video game cover athlete

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

Cale Makar is a year removed from his career-defining trifecta of hardware but don’t think for a second that means the hockey world finds him to be old news.The Colorado Avalanche star defenseman was announced as the cover athlete for EA Sports’ NHL 24 video game Monday. Trevor Zegras of the Ducks was the NHL 23 cover star.The full reveal of the NHL 24 edition is scheduled for Wednesday.All Hail Cale #NHL24Stanley Cup Champ, Norris Winner, and your official NHL 24 Cover AthleteSee the full reveal 8/16 https://t.co/PM1LlFQRAu pic.twitter.com/OFLox3Fym8— EA SPORTS NHL (@EASPORTSNHL) August 14, 2023Makar is coming off his third consecutive season as a Norris Trophy finalist. He finished third in voting for the 2022-23 season and might have won the prize if he had made it through the regular season fully healthy. In 60 games, he amassed 66 points (17 goals, 49 assists) in career-high ice time, averaging 26:23 per game.Makar won the Norris and Conn Smythe trophies in 2...

Rapper Magoo, former partner of Timbaland, dies at 50, according to social media posts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

Rapper Magoo, who famously collaborated with Missy Elliot and rapper/ producer Timbaland and late R&B singer Aaliyah, has died, according to multiple posts on social media. He was 50 years old. Word of the artist's passing came from posts on Instagram. R&B singer Ginuwine, who worked with Magoo in the late-90s and early-00s, penned a note to Instagram on Sunday night. Clarence Avant, nicknamed the ‘Godfather of Black Music,’ dies at 92: Reports "I don’t even know how to say anything at this point, I have lost three friends now within a month to LIFE and its due date ….this dude always pushed me …I will miss you maganooo that’s what we called him," the artist wrote. "Totally one of the best ever in my eyes, always pressing forward. I know we didn’t talk a lot but the love was and will be always there my brotha, I will see you soon bro. We all have our date and I’m expecting the bro hug when I get there." I’m truly effed up right now foreal, life is crazy… I hate going thro...

Pop/Soul artist LIAM HORNE Soars with New Single “Cars with Leather”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

Pop/Soul artist LIAM HORNE released his newest single “Cars with Leather” to all major platforms along with an official bts style music video. The single was produced by Rich Skillz and written by Liam Horne and Rich Skillz Velonskis. Cars With Leather is the follow up single to All On Me released in July, All on Me was written by Liam Horne, Robin Thicke and Rich Skillz“I always wanted to put Liam and Robin in a room together to work and we were blessed to have Robin contribute his writing talents and mentorship to this song. He’s someone Liam really looks up to and has been a big influence on him, so the collaboration made perfect sense. Liam is excited to keep dropping music all summer long. We’re only just getting started,” says Rich Skillz.LIAM HORNE, Born William Horne, is a Scottish-born Recording artist. Liam was born July 4, 1995, in Aberdeen, Scotland to a family of gypsies and grew up in a caravan where he was first exposed to his love of singing and performing. Hor...

Judge sides with young activists in Montana climate change trial

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:04:55 GMT

By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown | Associated PressHELENA, Mont. — A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate.The ruling in the first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.District Court Judge Kathy Seeley found the policy the state uses in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits — which does not allow agencies to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions — is unconstitutional.Judge Seeley wrote in the ruling that “Montana’s emissions and climate change have been proven to be a substantial factor in causing climate impacts to Montana’s environment and harm and injury” to the youth.However, it’s up to t...