The Jan. 23 structure fire at Silver Maple Builders served as a stark reminder of both the risks facing the community and the critical role played by the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department and its partners. The commercial structure, located immediately adjacent to residential homes, was ...

Tupper Lake stands at a crossroads. We have lakes and mountains, the Adirondack Rail Trail, the promise of Big Tupper and the OWD lands, The Wild Center, a growing Sky Center and Observatory, new train excursions and a downtown that is coming back to life. At the same time, we face a shrinking ...

Meg and I and our three kids lived in Saranac Lake, next to St. Joes, from 1983 to 2015, some 32 years. We were forced out as I was unable to support Meg as her illness took its toll. Our kids went through our local school from first grade to graduation from high school. I loved our village ...

The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival is organized and run entirely by volunteers whose sole mission is to preserve and protect this historic community tradition. Our role is to produce and oversee official Winter Carnival events and to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Carnival ...

The following was an open letter submitted to the Saranac Lake Central School District (SLCSD) Board and the Buildings & Feasibility Subcommittee: I am writing to you today to put on the record my comments regarding the upcoming closure of Bloomingdale School. The SLCSD has seen a ...

Every year now ends with the same headline: “Hottest year on record,” “Hottest decade ever,” “Earth enters uncharted climate territory.” The repetition has become so familiar that few people stop to ask what these claims actually mean. In August 2021, for example, Sen. Bernie ...