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Tupper Lake VFD, neighboring departments put mattress fire to bed

TUPPER LAKE — Quick action in the dead of night by Tupper Lake volunteer firefighters and several neighboring departments who responded on mutual aid put out what could have been a much worse structure fire early Monday morning, likely saving a restaurant and a neighboring apartment from ...

At Whiteface, the show goes on

WILMINGTON — While the snow banks may be days to weeks removed from most driveways and yards across the state, it’s a different story on the trails of New York’s tallest ski resort. Buoyed by a relentless snowmaking team and ample cooperation from Mother Nature, Whiteface Mountain is ...

Maple magic

LAKE PLACID — As the sun stubbornly shone through the clouds on a seasonably chilly Sunday, the two sugar houses on Bear Cub Lane were in full swing for the final day of New York’s maple weekends. At Heaven Hill Farm, kids were learning how to tap trees the old fashioned way — with ...

SLCSD proposing $39.7M budget

SARANAC LAKE – The public got a first look at the Saranac Lake Central School District’s $39.7 million budget forecast on Wednesday. The budget meets the tax cap and includes some staffing reductions through attrition. The SLCSD Board of Education is set to vote on whether to adopt the ...