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Tax rebates, gun law part of long New York budget talks
March 20, 2013 ALBANY — Tax rebate checks for middle-class families and revisions to New York’s recently enacted gun control law are apparently among the sticky issues that have prompted legislative leaders to mis... more »»
Tupper village, town support rail grant application
March 20, 2013 TUPPER LAKE — The village and town both decided in the last week to support a request for $15.2 million to rehabilitate the railroad tracks between Big Moose and Saranac Lake. more »»
Essex County, Bronx-based organization sign nursing home contract
March 20, 2013 ELIZABETHTOWN — A contract of sale for the Horace Nye Nursing Home has been signed. more »»
Champlain voters stop village dissolution
March 20, 2013 Voters in Champlain want to keep their village government, and it seems they will. They made that clear Tuesday, when 199 voted no to a proposal to dissolve the village and 59 voted yes. more »»
Lawmakers: Budget to have middle class rebates
March 19, 2013 ALBANY (AP) — Legislative leaders say they and Gov. Andrew Cuomo plan to provide $350 rebates to middle class families as part of the state budget. more »»
NY considers changes in new gun control law
March 19, 2013 ALBANY (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are considering changes in New York's new gun control law including eliminating a provision that limits magazines to seven bullets. more »» 
State close to buying two more former Finch tracts
March 19, 2013 RAY BROOK — The state is close to completing the purchase of two more parcels of former Finch, Pruyn and Co. timberlands that will be added to the Forest Preserve. more »» 
Essex County calls for SAFE Act repeal
March 19, 2013 ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County wants the state to repeal the Secure Ammunitions and Firearms Enforcement Act and replace it with measures that are fully vetted by the public. more »» 
DEC chief: Communications control needs work
March 19, 2013 NEWCOMB — Joe Martens, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said Sunday he realizes his agency’s communications consolidation isn’t working as well as planned. more »»
Willowbrook in mind as cuts loom for disabled people's services
March 19, 2013 PAUL SMITHS — Officials said it was coincidental that an exhibit about Willowbrook State School opened now, as developmental disabilities services organizations are looking at state aid cuts, but... more »»
Bed tax revised
March 18, 2013 MALONE — Franklin County legislators last week further revised their proposal for a bed tax, and they plan to discuss it again at their regular meeting this Thursda. more »»
Essex County to oppose N.Y. gun control law
March 18, 2013 ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Board of Supervisors is expected to pass a resolution opposing New York state’s new gun law at a special meeting tonight. more »» 
Reminder: Lake Placid village election Tuesday
March 18, 2013 LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid village election is Tuesday. Polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. at the North Elba Town Hall. more »» 
College for all?
March 16, 2013 ESSEX — A national organization that works to send low-income students to college hopes to expand its presence in the North Countr. more »» 
Lake Placid mayor ready for four more years
March 15, 2013 LAKE PLACID — Craig Randall doesn’t have an opponent in this year’s race for Lake Placid village mayor, but that doesn’t mean he’s been taking it easy in this election. more »» 
Three vie for two Lake Placid trustee seats
March 14, 2013 LAKE PLACID — Voters will have three choices for two open seats on the village Board of Trustees when they head to the polls Tuesday. more »»
Saranac Lake school board picks new superintendent
March 14, 2013 SARANAC LAKE — Diane Fox has been selected as the next superintendent of the Saranac Lake Central School District. more »» 
St. Armand board backs AMA annexation
March 14, 2013 BLOOMINGDALE — The annexation of the American Management Association campus into the village of Saranac Lake looks like a done deal after most of the five St. more »»
Committee will review St. Armand highway garage options
March 14, 2013 BLOOMINGDALE — St. Armand town Supervisor Charles Whitson has appointed a committee of five town residents to make recommendations for a new highway department garag. more »» 
Village wants armory for police, fire and rescue building
March 13, 2013 SARANAC LAKE — Village officials want to turn the New York State Army National Guard armory on state Route 3 into a public safety building that would house police, fire and rescue services. more »» |
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