SARANAC LAKE — Dave Stitt’s introduction to marathon canoe racing was gritty and grueling. Back in 1978, one of his friends asked him if he wanted to paddle the General Clinton Canoe Regatta. While the 90-Miler stretches its distance over three days, the General Clinton covers 70 miles ...
SARANAC LAKE — Talk about beginner’s luck. When Michael Malley, of Essex, Vermont, entered his first 90-Miler in 2002 alongside his then paddling partner Jennifer Lucas, the duo found themselves making good time on the first day, despite never completing the course ...
SARANAC LAKE — With three days until the 90-Miler canoe race kicks off, longtime local paddlers have been getting their practice reps in while scouting course conditions. The biggest observation — perhaps unsurprisingly, given the weather over the past couple months — has been that ...
TUPPER LAKE — The Adirondack dark skies are among the most pristine in the eastern U.S. for viewing stars, galaxies and other astronomical wonders. Tonight, there may be a chance locally to catch a glimpse of a phenomenon typically reserved for the far northern latitudes: Aurora Borealis, ...
In an effort to fill thousands of vacancies in state and local governments, New York has been running a program that waived tests for many civil service jobs and sped up the hiring process: New York HELPS. The HELPS program, Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide, is a temporary ...
WAWBEEK — On Aug. 20, Philip Kokotailo and his friend were looking for a padlock they thought may have fallen off a truck on the bridge on Bartlett Carry Road when they found something else lost in the water — a stolen ATM. The ATM had been stolen from a business on Main Street in Lake ...