Whether you are a resident or a visitor of the town of North Elba and the village of Lake Placid, you have a unique opportunity to help this community with its next Joint Comprehensive Plan, which is being updated this year. To get the planning process started, town and village officials ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Whom do you favor for president in the Nov. 5 election? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

Construction of the Ice Palace, the centerpiece of Winter Carnival, is kicking off on Monday. That means there will be less than two weeks for the Ice Palace Workers 101 and volunteers to build the Ice Palace before the start of this year’s “Creepy” Winter Carnival on Feb. ...

The U.S. Postal Service plans to increase the cost of sending mail next week. This will include the fifth price hike for Forever Stamps since 2021, from 66 cents to 68 cents starting Jan. 21. These price increases have been blamed on inflation, but that’s just one part of the story: The ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed her executive budget on Tuesday. This massive $233 billion spending plan includes packages to address everything from the housing crisis to swimming pools, but left out one of the state’s major problems: Government transparency. When Hochul, a Democrat, took ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Should Franklin County contribute $135,000 toward housing for the Jamaican bobsled team? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.