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State Police are feeding ICE a gang database

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As President Donald Trump’s administration rounds up hundreds of immigrants it claims are gang members and expels them to a notorious Salvadoran prison, New York state is quietly feeding federal authorities gang intelligence that could fuel the deportation machine. The New York State ...

Chelsea Larkin honored with teaching award

Local News

TUPPER LAKE — Chelsea Larkin, a fourth-grade math teacher at L.P. Quinn Elementary School, was named as the first recipient of the Tupper Lake Central School District’s PLAIDS Award. PLAIDS, which stands for Proud Lumberjack Adult who Ignites Drive in Students, is a new award ...

Perfection — 19 years in the making

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SARANAC LAKE — Sunday was a very special day for Elana Olcott and Romano’s Saranac Lanes. Olcott bowled a perfect 300 — recording 12 strikes in a row. The feat, even among professional bowlers, is extremely rare. Over its 19 years in operation, Romano’s has seen a handful of ...

A toast to the fallen

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SARANAC LAKE — Around the World War I Veterans Memorial Park, cars drove by as people were busy getting their days started. But inside the park, among the flagpoles bearing American, Australian and New Zealand flags, and beneath the singing birds, there was a pocket of solemnity, ...

So about those energy bills …

Local News

LAKE PLACID — A good, cold Adirondack winter can bring solid snowpack and great skiing, but it can also bring sky-high energy bills. For the most part, the higher bills this year come down to weather and good old-fashioned supply and demand. “They were astronomically high,” said ...

Putting down roots

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PAUL SMITHS — Arboriculture students at Paul Smith’s College planted around 30 trees on Arbor Day, Friday — the largest mass planting of trees at the college in a long time. Forestry Instructor Joe Riley said usually, they’re cutting down trees. On Friday, they were planting ...