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A school, a vote and an ‘uncomfortable predicament’

BLOOMINGDALE — Three nights in a row this week, the Saranac Lake Central School District Board of Education spoke about the potential closure of Bloomingdale Elementary School — twice with members of the public at hearings which covered a wide range of topics and then amongst ...

Toboggan chute opens for season

LAKE PLACID — One of the community’s most iconic winter staples, the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute, is set to open for the season today. It’s scheduled to open from noon to 4 p.m., then again from 7 to 9 p.m. The toboggan chute will have the same hours of operation for Sunday and will ...

Herb Brooks statue set to be unveiled in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The legend of the late hockey coach Herb Brooks continues to reverberate some four-and-a-half decades after his young, upstart United States squad shocked the world by defeating the Soviet Union in the Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games. The victory was punctuated two days later ...

Transparency takes center stage at heated Tupper town board meeting

TUPPER LAKE — Several residents at Monday’s town board meeting raised concerns about the town’s assessment practices and appearances of impropriety. Ron LaScala, a former village trustee, also spoke on a separate matter pertaining to code enforcement — or, as he views it, the lack ...

Transparency takes center stage at heated Tupper town board meeting

TUPPER LAKE — Several residents at Monday’s town board meeting raised concerns about the town’s assessment practices and appearances of impropriety. Ron LaScala, a former village trustee, also spoke on a separate matter pertaining to code enforcement — or, as he views it, the lack ...

Saranac Lake village board trustee race now contested

SARANAC LAKE — The race to fill two open trustee seats on the village board is now a contested one, with town Councilman Jeremy Evans being the third candidate to announce he will be seeking the Democratic line on the ballot for the March 18 election. Evans’ announcement on Thursday ...