News Staff AdkAction has a community-scale drum composter to distribute at no cost for a North Country site host. The location will be selected by mid-December and delivered as part of AdkAction’s Compost for Good project. Sun Community News reports the large drum composter is capable of processing up to 50,000 pounds (25 tons) of food scraps … Read more
Franklin County officially adopted the budget for fiscal year 2023 during the regular meeting of the legislative board Thursday at the courthouse in Malone. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the spending plan includes no increase in the tax levy. Total appropriations rose slightly between the tentative and adopted budget, going from $118,284,501 to $119,936,717 … Read more
Amtrak’s Adirondack Line is presumed to return to service in the spring. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the rail line, which would travel from New York City to Montreal and make local stops in Plattsburgh and Rouses Point, was initially suspended at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020, when severe restrictions … Read more
A Tupper Lake woman was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury last month and has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports 26 year old Alexa J. Gallagher was charged with second-degree murder, a felony, for allegedly killing her mother, 51 year old Melissa A. Guiswhite of Tupper Lake … Read more
Athletes from Russia and Belarus won’t be allowed to compete in the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games in response to the war in Ukraine. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, those athletes won’t compete in January’s Games in Lake Placid, as game officials follow the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to exclude those … Read more
Adirondack Foundation has welcomed three new staff members to its team: Jennifer Russell, Kathy Recchia and Brandy Hobson. Russell will serve as vice president of grants and programs, Recchia as office administrator and grants assistant, and Hobson as Adirondack Foundation’s senior accountant.
The National Audubon Society board has named Saranac Laker Shelly Cihan as one of its newest members. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Cihan was voted onto Audubon’s National Board of Directors at the board’s September meeting in New Mexico. She’ll act as a communication liaison between the national board and local Audubon chapters, specifically … Read more
The Saranac Lake village board is pledging to have a draft of short-term rental regulations for the public to review after the holiday season, and will discuss the current state of the document with the village Housing Task Force at a board meeting tonight. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the board will finalize the … Read more
Parents, do you want to experience less yelling, less stress and more joy, calm, ease, and confidence in your role as a parent? If so, check out a free informational talk happening Sunday at Unicorn Square in Wilmington from certified parent coach and former School Psychologist/Family Support Director, Julie Clement of Hearts and Pines Family … Read more
North Country Community College is asking its communities to contribute to a Care Package Donation Drive to support active-duty members of the military – one of several activities and initiatives taking place across the college’s campuses in recognition of Veterans Day. From now through Nov. 18, the college is accepting items for care packages that … Read more