Saratoga Springs

With as many legendary acts and historic moments that have passed through SPAC, here's some of the most interesting facts about the venue that you may not know.

This home in Saratoga Springs sits on 3.5 acres. It features four bedrooms and five bathrooms along with a movie room and a billiards room. There are 5100 square feet of beautiful woodworking and subtle touches of the Saratoga Race Course. Well except the beautiful statue out front of the horse and jockey and the starting gate backsplash in the kitchen. This home sold for $1.7 million. The asking price was $1.9 million.

The annual holiday train won't be rolling through central and upstate New York this year.

All are free and open to the public

The recently approved state budget has $110 million for New York state's parks system, including millions for a new park to be built in Brooklyn.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As the 150th anniversary of the first thoroughbred races held in Saratoga Springs is being celebrated in the Spa City, a new exhibit in Albany focuses on the Irishman who's credited with starting it all.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony will mark the official opening of a new Civil War exhibit at the New York State Military Museum. Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, the adjutant general of New York, will officially open the exhibit Saturday morning at the museum in downtown Saratoga Springs.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A 49-year-old Massachusetts man who admitted threatening a student at an upstate New York college has been sentenced to three months he's already served in jail and five years on probation.