LAKE PLACID — Mercy Care for the Adirondacks is recruiting new volunteers and has scheduled a Friendship Volunteer Training Program in Saranac Lake on Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. New volunteers will join Mercy Care’s more than 100 Friendship Volunteers from Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, ...

Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES started the school year with two new administrators: Principal of Special Programs Rosalyn Poirier and Director of Special Programs Noelle Short. Poirier will be based at North Franklin Educational Center, the FEH BOCES school in Malone, where she will guide an ...

SARANAC LAKE — A 14 year old boy scout from Troop 611 of South Burlington, Vermont completed his Eagle Scout project at Floodwood Pond last month. Adam Kett’s project was to build and deliver four picnic tables to remote campsites on Floodwood Pond in the Adirondacks. Kett, who has ...

LONG LAKE — The prestigious Frank and Jeanne Hutchins Environmental Education Leadership Award is set to be presented to Dr. Chester A. Crocker in recognition of his leadership and community service. The award ceremony will take place at the upcoming Awards Gala, organized by the ...

RAQUETTE LAKE — The Raquette Lake Union Free School District Board of Education on Monday voted to hire a new superintendent of schools. The new district leader is Stephen Shafer, a retired educator from Malone. He was set to start work on Sept. 1. He’s been in contact with current ...