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Winter winds wreak havoc

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A pre-dawn wind storm, followed by heavy rains, thick snowflakes and temperatures ranging from 50 degrees to below freezing brought down trees, caused power outages and car crashes, and kept emergency volunteers and electric repair employees very busy throughout Friday. Wind gusts cracked ...

Marina gets lawsuit dismissed

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SARANAC LAKE — A state Supreme Court judge has dismissed the lawsuit several green groups brought against the Saranac Lake Marina and Adirondack Park Agency over the marina’s plans to expand and install covered docks on Lower Saranac Lake. But LS Marina’s project — which is already ...

Salmon River school admits to using wooden boxes as ‘timeouts’

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The St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council is calling for a vote of “no confidence” in the superintendent of the Salmon River school district after the school admitted children were confined in windowless boxes as punishment. Photos of padded, wooden crates the size of an elementary schooler ...

Firefighter dies helping rangers search in Catskills

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Forest Rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to two calls in the Adirondacks over the past two weeks, one rescue after a moored sailboat became stuck in ice and another search that resulted in the recovery of a person found dead in the woods near the ranger ...