Layoff notices filed in New York through the first 10 months of 2020 have nearly surpassed the cumulative total catalogued in the previous six years. The list is staggering: 2,220 separate filings, with all but 54 occurring in the eight months starting in March and exploding when the ...

ALBANY (AP) — New York regulators have proposed quality control standards and a licensing program for hemp-derived CBD products that have gained widespread popularity in products such as tinctures, salves and lotions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. The state Department of Health ...

SARANAC LAKE — “The Trot wants you.” And this year the need is bigger than ever. For the past five years, Bitters & Bones owners John and Jim Williams have organized and hosted the annual Adirondack Turkey Trot that began early in the morning each Thanksgiving Day in front of their ...

LAKE PLACID — The Whiteface Lodge will host a community food donation day on Thursday as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farms to Families Program. Whiteface Lodge and Urgo Hotels are partnering with the USDA program, which has been bringing fresh dairy, produce, meat ...

SARANAC LAKE — The swank Saranac Waterfront Lodge, which has been in the works for more than seven years, will now “soft open” sometime in November. The hotel on the shore of Lake Flower had been set to open its doors on Nov. 1, so folks are going to have to wait at least a few more ...

HEIKRUIS, Belgium — As the Friday night dinner service began earlier this month at the De Viering restaurant outside Brussels, it seemed the owners’ decision to move the operation into the spacious village church to comply with coronavirus rules was paying off. The reservation book was ...