News Staff More than one month after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided the Tupper Lake Pine Mill, its parent company has yet to make contact with the detainees, but noted that they are being deported. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Matra Group — the Quebec-based owner of the Tupper Lake mill — confirmed this after … Read more
The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) will host an eight-week Legacy Writing Workshop, “What I Want You To Know,” for adults over the age of 55. The course will be held from 10 a.m. to noon every Wednesday, May 7 through June 25, at Heaven Hill Farm in Lake Placid. The workshop will be led … Read more
The Tupper Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad is seeking volunteers to serve under a new “manpower” classification in the department as membership is low and the department needs more hands tackling a heightened time of serious calls. The Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports training will be provided.
Extensive smoke damage from a Friday afternoon structure fire displaced two residents, two cats and two dogs — all of whom made it out safely, according to the Tupper Lake Volunteer Fire Department. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports firefighters responded to 11 Third Street at 2:37 p.m. Friday and were met with a heavy smoke … Read more
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton has announced the April 1 start of the spring trout fishing season, which provides excellent angling opportunities thanks to DEC’s annual stocking program and wild trout fisheries. DEC’s extensive spring stocking includes nearly 1.9 million trout in waters statewide, enhancing the diversity of … Read more
Adirondack Health’s ambulatory pharmacy program provides personalized medication management, ensuring proper medication use and minimizing the risk of adverse effects. For those who aren’t familiar with ambulatory pharmacy, patients can get help with medication counseling, ensuring they understand how and when to take their medications, and receive help identifying and preventing potential side effects.
In Saranac Lake, a long-vacant home on Canaras Avenue is set to get new life as the village is talking possession of the foreclosed property and selling it to the Franklin County Land Bank to be sold as an affordable home to someone in the local workforce. It’s being made possible through a $1.25 million … Read more
Registration is open for the 2025 Adirondack Paddling Symposium, June 13-16 in Saranac Lake, NY. Presented by NRS and the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT), the Symposium is a comprehensive weekend of paddling instruction for beginners and intermediates, and includes course tracks for kayaks, pack boats and canoes. The Harrietstown Town Hall in downtown Saranac … Read more
Mayor Art Devlin, along with three other village leaders, were reelected following uncontested races in Tuesday’s election. Devlin, Deputy Mayor and Trustee Jackie Kelly and Trustee Marc Galvin will all be serving second terms in their positions. Village Justice May Chow, who was appointed in the spring of 2023 to finish the term of former … Read more
There are five potential themes for next year’s Saranac Lake Winter Carnival — “America’s Birthday,” “Cartoonival,” “Game Night,” “Winter Sports” and “Wizards and Dragons” — and a public vote next month will decide what carnival-goers will be dressed up as come next February. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports The Carnival Committee, which is open to … Read more