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The party goes on

RAY BROOK — The Adirondack Park Agency board voted 9-0 at its Thursday meeting to uphold the administrative law judge’s decision allowing Adirondack Wild to fully participate in the agency’s adjudicatory hearing for a proposed howitzer testing range in the town of Lewis. The matter was ...

Plein Air Festival registration opens

SARANAC LAKE — Registration for the 18th Annual Adirondack Plein Air Festival, hosted by Saranac Lake ArtWorks and scheduled for Aug. 17 to 22, is now open. The festival will feature six days of outdoor painting, including special events such as the Nocturne Contest, the “Paint the ...

Essex County Health Partners release Community Health Assessment

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Health Partners — which include the Essex County Health Department , University of Vermont Health Network — Elizabethtown Community Hospital, and Adirondack Health — recently announced the release of the Essex County Community Health Assessment 2025 ...

Lovebirds at the Ice Palace

SARANAC LAKE — Sue Dyer and Chuck Pagano went on their first date in 1958. On Sunday, the couple, both wearing fur coats and surrounded by friends and family in sub-freezing temperatures, tied the knot at 83 years old. The newlyweds were high school sweethearts — going to every prom ...

Ashes-to-go

SARANAC LAKE — Rev. Denise Cabana from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church stood at the corner of Berkeley Green on Ash Wednesday, praying with members of the church and passersby and smearing a bit of ash onto their foreheads in the shape of a cross. Cabana has been doing ashes-to-go for ...

Snowstorm could snarl Friday evening commute

SARANAC LAKE — A burst of heavy snow could make for a tricky Friday evening commute across the Tri-Lakes. An area of low pressure is forecast to track eastward from the upper Midwest on Friday and linger into Saturday. The flakes are predicted to begin falling midday Friday and ramp up in ...