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When volunteerism could save a life at any moment

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LAKE PLACID — When they were roused out of bed in the early morning on May 1, Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department members John Fagan and Ciana Cerruti didn’t expect to be saving someone’s life. The department responded to an automatic fire alarm activation at 89 Greenwood Street, ...

Teach a man to fish

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SARANAC LAKE — Matt Esposito goes out fishing just about every day, even when he’s not guiding. But, for him, taking someone out on the water is even better. And his favorite thing is teaching kids how to fish. Esposito recently launched Morning Mist Charters, branching out on his ...

Tupper Lake gets Setting Pole Dam report

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TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake Town Board received an update on the Setting Pole Dam from engineers Caroline Wheadon and Jeff Wackowski at a special meeting held Monday, following a draft report that was sent to the town last week. Wheadon and Wackowski, both with LaBella Associates, a ...

Smiles, unity and some hoops

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SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake High School gym was packed to the brim on Monday afternoon, and the fans were louder than ever. As classes were dismissed early, students, teachers, staff and fans took the gym to watch two unified basketball teams playing their hearts out. This year, ...

‘The definition of hard work’

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TUPPER LAKE — In his 21 years with the Tupper Lake Central School District, Sean Auclair has probably encountered — and solved — almost every school infrastructure issue imaginable. Whether it’s arriving as early as 3:30 a.m. to begin plowing, sanding and salting parking lots and ...