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Business

A call for no new short-term rentals

LAKE PLACID — A development commission tasked with reviewing the local land-use code is calling for elected officials to put the kibosh on issuing any new short-term vacation rental permits for the next year. Meanwhile, some vacation rental owners are suing the local governments over ...

APA OKs Saranac Lake Marina expansion, with conditions

SARANAC LAKE — The state Adirondack Park Agency approved a controversial wetland permit and shoreline variance for an expansion at the Saranac Lake Marina Friday, with an eight-to-one vote. Chad Dawson, the one dissenting vote, had many questions about the project at a Thursday ...

Essex County businesses can soon apply for federal COVID-19 relief loans

LAKE GEORGE — Businesses throughout the region hurt by the coronavirus pandemic will soon be able to apply for a low-interest loan of up to $150,000 through the Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board. The loans are made possible through $3.2 million in federal funding ...

It’s time to dance again

SARANAC LAKE — You could hear the music, voices and laughter through the open windows of the Dance Sanctuary on Monday night. The sounds traveled out the second story windows of Mandi Maiore and Vanessa Pillen’s dance studio to Main Street below, and it took a few minutes to figure out ...

Apple crop said to be ‘outstanding’

The apples at Borden Orchards were spared from a tornado that touched down less than two miles away a week ago. The orchard also managed to avoid a hail storm that pelted the area this summer. The orchard’s farm store on Valley Falls Road in Easton is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. ...

65-apartment building in the works in Saranac Lake

SARANAC LAKE — More than an acre of land between Broadway and Depot Street is slated to become loft-style apartments for artists and those who earn less than the area’s median income. Gregory Mace, who owns Adirondack Tire and the property behind the business, has agreed to sell his ...