U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, criticized legislation that passed the House late last week to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. “The soft-on-crime approach to this legislation would incentivize bad actors and transnational criminal organizations to flood our ...

CARTHAGE — The local man running for the Republican nomination to Congress against Rep. Elise M. Stefanik has dropped out of the race after he allegedly broke petitioning rules. Lonny W. Koons’ announcement that he was suspending his congressional campaign came within an hour after the ...

SARANAC LAKE — It was an emotional village board meeting in Saranac Lake on Monday night, where village staff and residents said goodbye to three members of the village board — Mayor Clyde Rabideau, Manager John Sweeney and Trustee Melinda Little. The auditorium of the Harrietstown Town ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced a budget blueprint Monday that calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, lower federal deficits, more money for police and greater funding for education, public health and housing. In essence, it tries to tell voters what a diverse and at times ...

PLATTSBURGH — Saratoga Democrat Matt Castelli, a candidate for New York’s 21st Congressional District, said in a radio interview this week that, if elected, he would not support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for another term. But incumbent Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-Schuylerville) ...

SARANAC LAKE — Now that Harrietstown Supervisor Jordanna Mallach is back in the country, after spending the first three months of her term stationed 4,400 miles away with the U.S. Army, she wants to meet with anyone and everyone. The freshly elected supervisor said her goal is to be ...