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A piece of history lost

TUPPER LAKE — A massive fire in the Junction early Saturday morning destroyed one of Tupper Lake’s original hotels and the home and workshop of Jen and Dan King, who are artists, avid volunteers and friends to many. After losing all of their possessions and two pets, the couple said ...

New Norman’s owner says keeping its character is priority

BLOOMINGDALE — Andrew Cassata walked through the empty meat coolers inside the former Norman’s General Store on Wednesday, describing how the walls, floors and ceiling of the coolers will need to be redone to accommodate a woodworking shop. But Cassata, the owner of a construction company ...

Winning words

BLOOMINGDALE — Students from Petrova and Bloomingdale elementary schools faced off in a tense spelling bee on Friday, with a Bloomingdale student bringing the school its first win in the annual contest in years after a lengthy championship showdown with a Petrova student. The gym at ...

Writers fest returns for second year

SARANAC LAKE — A crowd of poetry enthusiasts filled the Harrietstown Town Hall auditorium on Friday evening to hear poets Denice Frohman and Patricia Spears Jones kick off the Adirondack Center for Writing’s 2024 Kicka** Writers Festival. Both women are New York poets, though Frohman ...

Canadian border workers’ strike averted for now

WATERTOWN — A looming strike by Canadian border workers was temporarily averted Friday as negotiations continued. A work stoppage among Canada Border Services Agency employees was set to begin at 4 p.m. Friday, but both the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Customs and Immigration ...