SARANAC LAKE — Local singer and songwriter Joe Waters, AKA “Paprika Joe,” will be holding an album release party for his new CD, “County Fair Buffalo,” at Hex and Hop in Bloomingdale Saturday evening. “County Fair Buffalo” is seven tracks of intricate finger-picking, vivid ...

SARANAC LAKE — The employees at the Saranac Lake DMV have been swamped the past few weeks as the federal implementation of REAL ID requirements for domestic flights approaches on May 7. To make the long lines of people upgrading their IDs move faster, they’ve got advice to make the trip ...

LAKE PLACID — For celestial enthusiasts, the past several days have been a celebration of the night. This week is International Dark Sky Week. Founded in 2003 by Jennifer Barlow, then a 15-year-old high school student, the week coincides with April’s new moon — when the absence of ...

LAKE PLACID — Mercy Care for the Adirondacks launched in 2007 with the mission of providing social support to seniors experiencing loneliness. This was long before the coronavirus pandemic intensified and exacerbated the loneliness many were already feeling. Times have changed, said Mercy ...

After Jessie Fischer graduated from Paul Smith’s College, she bounced around to different jobs, from the Adirondack Watershed Institue to the Loon Center to tick research at the health department. Options for sustainable jobs dwindled and she asked herself, “What can I do to give back to ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Mountain Melodies music summer camp is returning to Saranac Lake for its fourth year in July, with new electives for an a cappella ensemble and a rhythm-based jam group, along with other instrument, voice and songwriting courses. Camp organizer Carolyn Greenberg said ...