News Staff North Elba’s Black Fly Control Program needs help. According to the Adirondack Daily Enteprise, program officials say the black fly population is slightly higher than last year despite the program’s efforts to suppress the insects using BTI since 1994. They say the program’s method of suppression is effective, but are calling for greater participation in … Read more
In Tupper Lake, the Adirondack State Theater has changed ownership. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Tupper Arts closed on buying both the building and the business from Sally Strasser last Friday, and the group plans to renovate it extensively using town grant money combined with revenue from fundraising. Movie times and prices will the remain … Read more
A grant awarded to the Upper Saranac Foundation (USF) will support the management and removal of aquatic invasive species (AIS) throughout the Upper Saranac Watershed and beyond. The USF received $22,354 in funding from the Lake Champlain Basin Program and the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission this year to help replace and upgrade … Read more
Family Health at Lake Placid is open this summer Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Network is operating the practice on the first floor of the facility located at 203 Old Military Road, in Lake Placid, owned by Adirondack Health. Plans are underway to expand hours in the fall. New patients are welcome. For … Read more
Decorate your wagons, bikes, strollers — and of course, your family — with this year’s theme of “Bees, Bugs, and Other Things” for the 69th annual Fourth of July Kiddie Parade, hosted by Women’s Civic Chamber of Saranac Lake. The Adriondack Daily Enterprise reports no pre-registration needed to participate. The parade will be held rain … Read more
Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute is inviting landowners with streamside property to participate in Stream Wise, a voluntary program that promotes and recognizes good stream stewardship. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports AWI received funding from the Lake Champlain Basin Program to serve as a local Stream Wise host organization for the region to help … Read more
The Adirondack Land Trust invites community members to brainstorm ideas for naming its nature preserve at the corner of NYS Route 73 and the Adirondack Loj Road outside Lake Placid. Sun Community News reports the 187-acre preserve is best known for open fields that provide stunning views of the state’s highest mountains within the High … Read more
A primary care health center operated by Hudson Headwaters Health Network is set to open Monday in the former Lake Placid Health and Medical Fitness Center emergency room. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the health center comes almost a year after the ER closed on Aug. 20, 2023.
The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees is proposing a $7.2 million budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the $7,223,058 proposed budget is a $558,718, or 8.38%, increase from last year’s $6.6 million budget. The village board proposes to collect — $4,281,655 in property taxes from village property owners, just … Read more
A new report will provide graduating seniors and local youth in the Adirondack region with a valuable resource for future employment and career planning. The “Most Promising Jobs of the Adirondack North Country” report was developed in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor and is designed to empower youth, families, educators and … Read more