News Staff In a letter to the DEC, the Lake Placid Snowmobile Club and its attorney, Matthew Norfolk, denounced the decision to pave sections of the Adirondack Rail Trail instead of continuing with what they said was the expected plan of using crushed stone. Adirondack Explorer reports pavement along 2.6 miles of the rail trail in Saranac … Read more
Members of the Saranac Lake community have been gathering every Monday at the Adirondack Center for Writing, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Every week they mail 60 to 70 letters to representatives, from the mayor to the president. Sun Community News reports there have been 10 sessions since it started in January.
North Elba received the $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding in December 2021. The program is federally funded through the state’s CDBG program. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the funds were allocated to create a housing repair assistance program that will grant loans to local homeowners for home repairs they normally wouldn’t be able … Read more
A Tupper Lake woman has been pronounced dead after a one-car crash on state Route 3 on Wednesday. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 65 year old Jean M. Crubaugh, 65, of Tupper Lake, was the sole occupant of a vehicle that left the roadway and landed in an area by the side of the … Read more
The North Elba Town Council heard a presentation about a feasibility study for potential new sidewalks on Wesvalley Road on Tuesday from engineers. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the sidewalk project is in an early stage with no official timeline yet, though the engineers at KSPE said that the town council can expect their final … Read more
On March 9, Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiking party reporting an individual with an ankle injury near the summit of Whiteface Mountain. When Rangers reached the three hikers from Quebec, they found that although the injury was not serious, the hikers were ill-prepared for conditions. Rangers helped the trio back to … Read more
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) has announced its stewardship programming for the 2024 season, which will be supported by a growing professional staff and provide opportunities for as many as 50 volunteers to help steward the waterways along the trail. The NFCT is a nonprofit organization that stewards a 740-mile water trail that weaves … Read more
DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the start of the 2024 ‘I BIRD NY’ Challenge for birders of all ages and abilities. The challenge provides opportunities to identify birds and learn about birdlife and awards program finishers with a commemorative I BIRD NY Challenge patch and the chance to win birding equipment. New York has … Read more
The project to build a new emergency services building for fire, ambulance and police responders in Saranac Lake got a $4.5 million boost from the federal government over the weekend, reports the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. The funding surfaced after Congress passed a consolidated appropriations act with the funding request submitted by North Country Rep. Elise … Read more
The Saranac Lake Civic Center announces it will host a youth skating series starting on Monday, March 18 provided free of charge. The children’s series, “March Madness”, begins Monday, March 18 at the newly remodeled facility and will be reserved for children ages 5-17 with consent from their caregiver. The program is funded by a … Read more