LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees and North Elba Town Council have appointed five people to a new short-term rental appeals board. The appeals board will rule on disputes over enforcement of the town and village’s joint short-term rental law, which went into ...

SARANAC LAKE — The village has retracted a plan for downtown restaurants to set up outdoor dining areas on village sidewalks after county and state officials deemed the concept not compliant with current guidelines meant to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. “Though we are ...

Millions of Americans are getting ready to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and venture outdoors to celebrate Memorial Day weekend at beaches, cookouts and family outings, raising concern among public health officials that large gatherings could cause outbreaks to come roaring ...

(UPDATE: The village of Saranac Lake has dropped plans for a soft business opening with outdoor dining Saturday, Mayor Clyde Rabideau announced this morning. "This concept was deemed non-compliant with Phase 1 guidelines by the North Country Regional Control Room members," he wrote. A new ...

Cortland County salons are preparing plans to reopen during Phase 2, changing much of how they operated. Tattoo shops are doing the same, even though they don’t know when they’ll be able to open. “I am so excited,” said Desarae Edwards, who owns Roots Hair Salon in Cortland. ...