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Two earn North Country Leadership awards

LAKE GEORGE — Two Hudson Headwaters staff were honored during Adirondack Health Institute’s 2023 North Country Leadership Summit on Sept. 27-28 in Lake George. Melissa Gooley, regional practice leader, was recognized as a 2023 Rural Health Champion of the Year by the Adirondack Rural ...

New director joins Mountain Lake PBS

Mountain Lake PBS recently announced significant changes in its leadership team with the retirement of Beth Davis and the appointment of Maria Smith as the new development director. Davis has been an integral part of the Mountain Lake PBS leadership team since 2015. Smith’s career path ...

Adirondack Health announces September births

SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Health recently released the following names of the babies born at Adirondack Medical Center in September. Hall: A son, Oliver Wade, born Sept. 5, 2023 at 6:06 p.m., weighing 9 lbs. 8 oz. to Alexis and Kameronn Hall of Plattsburgh. Barber: A daughter, Kallie ...

Tupper Lake student makes Mercy College of Ohio honors

TOLEDO, OHIO — Nicole Jessie, of Tupper Lake, was named to the Honors List for the summer 2023 semester at Mercy College of Ohio. To be named on the Honor’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.3 or higher and be enrolled for 6-11 credit hours.

Living to fly

LAKE PLACID — Russ Francis grew up wanting to fly, and he spent his life in the sky. Francis died in a plane crash at the Lake Placid Airport on Sunday along with the senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Richard McSpadden. He was 70. “To Russ, flying was ...

Aviation community mourns pilot who spent life educating aviators on safety

LAKE PLACID — The aviation community suffered an “immeasurable loss” on Sunday after Richard McSpadden, the 63-year-old senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and a pilot with an “infectious passion” for flight and aircraft safety, died in a plane crash ...