News Staff Essex County has joined the growing number of municipalities, legislators and law enforcement calling for an end to the HALT Act. That’s short for the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement. Since the law took effect in 2022, there has been an alarming 169 percent increase in inmate-on-inmate violence, a 76 percent increase in inmate-on-staff … Read more
The Saranac Lake village board and development board are discussing the rollout of brand-new short-term vacation rental permits under Saranac Lake’s STR law. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, last week, the village board decided to hold a work session on implementing the law with the development board and community development department. The village board … Read more
The Adirondack Council recently received a $25,000 grant from the Airbnb Community Fund as a part of the vacation rental company’s effort to support nonprofits in the communities they operate in. The Adirondakc Daily Enterprise reports the Adirondack Council will use the money to continue its work in ecological protection and community development.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the March 1 start of the 2025 I BIRD NY Challenge for birders of all ages and abilities. The challenge provides opportunities to identify and learn about birds, and awards program finishers with a commemorative I BIRD NY Challenge patch and a chance to … Read more
North Country Community College is proud to announce that Tricia Preston of Lake Placid has been appointed to its Board of Trustees by New York State Governor Kathy Hochul. Preston is a 1983 graduate of NCCC and continued her studies with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from SUNY Cortland and a Master’s Degree in Liberal … Read more
Saranac Lake is getting a Hometown Heroes banner program this summer, displaying the names and faces of veterans connected to town on power line poles along main routes through the village. The Department of Public Works will install the vinyl 2-by-4-foot banners along Lake Flower Avenue and Upper Broadway, reports the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Applications … Read more
The Shipman Youth Center board passed a resolution Wednesday to accept Lake Placid Central School District’s $50,000 bid to purchase the land that the youth center is built on. Board members say this move will secure the future of the youth center and expand possibilities for community events and collaboration.According to the Adirondack Dailoy Enteprise, … Read more
No word as yet on the cause of a fire at Whiteface Lodge in Lake Placid Wednesday night. The Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department successfully contained the blaze with mutual aid from Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Paul Smiths-Gabriels Volunteer Fire Department. They sent three trucks and 17 members. The other departments contributed about … Read more
Fire crews battled flames at Whiteface Lodge in Lake Placid Wednesday night. WNYT reports there were about five firetrucks and 50-60 firefighters on scene. It took crews about 30 – 45 minutes to knock down. Staff at Whiteface informed them guests must spend the night a separate hotel, after concerns about a leaking sprinkler, elevator … Read more
The town of North Elba will hold a second public hearing for the draft of a new agreement between the town and the state Olympic Regional Development Authority on Thursday, March 6. The Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports the hearing will be at 5:30 p.m. at the North Elba Town Hall at 2693 Main St. It … Read more