News Staff Due to an unforeseen technical issue, Lake Placid is currently unable to process any electricity email bills for March, according to a Facebook post. The village has printed printed the email bills, and you should expect them in the mail within a few days. Customers who receive both printed and email bills will receive a … Read more
The Adirondack Council’s Micro-Grants program will offer up to $25,000 this year to support sustainable and innovative projects on working lands within the Adirondack Park. Sun Community News reports this is the 10th consecutive year that the Council’s Essex Farm Institute has offered micro-grants to support local farms, local food production and processors utilizing local inputs.
Creative Healing Connections (CHC) will host the Mad Hatter’s Ball, an evening of music, munchies, and mad hats on Saturday, March 29. According to the Sun Community News, the event will be held at 5 p.m. at the Hotel Saranac Great Hall. The Mad Hatter’s Ball is Creative Healing Connections’ biggest annual fundraiser and a … Read more
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