NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of Holocaust survivors clapped, sang and danced Monday at a concert held in their honor in Brooklyn in the first large gathering for New York-area survivors after months of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. The concert by popular Orthodox Jewish singer ...

LAKE PLACID — There is expected to be a fireworks show in Lake Placid tonight to celebrate the state hitting a new threshold for vaccinations against COVID-19. The fireworks show — to celebrate New York state reaching 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19 — is ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining social distancing rules and shooting off fireworks. "What does 70% mean? It means that we can ...

SARANAC LAKE — Pendragon Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival is this weekend, and four young local authors have put their imagination, observations, anxieties and introspections into entertaining and emotional scripts. The three plays, all written by students in the Tri-Lakes area, ...

SARANAC LAKE — The school district here is now letting students and staff take off their masks when outside, following a new guidance from the state. Other districts in the area — including Lake Placid and Tupper Lake — have already updated their outdoor mask guidances. After some ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Central School District is set to receive more than $5 million in federal aid through two coronavirus relief acts. Now, as administrators and the school board figure out how to spend it, they say they want the money to have the best impact it can. At the ...