News Staff Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, will not seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 21st District special election that is expected soon. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Friday, Jones said he enjoys his work in the Assembly and wants to continue what he’s done over the last four terms in office.
The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) is offering six online writing classes this winter. Classes include five, 5-week online writing classes – poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comedy and performance – and a one-time seminar on how and where to submit your work for publication. Learn more and register at adirondackcenterforwriting.org/events.
The Saranac Lake Civic Center and the Lake Placid Curling Club announce wounded warriors, who have served our nation, will be participating in a training camp hosted by the Gary Sinise Foundation as they prepare for the upcoming 2025 Invictus Games in Whistler, set for February. The public is invited to cheer on the athletes … Read more
For the last five years, as part of its annual Giving Tuesday campaign, North Country School and Camp Treetops have challenged donors with a special incentive: for each donation received during the day, the school and camp will donate one dozen eggs to a local food pantry. Sun Community News reports this year, 137 donors … Read more
Five hundred art students from the Olympic Region counties of Clinton, Essex, and Franklin will participate in a seven-week winter art-in-sports educational program. The program, titled “Olympism – A New Century of Winter Arts-in-Sports,” features educational instruction shared between teachers of participating student art classes and by a team of international Olympian and Paralympian artists.
In Saranac Lake, “En Plein Air,” an exhibit of recent work by 12 artists who have participated in the Adirondack Artists Guild’s plein air painting group, will be the featured show in January at the Artists Guild gallery. Jacqueline Altman, a watercolor painter and longtime Guild member, organized the group in 2023.
Peter Bauer has stepped down as the Executive Director of Protect the Adirondacks, a position he has held since 2012. Sun Community News reports previously, Bauer worked as the Executive Director of the FUND for Lake George, now merged with the Lake George Association, and the Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks, which merged to … Read more
The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee is currently seeking nominations from the public for the 2025 Winter Carnival king and queen. The Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports the king and queen selection is based upon volunteerism within the community. Candidates should demonstrate a long-term and broad-based commitment to making life more livable, pleasant and enjoyable — … Read more
On Monday, Dec. 30, Casella Waste Systems officials met with Adirondack Health leaders to present a donation of $100,000 to the Adirondack Health Foundation’s Cornerstone Campaign. The Cornerstone project will relocate and expand the Renal Dialysis Center at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake and completely renovate AMC’s two patient care floors and patient rooms … Read more
Thanks to generous Stewart’s Shops customers, the company’s 2024 Holiday Match program raised more than $1.75 million for local children’s charities. Sun Community News reports customers donated more than $880,000 between Thanksgiving and Christmas. With Stewart’s doubling that amount, hundreds of local nonprofit children’s organizations will benefit as the money is distributed over the next … Read more