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Climate Future Film Festival is Friday

LAKE PLACID — From the intense scenes of wildfires in Los Angeles to tornados in the Adirondacks, we live in a era of extreme weather and climate change. Giving expression to the very human side of stories such as these, the Lake Placid Center for the Arts is hosting a Climate Future ...

ACW’s Poem Village open for submissions

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Center for Writing is inviting North Country residents to participate in its 10th annual installment of Poem Village. Since 2016, ACW has been creating a series of posters, or broadsides, displaying poems written by North Country residents of all ages and ...

Langey to run for Essex County DA

ELIZABETHTOWN — Long-time county prosecutor Michael Langey stood on the steps of the old Essex County Courthouse Monday to announce that he will be running for District Attorney in November. Langey has been serving as the acting DA since the former DA, Kristy Sprague was sworn in as Essex ...

Eyes around Bloomingdale

BLOOMINGDALE — The Bloomingdale neighborhood watch group is formalizing as it prepares to officially launch. Members are getting advice from law enforcement about reporting suspected crimes and separating the group from the town government. Saranac Lake Police Chief Darin Perrotte, Essex ...

State buys tract along Oswegatchie River

CRANBERRY LAKE — The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday that it purchased 965.8 acres of land in southern St. Lawrence County. The land, which is located in the town of Clifton, borders the Cranberry Lake Wild Forest, an approximately 25,671-acre preserve ...