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Essex County man faces 15 to 80 years in prison

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PLATTSBURGH — An Essex County man who pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting two children and possessing child pornography now faces 15 to 80 years in prison. U.S. Attorney Carla B. Freedman announced Wednesday that Logan M. LaFountain, 27, admitted to sexually abusing two girls between ...

Breast cancer survivors sought for hotline volunteers

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The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program is seeking breast cancer survivors, both women and men, throughout the state to train as volunteers for the hotline. The Zoom training, each session from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., is being held on four consecutive Mondays beginning ...

Lake Placid Toboggan Chute opens for the season tonight

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LAKE PLACID — As North Elba Park District employee Lee Jopling was shoveling several inches of fresh snow off the ice slides near the top of the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute Friday morning, a woman standing on the Parkside Drive sidewalk shouted a question to him. "Are you guys going to be ...

Saranac Lake village trustee ballot now set

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SARANAC LAKE — With the deadline for filing independent petitions for the upcoming village election now passed, the March 19 ballot is set. Democrat Fred Balzac is not on the ballot, but he is running as a write-in. He had earlier planned to file to run on an independent line, but said he ...

Village to close question period on emergency services complex

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SARANAC LAKE — The village of Saranac Lake will accept questions from the public for another week-and-a-half on an emergency services complex it is planning to build at the former St. Pius X High School building at 33 Petrova Ave. After Feb. 26, it will schedule another public forum on the ...

Wilmington town board talks bike share program

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WILMINGTON — Wilmington town Councilor Laura Dreissigacker Hooker presented a proposal for a bike share station and a new EMS device purchase at the Wilmington Town Council’s meeting Tuesday night. The town council did not bring the proposals to a vote; the proposals were meant to ...