SARANAC LAKE — With three days until the 90-Miler canoe race kicks off, longtime local paddlers have been getting their practice reps in while scouting course conditions. The biggest observation — perhaps unsurprisingly, given the weather over the past couple months — has been that ...
TUPPER LAKE — The Adirondack dark skies are among the most pristine in the eastern U.S. for viewing stars, galaxies and other astronomical wonders. Tonight, there may be a chance locally to catch a glimpse of a phenomenon typically reserved for the far northern latitudes: Aurora Borealis, ...
In an effort to fill thousands of vacancies in state and local governments, New York has been running a program that waived tests for many civil service jobs and sped up the hiring process: New York HELPS. The HELPS program, Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide, is a temporary ...
WAWBEEK — On Aug. 20, Philip Kokotailo and his friend were looking for a padlock they thought may have fallen off a truck on the bridge on Bartlett Carry Road when they found something else lost in the water — a stolen ATM. The ATM had been stolen from a business on Main Street in Lake ...
PLATTSBURGH — On Friday, the Clinton, Franklin and Essex Democratic county chairs announced they intend to select Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman as their candidate for the expected special election for the state Assembly seat being vacated by longtime representative Billy ...
SARANAC LAKE — A downtown business owner has been charged with assaulting another downtown business owner during an alleged altercation earlier this month. Bruce R. Darring, 77, of Saranac Lake was charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a ...