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Elected officials give Stefanik feedback in work sessions

PLATTSBURGH — The need for increased testing capacity, broadband coverage and cell service, direct aid and tourism numbered among the topics discussed in virtual working group meetings hosted by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, with leaders from all counties in New York’s 21st ...

Career centers close as unemployment surges

The OneWorkSource centers in Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton counties have shut down and furloughed staff, making things a little harder for the unemployed even as their ranks swell due to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the coronavirus crisis has driven ...

Franklin County mandates masks

MALONE — The Franklin County Legislature on Thursday approved a mandate that will require the use of face masks in any public situation in which social distancing is not possible. The measure reflects orders already issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo but adds a local emphasis — and the ...

Frontier Airlines will drop open-seat fee that drew attacks

Frontier Airlines is dropping plans to charge passengers extra to sit next to an empty middle seat after congressional Democrats accused the airline of trying to profit from fear over the new coronavirus. “We recognize the concerns raised that we are profiting from safety and this was ...

Survey: Most new COVID-19 patients in NY not working, older

NEW YORK (AP) — The great majority of people being newly hospitalized with the coronavirus in New York are either retired or unemployed and were avoiding public transit, according to a new state survey, the first such look at people still getting seriously ill despite six weeks of severe ...

APA to hold public hearing on former Cell Science Center

LAKE PLACID — The state Adirondack Park Agency will hold a teleconference public hearing Friday, May 15 for a map amendment request by the town of North Elba that would make it easier for a private developer to build a mix of new housing options at the former W. Alton Jones Cell Science ...