On weekend nights The Raindancer serves up endless plates of prime rib, lobster and seafood to diners from throughout the Capital Region, but on weekday afternoons the family-owned restaurant mostly caters to its regulars.
Teenagers in shorts and T-shirts were on a mechanical revolution at the recent Saratoga County Fair. They were sitting in a flat ride called “1001 Nights.” The single car moved with pendulumlike precision, swinging left then swinging right. The mechanical magic carpet soon picked up enough speed to complete a full circle, and kids screamed during the loud “whoosh” on the midway. Alyssa Goldberg preferred another way to take the summer air. She took a seat on George Ferris’ spinning wheel....
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