Travel, Tourism and Recreation
Powerlifter and Fort William Henry Resort president, Sam Luciano, a South Glens Falls native, spent a lot of time helping staff on the day-to-day operations of the fort, he told the Albany Business Journal. He told the ABJ that a normal summer has about 50 to 70 reservations to the hotel per day and 100 is stellar. Activity got so hot in 2020 that they were taking 300 a day at times. The odd summer of 2020 started weak and picked up as people in New York City and elsewhere looked to visit a safe, nearby place with outdoor activities.
Restaurants and Food Service
Ash Anand, the Global Indian of the Year award winner (according to the Asia One news site), Lotus Analytics CEO, and local restauranteur has bought the Merrill Magee house in Warrensburg and renamed the property The Bond, 1786, the Post-Star is reporting this morning. The staff from Anand’s Grist Mill restaurant of Warrensburg, which burned down in November, will staff the new location.
Government, Law and Legal Services
A Saratoga County Health and Human Services meeting was upended when town supervisors began questioning the choices others on the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors made. At issue, the Times-Union story says, was an email sent to county supervisors from Supervisor Tara Gaston asking them to choose 10 elderly people in their communities to receive a limited supply of coronavirus vaccines. The health panel quickly moved into executive session, and the county’s attorney defended the action since they were discussing public health, the story reports.