News Staff Hundreds of local and visiting hopefuls stood in the cold on the Simon Pond boat launch on Saturday looking to win raffle prizes after the Northern Challenge Ice Fishing Derby, one of the largest in the state, was canceled. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the event was canceled due to unsafe ice conditions.
The Saranac Lake Irish Gaelic Organization (SLIGO) is now accepting grand marshal nominations for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which will take place on Saturday, March 16. Nominations should be submitted through SLIGO’s Facebook page by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19. Later this month, all the parade’s past grand marshals will meet at … Read more
Adirondack Health has earned the safety and quality seal from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). To earn this three-year accreditation, healthcare organizations must demonstrate compliance with national standards. Adirondack Health earned its accreditation after ACHC completed a three-day survey of its organization.
Franklin County Public Health Services, Community Connections of Franklin County, and New York MATTERS announce the installation of a second Harm Reduction Health Kiosk in Franklin County. The temperature-controlled kiosk (also known as a harm reduction vending machine) is located outdoors on the side deck of Community Connections Outreach and Recovery Center at 64 Demars … Read more
The 44th Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) Opening Ceremony returned to the Lake Placid Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena and welcomed the more than 2,000 winter athletes who will compete over the next three days in more than 20 sports. Sun Community News reports the ESWG first took place following the 1980 Olympic Winter … Read more
31 year old Ella R. Hanrahan of Lake Placid is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance after troopers were dispatched to Stewarts, located on Bloomingdale Ave, in the village of Saranac Lake for a wanted female. An investigation determined Hanrahan had active warrants with the Lake Placid Village Police Department and Hamilton County … Read more
Paul Smith’s College has been awarded $1 million toward updating the water infrastructure which has been tainting the campus’ water brown with iron. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, last summer, the college began the discovery phase of a project to replace its 78-year-old water lines, and PSC President Dan Kelting promised to move “aggressively … Read more
On Jan. 31, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $100 million for 50 school districts and BOCES programs to address pandemic learning loss and provide students with mental health support. Sun Community News reports locally, Saranac Central School District was among the Mental Health RECOVS grant recipients, awarded $2,487,466.
The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education heard a status update on the district’s growing population of English Language Learners and its fledgling, understaffed English as a New Language Program on Jan. 23. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports officials say as of last week, LPCSD had 18 ELLs and five former ELLs, representing … Read more
AdkAction has been awarded $225,000 for a food subsidy program that uses technology to help address the problem of food insecurity in the Adirondack region. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, a $200,000 grant from Mother Cabrini Health Foundation and a $25,000 Health Equity Innovation Award from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will fund the Fair Food … Read more