SARANAC LAKE — Ava was just a puppy when Saranac Laker Kris Cotton found her in a box on the side of the road in Arizona in 2014. Someone had left a litter of puppies in the box and she was the only one left. Cotton tucked Ava in his backpack and rode off on his motorcycle. They became ...
LAKE PLACID — The potential for warmer spring temperatures during maple season creates concerns about how to keep sap cool. With a grant from the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program, Uihlein Maple Research Forest Director Adam Wild successfully built do-it-yourself (DIY) ...
ALBANY — The state recently announced over $29.4 million in grants to support water quality and climate resiliency projects in the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 5, which includes Essex and Franklin counties. The awards are part of more than $265 million in ...
LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Community Foundation has announced it is one of three recipients selected for The F. M. Kirby Foundation’s inaugural Innovation Engine Grant Program. ACF will receive an award of $300,000, distributed over three years, to advance its Safety Net initiative. The ...
LAKE PLACID — The United States men’s hockey team pulled off a “Miracle,” Thursday evening at the Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena, defeating the mighty Soviet Union 4-3. Or so it looked ... in fact, nobody was even on the ice. Three of the 17 living 1980 Olympians — ...
SARANAC LAKE — A local housing group will be starting up the “Franklin County Rental Assistance Fund” to help low- to middle-class renters with their monthly housing bills. Adirondack Housing Development Corporation CEO Patrick Murphy said the nonprofit recently got a $1.25 million ...