LAKE PLACID — The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism has received two awards from the New York State Tourism Industry Association at a ceremony that took place during the organization’s 2025 annual meeting in Lake George on Sept. 11. The awards recognize initiatives and achievements ...

SARANAC LAKE — The arrival of Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy at Adirondack Medical Center means surgeons can detect lung cancers in earlier, potentially more treatable stages. Patients may also recover more quickly from an Ion procedure than a traditional bronchoscopy and are often able to ...

LAKE PLACID — Last month, Mercy Care for the Adirondacks held a spirituality retreat at the Paul Smith’s College VIC on the topic of “Living Well: Caring for the Human Spirit in Times of Growth and Change.” Open to the public, the Mercy Care Spirituality Retreat offered a day immersed ...

SARANAC LAKE — North Country Community College has announced the appointment of Thompson “Tommy” Sloan as the new student representative to the college’s board of trustees. Sloan, a second-year criminal justice student, joined the board in August and will serve as the voice of the ...

WAITSFIELD, Vt. — The Northern Forest Canoe Trail has announced the hiring of Nick Hall as its new assistant trail director. Hall has been with the NFCT’s stewardship program since 2024, when he worked as an intern. In 2025, Hall led the Allagash work crew, executing and completing a ...

SARANAC LAKE — George J. Bryjak’s book, “A Nation Born, A Homeland Lost: Native Americans And The Revolutionary War Era,” was awarded a Silver Medal in the history category by the Military Writers Society of America. Bryjak’s reader-friendly work explores the four major wars ...