About 370,000 New Yorkers get their electricity through NYPA’s ‘preference power rates.’ That includes North Country residents in Lake Placid and Tupper Lake. The rates are tied to hydropower from dams on the Niagara and St. Lawrence rivers, the latter of which is in Massena. The Adirondack Explorer reports NYPA has put forth a new … Read more
The Adirondack Educational Center (AEC), part of Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES, will host an Open House today, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 711 state Route 3, Saranac Lake. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the event invites students, families, and community members to explore AEC’s wide range of career and technical education and alternative education programs.
The coming November elections in Essex County are expected to include an unusually high number of write-in campaigns, underscoring the importance of local messaging and voter education. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Essex County Republican Commissioner Roy Holzer said the number of write-in campaigns this year is unprecedented, as far as he can recall. While … Read more
Employees at the Starbucks location on Main Street found out on Thursday that, in two days, they would be out of a job. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the location officially closed on Saturday, as part of a national wave of Starbucks closures. For many in the community, the only heads-up was a note … Read more
The second annual High Peaks Harvest Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 12 to 4 p.m. at Berkley Green in downtown Saranac Lake. Sun Community News reports the harvest festival is a celebration of fall in the region, and the kickoff to the Saranac Lake Farmers Market moving from Riverside … Read more
An approximate 450-foot section of the Adirondack Rail Trail that runs by the Saranac Lake Union Depot will be closed through Thursday. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports a detour route that goes through an adjacent parking lot north of the former train station is in place during the closure. The state Department of Environmental Conservation … Read more
A draft plan has been released for the Harrietstown Rotary Recreation Park proposal. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the plan aims to transform what has been an outdoor skating area between Rotary Field and the Saranac Lake Civic Center into a multi-use park that would include a combined T-ball and wiffle ball field, two … Read more
Franklin County Public Health Services announces the second Malone Rabies Vaccination Clinic in Malone. This will be the last rabies clinic of the season. The second Malone Rabies Vaccination Clinic will be held at the Town of Malone Pavilion on Monday, October 6th from 5-6:30pm. Appointments are required. They can be made online or by … Read more
It’s been more than a week since the abandoned truck, belonging to Anthony G. Bechand, a 53-year-old man wanted in connection with the Sept. 13 stabbing death of his girlfriend, was found in Brighton. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports as of Thursday, New York State Police say they have no new information on his potential … Read more
Despite concerns about the economic cost of a dip in Canadian visitors, Lake Placid businesses are reporting a successful tourism season on-par with the average. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, at last week’s village board meeting, Trustee Marc Galvin, who is also the president of the Lake Placid Business Association, said the general consensus … Read more