SCHROON — A Florida man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in a lean-to in the 44,400-acre Pharaoh Lakes Wilderness in southern Essex County on Tuesday, according to State Police. No foul play is suspected. An autopsy was performed at 7 a.m. today at the Glens ...

PAUL SMITHS — Paul Smith’s College has announced its upcoming event, Operation Hardwater, spotlighting the rapid growth and real-world impact of Battlefish Academy. From 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday at the college, Operation Hardwater will showcase how the college, through ...

RAY BROOK — The administrative law judge overseeing the Adirondack Park Agency’s upcoming adjudicatory hearing for a proposed howitzer testing range in the town of Lewis ruled on Friday that the applicant’s attorney and law firm will be allowed to remain on the case. The decision ...

DUANE — A state trooper is OK after a close call on a Franklin County highway earlier this month. On Feb. 13, shortly after 8 a.m., state troopers were investigating a property damage crash at the junction of state Route 458 and state Route 30 in the town of Duane, according to a press ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Center for Writing will host its fourth annual Fact or Fiction storytelling event on Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m. at The Waterhole. Fact or Fiction is a live, storytelling game where the audience plays detective. After each performance, attendees have the ...

SARANAC LAKE — Historic Saranac Lake has moved its wiki website of local history to a new platform that is more reliable and easier to use. The web address for the new site is wiki.historicsaranaclake.org. Historic Saranac Lake Archivist/Curator Chessie Monks-Kelly led the project to move ...