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Maple research: DIY project keeps sap cool

LAKE PLACID — The potential for warmer spring temperatures during maple season creates concerns about how to keep sap cool. With a grant from the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program, Uihlein Maple Research Forest Director Adam Wild successfully built do-it-yourself (DIY) ...

State funds regional water quality, climate resiliency projects

ALBANY — The state recently announced over $29.4 million in grants to support water quality and climate resiliency projects in the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 5, which includes Essex and Franklin counties. The awards are part of more than $265 million in ...

1980 ‘Miracle’ reimagined in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The United States men’s hockey team pulled off a “Miracle,” Thursday evening at the Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena, defeating the mighty Soviet Union 4-3. Or so it looked ... in fact, nobody was even on the ice. Three of the 17 living 1980 Olympians — ...

Need some help making rent?

SARANAC LAKE — A local housing group will be starting up the “Franklin County Rental Assistance Fund” to help low- to middle-class renters with their monthly housing bills. Adirondack Housing Development Corporation CEO Patrick Murphy said the nonprofit recently got a $1.25 million ...

A school, a vote and an ‘uncomfortable predicament’

BLOOMINGDALE — Three nights in a row this week, the Saranac Lake Central School District Board of Education spoke about the potential closure of Bloomingdale Elementary School — twice with members of the public at hearings which covered a wide range of topics and then amongst ...