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Sharing cycling
Local News
SARANAC LAKE — Keith Freeman rang his bike bell and took off on the Adirondack Rail Trail, riding a trishaw with a wheelchair on the front. A trishaw is an e-assisted three-wheeled bike with a bench or wheelchair platform rickshaw on the front. They are used to bike with elderly people or ...
Upper Jay’s ‘scrappy heart’ of the arts
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UPPER JAY — Scott Renderer had no intention of starting a performing arts center when he moved to the Adirondacks in 1996. He was retiring from a theater career, mainly in the New York City scene, and preferred to keep that part of his life under wraps. Then he and his brother Bryon ...
Congress voted to gut the safety net to fund tax cuts for the rich. Now what?
New York news
New York’s top leaders will need to make tough decisions in the coming months as they confront billions in lost federal funding for the state’s largest and oldest safety net programs. Last week, Congressional Republicans pulled an all nighter to narrowly pass the sweeping “One Big ...
DEC launches citizen science wildlife monitoring program
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ALBANY — On Monday, July 7, state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton, in collaboration with the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Cornell University, today announced the launch of Snapshot NY, a citizen science program that allows the ...
North Elba board accepts sewer project bid, showgrounds plan
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LAKE PLACID — The North Elba Town Board moved forward on several sizeable projects during Tuesday’s board meeting, including accepting a bid on a major sewer improvement project and formally accepting the Master Plan for the North Elba Showgrounds. The Ruisseaumont Sewer Project will ...