LAKE PLACID — Visiting officials from the World University Games on Wednesday lauded the Adirondacks’ potential to host its event and also noted that Lake Placid is the only host city they are currently considering for the 2023 games. Milan Augustin, director of the International ...
SARANAC LAKE — This village aims to secure a grant to pay for an $8 to $9 million indoor curling facility that may also double as a multi-sport center where locals and visitors alike can take part in other forms of indoor recreation. “We’re reaching for the stars,” Saranac Lake Mayor ...
TUPPER LAKE — There is roughly $7,000 worth of art in the basement of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library, and it’s all up for grabs. For a price, of course. Helen Macro, a longtime Tupper Laker best known for the dress and fabric shop she ran out of her basement on Seymour Avenue, ...
SARANAC LAKE — The state Department of Environmental Conservation’s program for the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest is a behemoth of a plan, one that entails changes to numerous existing trails around the area as well as the creation of several new paths for a wide variety of ...
RAY BROOK — At its June Adirondack Park Agency meeting, board members discussed the critical impacts of climate change on the public health, environment and economy of the Adirondack Park and passed a resolution in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s commitment to combat climate change. ...
SARANAC LAKE — The village Department of Public Works will remove and replace a section of Broadway sidewalk next week. Crews will replace the sidewalk on the Berkeley Green side of the road from the Berkeley parking lot to Woodruff Street from Mon., June 26 through Thursday, June 29. ...
SARANAC LAKE — Radio Park looks like it’s been deserted. The weeds have grown up around the building that for years was home to Saranac Lake Radio and its stations: WNBZ, Y106.3 and Rock 105. The paint is peeling on its facade, and a bucket of trash is overturned on the front porch, ...
SARANAC LAKE — From trailheads to boat launches, campsites to fishing spots, the state Department of Environmental Conservation plans to make major upgrades to many of the places people access the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest. The DEC’s recently released unit management plan for much of ...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that his administration has reached a five-year contract agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association. CSEA represents more than 60,000 state government employees. The contract must now be approved and ratified by CSEA membership. Authorizing ...
INDIAN LAKE — The Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce is encouraging people to enjoy the plethora of hiking options available in Hamilton County. The 4-3-2-1 Hiking Challenge requires hikers to complete four easy hikes, three intermediate ones, two difficult hikes and then either Snowy or ...
The state Senate on Monday gave final legislative approval to create a New York State First Home Savings Program. Essex County’s state Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury) is the chair of the Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee and said the measure is similar to the ...
SARANAC LAKE — Representatives from several regional health care organizations will discuss changes to health care policy that are currently being proposed in Congress. The panel discussion will be followed by a question and answer session. The presentation will take place from 7 to ...
As Steven Engelhart led a public tour of the Camp Santanoni Historic Area in Newcomb on Monday, one man was on his mind: George Canon. It was fewer than 48 hours since Canon, the longtime Newcomb town supervisor, died early Sunday morning at Glens Falls Hospital at the age of 78. And though ...
John Collins was no lightweight when it came to Adirondack issues. He was at least a fourth-generation Adirondacker and was involved in some of the most defining matters of Adirondack Park politics of the last 50 years. Collins died of cancer at his home in Blue Mountain Lake on Friday, and ...
SARANAC LAKE — Little more than a century after camping first opened on Lower and Middle Saranac lakes, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing changes to both the regulations governing the campground and the locations of some of its sites. Officially sanctioned ...
SARANAC LAKE — A judge has blocked Lake Side Motel owner David Manning from selling his property while a lawsuit that Saranac Lake Resort filed against him is pending. State Supreme Court Justice Martin Auffredou, in a ruling issued Friday, said there’s a danger of “irreparable ...
BLOOMINGALE — A New Hampshire man was taken to the hospital Saturday after he crashed while riding on River Road in the town of St. Armand. James E. Allard, 47, of Manchester, suffered minor shoulder and rib injuries when he lost control of his 2003 Honda while rounding a curve and laid ...