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Study: Most of Whitney Park too rugged for development

LONG LAKE — Protect The Adirondacks! released a study on Friday, Dec. 12, claiming that much of the approximately 36,000 acres that make up Whitney Park would be difficult to develop due to either wetland status, poor soil composition, steep slopes or a combination of these. It was a ...

‘There’s no feeling quite like it’

SARANAC LAKE — Last weekend, Saranac Lake High School Seniors Ebin Meissner and Jack Waters swelled with emotion as they raised their voices with more than 200 singers from around the state at the New York State School Music Association All State Festival at the Eastman Theatre in ...

Power flux causes ‘critical failure’ to Tupper police hard drives

TUPPER LAKE — Unexplained, intermittent and brief power outages at the Tupper Lake Emergency Services building have caused headaches for the village police department as the outages wiped out much of what was stored on the department’s hard drives on Nov. 20. TLPD Chief Eric Proulx ...

Tupper mayor: We all have a role in snow removal

TUPPER LAKE — Tupper Lake Village Mayor Mary Fontana reminded community members at Monday’s village board meeting that everyone has a responsibility when it comes to snow removal. With a wintry start to December so far, Fontana said the village has received several calls from concerned ...

Vermontville man to serve 3 to 6 years for disposing of body

PLATTSBURGH — Chad Nichols will serve three to six years in prison for disposing of Jahfari Joseph’s body in a remote area of Franklin County after he was murdered late last year. As previously reported by the Press-Republican, Timothy Timmons was found guilty in October of ...