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Four governments, one rail trail, one agreement
RAY BROOK — Last season’s seemingly constant barrage of snow led to no shortage of plowing headaches, especially at Fowler’s Crossing, a popular trailhead for the Adirondack Rail Trail with parking lots on either side of state Route 86 just outside Saranac Lake. Accumulating snow ...
SLK gets grant for new equipment
LAKE CLEAR — The Harrietstown-owned Adirondack Regional Airport received a $377,100 state grant for new electric ground service equipment on Monday. Airport Manager Corey Hurwitch said the three pieces of equipment he’ll buy — an electric aircraft push-back tractor, an electric ...
Father accused of killing 9-year-old daughter pleads not guilty
ELIZABETHTOWN — A Montreal man accused of killing his 9-year-old daughter has pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of concealment of a human corpse. Luciano Frattolin, 45, was in Essex County Court in Elizabethtown on Wednesday morning for an arraignment ...
Rangers spend night caring for dehydrated hiker; flown out next morning
Forest Rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to several calls throughout the Adirondacks the past week, two of which resulted in a rescue by helicopter. For one of the helicopter rescues, rangers had to spend the night caring for the subject at the ...
Whiteface Club to host second Alzheimer’s fundraising effort
LAKE PLACID — The Whiteface Club and Resort is set to host the second annual The Longest Day fundraiser on Wednesday, Aug. 6, benefitting the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association, Northeastern New York chapter. Day-long activities will mark the fundraising ...