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Saranac Lake considering $7.3M budget

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SARANAC LAKE – The village board is considering a $7.3 million budget which sits below the tax cap, includes raises for staff, accounts for rising costs and raises water and sewer rates for the first time in several years. A public hearing on the tentative budget and the proposed water and ...

IDA approves Tupper’s OWD PILOT

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TUPPER LAKE — The Franklin County Industrial Development Agency board voted to approve a 20-year PILOT agreement for the now-shuttered Oval Wood Dish factory on Demars Boulevard, likely setting the stage for workforce housing development to begin this summer. The vote was unanimous with one ...

Window for Adirondack Garden Club Fund Grant applications now open

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KEENE—The Adirondack Garden Club is now accepting applications for two grant programs offered this year. The Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund, established in 2005, provides financial assistance to individuals and nonprofit organizations, including schools, whose programs support the ...

DEC releases 2025 hunting safety statistics

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ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Monday released safety statistics for the 2025 hunting season. The numbers are good news: it was New York’s safest season since the DEC began keeping official records in 2001, according to DEC spokesman Jeff Wernick. This ...

Here we go again!

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TUPPER LAKE — Deja vu? By sheer coincidence, “Mamma Mia!” is returning to the Tri-Lakes high school theatre scene, this time in Tupper Lake. On the (dancing) heels of Saranac Lake High School’s production a couple of weeks ago, the Tupper Lake Red & Black Players are putting on ...