When I was a kid my folks used to take me to the Pet Store on Route 9 in Latham so that I could look at all the fish, rodents, lizards, dogs and other pets but the highlight was always Jimmy the Monkey.
In 1996 when I was 16, I was banned from Lids in Crossgates Mall for conspiring with others to harass the Lids staff. It started as an inside joke that may have gone too far, but it sure was funny.
Some of us still remember the little music venue by the river, some of us still remember Saratoga Winners, I can't drive by the old Saratoga Winners lot without turning my head toward where the building used to stand.
I don't know what I am expecting to see anymore when I turn my head to look at the old lot, Saratoga Winners is never coming back and I don't need to see where it was to remember bei
On a early Spring night in 2002, my friend Kevin and I drove around Latham aimlessly before deciding that we would determine where the heart of Latham is. We found ourselves in the parking lot of Hoffman's Playland.
In search of the heart of Latham, Kevin and I asked, "What is something that Latham has that no other town does...
Some of us still remember when Latham, NY was the place to be for entertainment in the Capital Region. I still remember the Starlight Music Theater.
It was not always the Starlight Music Theater, it was also known as The Colonie Musical Theater, the Colonie Summer Theater and the Colonie Coliseum...