News Staff The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education on Monday unanimously failed to accept a $3.1 million administrative budget for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services for the 2023-2024 school year. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports BOCES of Franklin, Essex and Hamilton counties has 10 component school districts. Each district gets one vote toward … Read more
The Saranac Lake Central School District Board of Education adopted a $37.3 million budget on Monday, which stays below the state-imposed tax cap. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, taxpayers will take a vote on this budget at the polls on May 21. A public hearing on the budget will be held at 5 p.m. … Read more
North Country Community College and SUNY Plattsburgh invite the media to attend the signing of a new dual admissions program agreement between the two institutions at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 25 in Saranac Lake. The ceremony will take place in Hodson Hall Rm. 105 at North Country’s Saranac Lake campus, 23 Santanoni Ave., Saranac Lake.
A new communication board is now up in Teddy Bear Park in Lake Placid. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Rotary Club of Lake Placid helped to pay for the $1,500 board from Smarty Symbols, a Texas-based company that specializes in making communication boards that feature symbols, letters of the alphabet and numbers to promote awareness … Read more
A demolition crew set to work tearing down the last portion of the Aubuchon Hardware plaza on Monday, which was destroyed in a fire more than a year ago. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the hardware store has plans to rebuild the plaza on Broadway this summer and has received all the variances and permit … Read more
The Tupper Lake Central School District Board of Education’s first vote to adopt its proposed $21.9 budget failed Monday morning. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, just three of five board members attended, so all three members would have needed to vote in favor of adopting the budget for it to pass with a majority … Read more
Applause echoed off glistening pinewood in the newly renovated second floor of the St. Armand Town Hall on Friday as town Justice Francis Whitelaw officially cut the ribbon on the “Honorable Russell G. Slingerland Courtroom.” The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports he’s been holding court up there since October but said the last railings were installed … Read more
The village of Tupper Lake is developing a $3.3 million budget which is expected to be over the state-imposed tax cap and includes the town picking up at least a portion of the bill for the two police officers it provides to the school district. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Village Mayor Mary Fontana said … Read more
The Lake Placid-North Elba Joint Review Board on Wednesday unanimously approved conditional use for a new brewery taproom slated for Main Street in Lake Placid. According to the Adirondack Daily Enteprise, Prison City Brewing, a brewery based in Auburn — also called “Prison City” because of the historic Auburn Correctional Facility — plans to open … Read more
The co-presidents of the Tupper Lake United Teachers union say the layoffs and position eliminations coming this year are “upsetting” and concerning, but that they don’t see how the cuts could have been avoided. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports a large portion of the 17 to 20 job cuts expected in the next school year … Read more