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Politics

Saranac Lake village trustee ballot now set

SARANAC LAKE — With the deadline for filing independent petitions for the upcoming village election now passed, the March 19 ballot is set. Democrat Fred Balzac is not on the ballot, but he is running as a write-in. He had earlier planned to file to run on an independent line, but said he ...

Second Democrat joins NY-21 race

SARANAC LAKE — Attorney Paula Collins announced on Tuesday that she is running for the congressional seat currently held by Elise Stefanik, setting up a Democratic primary between herself and Democrat Steven Holden. Collins, a cannabis tax attorney who made her announcement outside the ...

Judge says mail-in voting expansion ‘constitutional’

A state Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the state of New York by North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik and other Republicans last year seeking to throw out New York’s Early Mail Voter Act, a universal mail-in voting law passed in September. The judge declared the Early ...

Saranac Lake Republicans back Ryan, Stiles

SARANAC LAKE — Katie Stiles and Sean Ryan will represent the Republican Party in the March 19 election to fill two village trustee seats. Stiles and Ryan were the only two candidates for this party line at the GOP caucus on Monday, so no vote was needed among the 40 Republicans who ...