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Rangers respond to three night searches as shoulder season begins

Forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to several calls throughout the Adirondacks last week. It was a lower volume of calls than the several preceding weeks. They all, however, had one thing in common: the incidents happened at night. The DEC ...

Masquerade Gala to benefit childhood cancer

JAY — The local charity Hope For Miracles, created by Jay resident Holly LaBombard to raise awareness and contributions to fight childhood cancer, will host its sixth annual gala on Nov. 1 in the Gold Room at the Rainbow Wedding and Banquet Hall in Altona. The Gala will take place from 5 ...

‘Embrace the goofiness’

LAKE PLACID — What do vampires with rhyming dictionaries and roller-skating grandmas have in common? You’ll have to come to this week’s production by the Lake Placid Drama Club to find out. The fall play is called “Night Night, Roger Roger,” and it was written by Roni Ragone in ...

Finding the next Saranac Lake CSD superintendent

SARANAC LAKE — As Saranac Lake Central School District Superintendent Diane Fox prepares to retire in August, the SLCSD board of education is asking the community what it wants to see from the next district head. SLCSD Board Chair Mark Farmer said this is “step one” in the ...

Smooth as ice

TUPPER LAKE — The ice is in at the Tupper Lake Memorial Civic Center — right on schedule this year. Crews put the finishing touches on the ice earlier this week, with the first Tupper Lake Youth Hockey activity taking place on Wednesday evening. The milestone marks a successful ...

Hex and Hop looks to open location at former Pendragon Theatre

SARANAC LAKE — The village development board unanimously approved a site plan from Bloomingdale-based Hex and Hop Brewing to open a new brewing and tavern location in the soon-to-be-vacated Pendragon Theatre building on Brandy Brook Avenue. The site plan application was approved with ...