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Firefighters douse flames at new Saranac Lake hotel

SARANAC LAKE — A fire sent flames up the side of the newly constructed Saranac Waterfront Lodge and filled one wing of the hotel with smoke Tuesday afternoon, but the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department quickly extinguished it. The flames came from a second-floor bedroom's heating ...

IDA can decide on Crossroads Hotel PILOT

TUPPER LAKE — The head of the Franklin County Industrial Development Agency said the organization wants to hear from the Tupper Lake community on a proposed 20-year tax break for a hotel project the IDA is considering. The IDA board has not yet authorized this payment-in-lieu-of-taxes ...

Hand sanitizer makers hit with ‘surprise’ fee, later reversed

CLAYTON — The Clayton Distillery was recently notified that it would have to pay nearly $24,000 in fees for making hand sanitizer, most of which was donated to first responders and front-line workers. It was also reported that the owner of Dark Island Spirits in Alexandria Bay was hit ...

Lake FM switches frequency

LAKE PLACID — North Country Radio, the local owner and operator of WSLP, WLPW, WVSL and WRGR, announces that for technical and engineering reasons, Classic Hits Lake FM has moved up the dial from 93.3 to 100.7 FM. People can also listen online at www.lakefmradio.com or with the free ...

Tupper hotel seeks tax break; town feels sidelined by process through IDA

TUPPER LAKE — The town board is drafting two letters about the proposed Crossroads Hotel in the uptown business district, one to the state Adirondack Park Agency supporting the project and another to the Franklin County Industrial Development Agency expressing displeasure that board ...