Katelynne Shimkus

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• Posted Brindisi's Makes Way for Something New to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  Stop the press! The Brindisi's spot is no longer up for grabs - Ruso's Restaurant has snagged the space!...
• Posted Shogun Sushi 'Swims' from Delmar to Albany to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  Madison Avenue gained a new dinner destination this week: Albany's own version of Shogun Sushi and Sake Bar.Branching from its original location in Delmar, Shogun Sushi has expanded to two restaurants, with the newest in Albany, on 457 Madison Avenue....
• Posted Celebrity Sighting in Saratoga to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  Did you see that guy the other day who looked exactly like Daniel Day-Lewis? Actually, you might have seen the real thing. On March 21st, The Saratoga Idiots, an outspoken and humorous blog about what goes on in Saratoga, mentioned...
• Posted Camping in College - New Environmental Studies Program in the Adirondacks to What's New In The Adirondacks: Discover Adirondack Events & Happenings
  Don't be surprised if you see a few more mountain men than usual in the Adirondack Park this fall. Starting in September, the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is offering a semester of study in the mountains....
• Posted H&V Collision Picks Up Where Allstar Left Off to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  If you've noticed a few changes over on Route 50 near SPAC, here's why: H&V Collision Centers, a car mechanic business with particular skill in crash-related repair work, has taken over the former Allstar Body Shop. Company sound familiar?...
• Posted Healthy Living Market - Coming to a Place Near You! to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  Health nuts, foodies, and everyone else, throw a celebration - Healthy Living Market and Cafe is headed to Wilton, NY. Healthy Living is a Vermont-born grocery store, dedicated to shelving all that is natural, organic, and local. This includes meat,...
• Posted From Poughkeepsie To Albany, Bull & Buddha To Offer Food & Nightlife to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  The old bank building on lower State Street in Albany is making room for a restaurant/nightclub with class, sophistication... and zen?...
• Posted Saratoga Springs Ranked In Top 5 Spa Cities! to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  Away.com, a division of the travel organizing website Orbitz.com, recently featured Saratoga Springs, New York as one of the top 'Spa Cities' to see! In the article "Take the Plunge: America's Best Hot Springs Town", Away.com ranked Saratoga Springs at...
• Posted An Antidote for Winter Blues - Carmine's Brazilian Grill to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  With winter dragging along, it's tempting to dream of a warm getaway to the tropics of South America...but why bother with booking a flight when you can enjoy the best of Brazil - the food! - right down the street?...
• Posted Broadway's Newest Neighbor - Boca Bistro to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  A new tasty destination is coming to Saratoga to join the DZ Restaurant family. Prepare your palate for the zest of the Mediterranean, combined with the assortment of Spanish tapas at Boca Bistro!...
• Posted SPAC Gets A New Look to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  After fifty years of accommodating the weather and the audience of upstate New York, the facade of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is going to get a face-lift....
• Posted Local Capital Bauer Insurance Agency Merges with Major Company to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  Congratulations to Capital Bauer Insurance Agency - recently, the mid-sized local insurance provider announced a merger with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Capital Bauer has been supplying personal, commercial, and employee benefits insurance and other financial services since 1957.The company was...
• Posted Old Icon of Saratoga Quietly Closes to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  A longtime landmark, the 24-hour Saratoga Diner on South Broadway recently closed, without warning or word about reasons why. Many locals were disappointed to hear the news. Saratoga.com's own Ashley Dingeman, author of "Eat Your Heart Out", said the diner...
• Posted Rumor Has It... to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  It's official! Get a sneak peek at one of this year's amazing Alive at Five shows!...
• Posted We Take Care of Our Own in Saratoga Springs to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  Saratoga's community comes together in a show of love and support in a time of hardship for two of it's beloved members, Kim and Scott Smith....
• Posted Crowne Plaza To Become 'Hotel Albany' to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  The Crowne Plaza Hotel on State Street in Albany, NY is undergoing a metamorphosis.Recently, the establishment let go of its affiliation with InterContinental Hotels Group, and was picked up by Hilton.In addition to the change of hands, a name change...
• Posted Saratoga High School Team to Compete at National Level to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  It seems like Saratoga Springs High School is churning out champions - last week we found out that the Jazz Band was going to compete in a music festival in Disney, and now the Academic Team is going to a...
• Posted Familiar Gallery Opens in New Location to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  The art gallery "Mimosa's" has settled in to a new home at 489 Broadway, and is ready to celebrate with a grand opening!...
• Posted Albany Becomes a Film Set Once Again to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  Albany is becoming Hollywood's most popular set, as yet another movie shoots a scene in the area (remember Angelina Jolie's film "Salt" and the recent Cooper-Gosling picture "The Place Beyond the Pines"?)Now a prominent movie studio is set to film...
• Posted SSHS Jazz Band To Perform At Disney World to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  The Saratoga Springs High School Jazz Band is traveling to the most magical place in the world - Disney! These talented young jazz artists will perform and compete in a national jazz festival at Walt Disney World Resort in late...
• Posted Fredette plays at Madison Square Garden to What's New In Glens Falls: Events, News & Business In Glens Falls
  New York Knicks fans in Glens Falls are going to find themselves in a conflict this February 15th as local son Jimmer Fredette and his Sacramento Kings team will be playing against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden....
• Posted Scrimshaw Reveals Renovated Fine Dining Room to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  Scrimshaw, the Capital Region's only AAA Four Diamond Award-winning restaurant for three consecutive years has recently completed renovations to its fine dining room and enhanced its menu to provide a truly remarkable culinary experience....
• Posted The Saratoga Snow Train Chugs Skiiers To North Creek! to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  Cold air outside keeping you inside? Escape your cabin fever on the Gore Mountain Ski Train, where the journey is just as exciting as the destination. In its inaugural year, the Saratoga & North Creek Railway is awakening an excursion...
• Posted Donate to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  Many of our own neighbors in New York are suffering from the effects of Irene. In some areas it's just a little water damage or the power's gone, and in others it's flooding and sudden food shortage....
• Posted Belleayre Music Festival to Help Flood Victims to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  The Belleayre Music Festival is turning its final show of the season, the talented Bela Fleck, into a benefit to aid relief from Sunday's record-breaking flood in the Catskills....
• Posted New Yoga Spa's Grand Opening This Friday to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  Take some time this coming Friday to think "yoga" and visit the grand opening of "The Yoga Spa" in Ballston Spa. The event at 53 Front Street will feature an art opening, chair massages, bellydancers, and window yoga performances. It...
• Posted Plans for New Prime Restaurant in Clifton Park to What's New In Albany: Find Out What's Happening Locally, In The News & Beyond
  The owner and founder of Angelo's 677 Prime and Prime at Saratoga National, top steakhouses in the Capital Region, has announced a new member of the 'Prime' family in Clifton Park....
• Posted Get Ready for the Saratoga 150! to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  It seems like only yesterday the horses left the gates for the very first time, but the Saratoga Race Course is nearly 150 years old. It's sesquicentennial (sess-kwa-sen-TEN-ee-ull. Impress your friends) birthday will be August 3, 2013...and such a big...
• Posted New Member of the Dough Boy "Dynasty" to What's New In Saratoga: Find Local Happenings & News In Saratoga
  Next to Saratoga's famous Dough Boy and Dough Girl, a distant relative comes to join the family - the Dough Cousin....
• Posted Development in Tupper Lake to What's New In The Adirondacks: Discover Adirondack Events & Happenings
  Plans to develop a ski resort in Tupper Lake promise to bring jobs to the area and improvements to the ski experience.The plans are centered around Mount Morris and 859 of the 6, 261 acres which surround it. Thus, 85%...