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Saranac Lake won’t get snowshoe championships

SARANAC LAKE — The North Country Sports Council is not going to be able to bring the World and U.S. snowshoe championships to Saranac Lake in March, after government funding for the event was not able to be secured on a short timeline. The NCSC put in bids on both championships and won ...

Essex County GOP restructuring in November

ESSEX COUNTY — The Essex County Republican Committee is under new leadership, effective November 6. The committee reorganized on Sept. 25 in compliance with state election law that requires committees to reorganize every two years during a specific time. The previous ECRC chairman, Shaun ...

Two arrested after chase ends with tire deflation

SARANAC LAKE — State Police charged a Vermontville man and a woman from Florida with numerous misdemeanors and one felony each on Tuesday after a 37-mile chase from Bloomingdale Avenue in Saranac Lake to the town of Duane, which ended with the use of a tire deflation device. Police said ...

It’s spooky season

Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others are just plain eerie. Stories of spiritual entities, paranormal activity and creepy cryptids are passed through generations the world over, becoming local legends that ...

River of dreams

SARANAC LAKE — A dream of bringing a whitewater paddling park back to the Saranac River is seeing movement again, after years of being held up by the coronavirus pandemic, state bureaucracy, money and storms. The park, on a stretch of the Saranac River below the George LaPan Memorial ...