MALONE — Kati Jock is the newest member of Citizen Avocates’ Executive Leadership Team. Jock has stepped up to the role of chief integration officer after holding other key leadership positions within the organization. She first came to Citizen Advocates in 2018, when she was recruited ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Adirondack Council has hired John Davis, a renowned national wildlife advocate with Adirondack conservation experience, to advocate for wild land restoration and reconnected wildlife pathways that have been disturbed by roads, buildings and other obstacles, to benefit ...

CLINTON — Abigail Wolff of Saranac Lake was named the recipient of the McKinney Speaking Prize at Hamilton College’s annual Class & Charter Day. Wolff, a junior majoring in government, is a 2018 graduate of Saranac Lake High School. The McKinney Speaking Prizes are awarded to ...

AUBURN — A painting by Valerie Patterson of Saranac Lake, “Here, But Now They’re Gone,” is featured in the Schweinfurth Art Center’s “Made in NY” exhibition in Auburn. Patterson is a retired art teacher in the Saranac Lake Central School District. The exhibit will open June ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Institute recently held its 24th annual Great Adirondack Young People’s Poetry Contest, which is open to all students in grades 1 to 12 living or studying in the Adirondack region. Students may submit original poems of any length, form, or theme. This year, ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Trudeau Institute has announced the appointment of Douglas Colson to its Board of Trustees. Colson comes to Trudeau with an acute awareness of the impact that infectious disease has on rural poverty. He spent extensive time in East Africa as a founding board member of ...