SARANAC LAKE — Just moments before the eclipse reached peak totality, a group of more than 30 people in Saranac Lake’s Riverside Park began to raise their voices and sing. “Happy birthday to you,” they sang, surrounding a smiling woman wearing a silver tiara. Many of the more ...

LAKE PLACID — Divya Jayachandran taught herself to embroider recently with one goal in mind: Making custom ball caps for her and her friends to wear during their trip to see the total eclipse in Lake Placid. “It’s surprisingly easy,” Jayachandran said. When their friends had to ...

WATERTOWN — People gathered in downtown Watertown on Saturday to take part in the Native American Solar Eclipse Festival, and celebrate The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, democracy and the solar eclipse. The idea for the festival is based on an eclipse from long ago that marked the unification ...

The Adirondacks will be in the path of totality for a solar eclipse this afternoon — something that won’t happen again in many Tri-Lakes residents’ lifetimes. Thousands of tourists have descended upon the area, and state officials are urging visitors and locals alike to fill their gas ...

The sun will be shining brightly today ... at least until around 3:24 p.m., when the moon will pass in front of Earth’s star, blotting it out and casting the Adirondacks into darkness with the first total solar eclipse to directly hit this region in at least more than 1,000 years. Eric ...

FORT DRUM — As part of the solar eclipse today, NASA researchers will conduct studies at Fort Drum on the eclipse’s impact on the atmosphere. Jennifer W. Fowler, center range flight safety lead at NASA’s Langley Center in the Uninhabited Aircraft Systems Operations Office, said the ...