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Franklin County Animal Response Team offers training for volunteers

MALONE — The Franklin County Animal Response Team, or CART, is currently offering livestock handling training for CART volunteers and first responders. CART is a volunteer program that provides a coordinated local response to situations in which animals may need to be rescued, sheltered, ...

Film fest screenings land at LPCA next week

LAKE PLACID — Film lovers are invited to join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world to view and vote on 10 short films when the 26th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts on Friday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 ...

$3 million to go toward new Franklin County Recreation Center

MALONE — The speaker of the state Assembly made a stop in Malone on Monday and announced $3 million in funding for a new Franklin County Recreational Center. The project is in the preliminary stages. Speaker of the Assembly Carl E. Heastie, D-Bronx, joined Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, ...

A sign of respect

ONCHIOTA — More than 100 people gathered on the side of county Route 60 Saturday to see the unveiling of a plaque commemorating John Thomas Brook, formerly N***o Brook — a name many locals have found “shameful and embarrassing” for years. Paul Smith’s College professor Curt ...

Committee picks new Lake Placid economic development director

LAKE PLACID — Adam DeSantis has been hired as Lake Placid’s economic development director by the Lake Placid and North Elba Destination Management Plan Committee Tuesday. The taxpayer-funded position was created by the committee “to direct the implementation of the Lake Placid and North ...

Buck Mountain trail now open

LONG LAKE — The Buck Mountain Fire Tower in Long Lake opened to the public following a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday. This 1.2 mile trail — one way — has 500 feet in elevation gain. It’s located on South Sabattis Circle Road off of state Route 30, eight miles north of the Long ...