News Staff DEC proving tips to help the public prepare to recreate safely and responsibly as New Yorkers count down the days to the highly anticipated total solar eclipse, which occurs exactly four weeks from today. Monday, April 8, 2024, the roughly 100-mile-wide path of totality across Upstate New York will begin near Jamestown, Chautauqua County, at … Read more
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is urging outdoor recreationists to postpone high-elevation activities due to unstable spring conditions. With one of the warmest winters on record, current conditions are typically encountered in late March to mid-April. Recreationists are advised to prepare for thinner snowpack on trails, deteriorating and variable-depth snow alongside … Read more
Residents in the North Country are among those targeted in a new text scam purporting to be collecting overdue toll fees. Sun Community News reports the New York State Port Authority is cautioning New Yorkers not to click on or engage with the texts presented as an attempt to collect tolls on behalf of ‘NY … Read more
The Essex County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution urging Congress to continue funding the Affordable Connectivity Program through the Federal Communications Commission beyond April 2024, at its Ways and Means committee meeting recently. The program began in 2020 to help Americans afford internet service during the pandemic. Since then it has been renewed as … Read more
Both the Lake Placid Ecumenical Food Pantry and the shuttered Helping Hands Thrift Shop will have a new home by next winter. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports a 3,000 square foot building is slated to go up where the Lake Placid Central School District’s basketball courts are currently located, next to the Shipman Youth Center. … Read more
Lake Placid will host a round of the WHOOP UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) Mountain Bike World Series – the world’s premier mountain biking circuit – for the first time Sept. 27-29. Sun Community News reports the series will bring the world’s top professional mountain bikers to Lake Placid to compete in three UCI Mountain Bike … Read more
The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to approve a girls flag football team, more sports mergers and a calendar for the next school year. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the board also responded to recent calls for a public-private sports merger for day students at Northwood School and revisited … Read more
Candidates running for two open seats on the Saranac Lake village board spoke on some of the biggest issues facing the village at a meet the candidates forum co-hosted by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Adirondack Voters for Change. Four candidates participated in the forum — independents Sean Ryan and Katie Stiles, who are running … Read more
The town of North Elba and village of Lake Placid building and planning department will roll out a new online permitting platform on March 25, eliminating paper applications for the Lake Placid-North Elba Joint Review Board and Zoning Board of Appeals. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports though the permit applications will move online, the information … Read more
Registration is open for the 2024 Adirondack Paddling Symposium, June 14-17 in Saranac Lake. Presented by NRS and the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT), the Symposium is a comprehensive weekend of paddling instruction for beginners and intermediates, and includes course tracks for kayaks, pack boats, stand-up paddleboards and canoes. The Harrietstown Town Hall in downtown … Read more