The Youth Services Section of the New York Library Association recently announced that the winner of the 2022 Empire State Award for Excellence in Literature for Young People is local author Kate Messner. Messner will be honored at a luncheon on Friday, Nov. 4, during the association’s ...

SARANAC LAKE — The following babies were born at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake from August 2021 through January 2022. Adirondack Health, the organization that runs the hospital, fell behind in reporting births while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. August ...

SARANAC LAKE — Investigative journalist and author James M. Odato, who has been serving as interim editor for the Saranac Lake-based non-profit publication Adirondack Explorer since September 2021, has been named editor of the publication. Odato spent 18 years at the Times Union of Albany ...

WEST CHAZY — Spring is in the air, and so is the sweet smell of maple syrup. For the first time in two years, Maple Weekend, a two-weekend-long event, returned Saturday to the North Country, and 140 sugarhouses were expected to participate. - Something for everyone - The North ...

LAKE PLACID — What’s one of the most important things in life? Having a sense of humor. Take it from a 105-year-old. ReKealth “Kay” Egeland was born in Brooklyn on Feb. 28, 1917. A nice day to have a birthday, according to Egeland. She spent this year’s big day at Elderwood ...

SARANAC LAKE — It seemed like all of Saranac Lake knew Logan Baugh’s name on Thursday. The 14-year-old from Phoenix, New York got his Make-A-Wish wish to stay in an Adirondack cabin and have a pizza party at the Ice Palace granted that day, and hundreds of Saranac Lakers came out to ...