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Essex County supervisors seek to amend state occupancy tax law

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution at the beginning of August seeking to remove the section of state tax law that designates the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism as the mandated contractor for tourism promotion. Supporters of the resolution say ...

Touch-a-Truck returns to Saranac Lake Civic Center

SARANAC LAKE — Kids of all ages will get to explore big trucks and emergency vehicles, learn how they work and sit in the driver’s seat at the third annual Touch-a-Truck event hosted by the Saranac Lake Civic Center on Sunday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A special noise-free hour ...

Tupper Lake DPW: Cedar Street traffic restriction on Tuesday

TUPPER LAKE — Travel is expected to be restricted along the portion of Cedar Street from its intersection with Main Street to its southwest end between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday as the village DPW will be milling the road surface. Residents are asked to park their vehicles on adjacent ...

‘He was a veterinarian, but he was an even greater man’

SARANAC LAKE — Around two dozen people lined up on the sidewalk of Riverside Park, on Wednesday afternoon, waving blue and yellow flags for Ukraine at a weekly protest locals have held for a year and a half. But this week, they were missing one of their key members — John Cogar, a ...

Dems endorse Cashman for Assembly race

PLATTSBURGH — On Friday, the Clinton, Franklin and Essex Democratic county chairs announced they intend to select Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman as their candidate for the expected special election for the state Assembly seat being vacated by longtime representative Billy ...

Jay to host second annual sustainability fair

JAY — The towns of Jay and Keene will be hosting a second annual Sustainability and Energy Fair next Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jay Village Green and the Amos & Julia Ward Theater. The event will bring together advocates and business owners with the hopes of ...