SARANAC LAKE — North Country Community College has announced the appointment of Thompson “Tommy” Sloan as the new student representative to the college’s board of trustees. Sloan, a second-year criminal justice student, joined the board in August and will serve as the voice of the ...

SARANAC LAKE — George J. Bryjak’s book, “A Nation Born, A Homeland Lost: Native Americans And The Revolutionary War Era,” was awarded a Silver Medal in the history category by the Military Writers Society of America. Bryjak’s reader-friendly work explores the four major wars ...

WAITSFIELD, Vt. — The Northern Forest Canoe Trail has announced the hiring of Nick Hall as its new assistant trail director. Hall has been with the NFCT’s stewardship program since 2024, when he worked as an intern. In 2025, Hall led the Allagash work crew, executing and completing a ...

LAKE PLACID — Last month, Mercy Care for the Adirondacks held a spirituality retreat at the Paul Smith’s College VIC on the topic of “Living Well: Caring for the Human Spirit in Times of Growth and Change.” Open to the public, the Mercy Care Spirituality Retreat offered a day immersed ...

SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Health recently released the following names of the babies born at Adirondack Medical Center in August. St. Mary: A baby, Jackson Francis, to Rachael and Jacob St. Mary. Durgan: A daughter, Lainey Elizabeth, born Aug. 12, 2025 at 10:22 p.m., weighing 5 lbs. 6 ...