SARANAC LAKE — Stewart’s Shops and the Dake Family recently donated $200,000 to help support the expansion and upgrades for the Saranac Lake Civic Center. The civic center upgrades will include new ice equipment, a new entrance and lobby, new locker rooms, spectator seating, increased ...

RAQUETTE LAKE — The Adirondack Council recently announced another addition to its conservation team, Blake Neumann, who will fill the newly created role of clean water advocate. Neumann will work with local partners to develop and implement water quality protection and aquatic invasive ...

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Foundation recently hired two new staff members: Lori Bellingham and Katie Cavanagh. “Adirondack Foundation relies on its dynamic, passionate staff to serve the needs of our region’s communities,” said Cali Brooks, president and CEO of Adirondack ...

LAKE PLACID — Documentarian Raoul Peck, who created “I Am Not Your Negro” and “Exterminate All the Brutes,” was honored by a local volunteer organization during a visit to John Brown Farm on Sunday. The event followed Peck’s appearance at the Lake Placid Film Festival on ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Film Festival kicks off Thursday. On opening night, Lucky Cerruti, a Lake Placid native and filmmaker, will show his slasher film “Freak” for the first time in person. Cerruti, 26, didn’t originally set out to be a filmmaker, but he said he’s always ...

KEENE — Derek Rogers has joined the staff of the Adirondack Land Trust as stewardship manager. In this role he will work to engage people in the value and benefits of protected lands, and to help landowners maintain and enhance lands conserved in partnership with the land trust. Rogers ...