LAKE PLACID — Neighbors of a property on the shore of Lake Placid, where a local family plans to build new condominiums, attended a public hearing on Wednesday to voice their opposition to rezoning that would allow the family to build taller buildings and give them more flexible setback ...

Well before it was warm enough to plant seedlings in the ground, farmer Micah Barritt began nursing crops like watermelon, eggplant and tomatoes — eventually transplanting them from his greenhouse into rich Vermont soil, hoping for a bountiful fall harvest. Within a few hours last week, ...

CLAYTON — A Powerball ticket worth $1 million was purchased at a convenience store in the North Country’s Thousand Islands area. The New York State Lottery announced Thursday that the second prize-winning ticket was sold at Sliders Food Mart in Clayton. The first prize-winning ...

LOS ANGELES — A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the third largest in the history of the game. The winning numbers for Wednesday night's drawing were: ...

NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve launched a new instant payment service Thursday. FedNow allows banks and credit unions to sign up to send real-time payments so they can offer customers a quicker way to send money between banks. FedNow, which was first announced in 2019, published a list of ...

ALBANY — The New York Lottery this week announced nine third-prize-winning tickets were sold for the July 17 Powerball drawing, including one in Lake Placid. There were no first-prize winners as that jackpot number has risen to $1 billion. The winning ticket in Lake Placid was sold at the ...