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NFCT expands stewardship staff, offers new volunteer opportunities

WAITSFIELD, Vt. — The Northern Forest Canoe Trail, or NFCT, has announced its stewardship programming for the 2024 season, which will be supported by a growing professional staff and provide opportunities for as many as 50 volunteers to help steward the waterways along the trail. The NFCT ...

Adirondack Health announces February births

SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Health recently released the following names of the babies born at Adirondack Medical Center in February 2024. Wood: A son, Easton Dale, born Feb. 1, 2024 at 9:56 a.m., weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. to Kristen Carpenter and Keagan Wood of Saranac. Hastings: A son, ...

Mercy Care holds Technology Assistance Workshop at High Peaks Church

LAKE PLACID — On March 21, Mercy Care for the Adirondacks hosted a full audience for a Technology Assistance Workshop at High Peaks Church in Saranac Lake. With programming led by Mercy Care Friendship Volunteer Scott Baerman, and Jerry Manor of SeaComm, volunteers and elders learned ...

Meet Adirondack Health’s new emergency prep coordinator

SARANAC LAKE — Casey Reardon, who has more than two decades of experience as a combat veteran and local police officer, is Adirondack Health’s new emergency preparedness coordinator. “My ultimate goal is to make sure everyone goes home safely,” Reardon said. “When people go home to ...

115th anniversary for Adirondack fire towers

SARANAC LAKE — The celebration of the 115th anniversary of fire towers in the Adirondacks and Catskills will be held throughout this year. It was in 1909 that the first fire towers were established in the Catskills on Hunter Mountain, Balsam Lake Mountain, and Belleayre Mountain and in ...