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Review board hears concerns about Placid dispensary

LAKE PLACID — Community members packed the third floor meeting room of the North Elba Town Hall to express their concerns and opinions about the proposal to open an adult-use cannabis dispensary at 2192 Saranac Ave., formerly the CrossFit Lake Placid building. Concerns raised by both ...

Paddling publicity

SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Hamlets to Huts co-founder Joe Dadey is feeling the “ripple effect” of the Saranac Lake-based travel nonprofit being featured in a front page spread of the Wall Street Journal’s “Off Duty” weekend lifestyle section on July 3. The article, titled ...

Village board tables peaceful assembly law

LAKE PLACID — The village of Lake Placid Board of Trustees is tabling the proposal for a law regulating peaceful assembly and public demonstration in response to public concerns. The hearing for this law will be removed from the agenda for Monday’s meeting. “Our intent was never to ...

Hochul, McDonald frustrated with state Education Department

ALBANY — As hospitals across New York and the nation face the possibility of steep revenue drops thanks to federal Medicaid cuts, Governor Kathleen C. Hochul and the state health commissioner are expressing frustration that the state’s Department of Education and legislature aren’t ...

Two entrepreneurs, two generations apart

SARANAC LAKE — In the early 20th Century, Monroe Gladd was a big name around town. He had a knack for starting successful businesses — some of the region’s first car dealerships, a deli, an appliance store, a gift shop, a bar. Two generations later, his grandson, Christopher English, ...

‘Playing in the Road’

BLOOMINGDALE — Daniel Bruce is growing a sculpture garden at his art gallery Step Mother Nature on state Route 3. The first sculptures in this garden were planted at an event last year. The new ones will be in full bloom at the gallery’s second annual free outdoor exhibition on July 25 ...