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Bruce William Travers of Berlin sentenced to a total of 105 years in prison by a Worcester County court, with 56 years suspended

The field is set for the 153rd running of Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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Wed May 07 2003 at 16:20:22 Saratoga Springs, New York is located in Saratoga County, and is located at 43.07° north and 73.78° west. It has a current population of about 27000. The name Saratoga originates from the Mohawk tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy, thought there are several interpretations. It comes from the word "Se-rach-ta-gue" meant "the hillside country of the quiet river." The first settlers arrived in the area around Saratoga Springs in 1688. In 1702, Johannes Schuyler came to the area, and organized sawmills and farms in the area around Fish Creek. He invited people fro...

John Morrissey By Liz O'Connell, Contributor As Saratoga Springs celebrates 150 years of thoroughbred racing, Liz O’Connell tells the tale of John Morrissey, an Irish immigrant who organized, operated and had the vision to develop what is now one of the world’s greatest racecourses.  A scant month after the Confederate Army was pushed back at Gettysburg, the “swells” holidaying in Saratoga Springs, New York, flocked to the first thoroughbred race meet contested on the Union Avenue trotting track. It was August 1863 and the meet lasted four days. One hundred fifty years later, hundre...