News Staff An excavator tangled in power lines at the Saranac Lake village Department of Public Works garage at the end of Van Buren Street on Thursday, breaking a power line pole and causing a minor outage in that neighborhood. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the driver of the excavator tangled in the charged lines was able … Read more
The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has announced two loans that were recently awarded through the regional nonprofit’s SOIL Loan Fund. Tangleroot Farm in Essex and Tucker’s Black Angus Ranch in Brushton received zero-interest loans to use toward projects that build long-term growth and stability for their operations. One is a $10,000 loan to partially … Read more
On April 6, more than 30 fifth through 12th grade students from Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties and Akwesasne will compete at Paul Smith’s College in the Terra Northeast Regional STEM Fair. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the fair asks students to “try on” different STEM careers ranging from environmental science to behavioral … Read more
The village of Saranac Lake is considering a $7.3 million tentative budget for the coming year. The budget would meet the tax cap and include no changes to water and sewer rates. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the village has called for a public hearing on the tentative budget on April 15 at 5:30 … Read more
The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation ended its season with the BMW IBSF World Cup, March 22-24. After all the races, the organization inducted four individuals into the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Hall of Fame at Mount Van Hoevenberg. They are Gilbert Colgate, Jr., Dick Lawrence, David Kurtz and Kay Jones.
In Saranac Lake, Village Administrative Assistant Cassandra Van Cott will be leaving her position in the Community Development Department at the end of the week. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Village Clerk Amanda Hopf said the village is offering the job to people on the Franklin County civil service list first, and if no one … Read more
Jeff Erenstone resigned as chairman of the Lake Placid Sports Council this month, less than one year after the council was reinstated. His resignation comes as the town of North Elba and state Olympic Regional Development Authority work on creating a new version of a long-expired operational agreement, which authorizes ORDA to operate the town-owned … Read more
A traffic stop for an expired inspection recently ended with a Lake Placid’s man arrest on drug and weapon charges. Lake Placid Village Police stopped Jonathan M. Sears, 30, March 24. Police said during the stop, Sears was allegedly found in illegal possession of brass knuckles and a glass smoking device and containers with cocaine … Read more
The village of Saranac Lake is preparing to embark on a significant construction project on Main Street’s infrastructure this spring, which will involve closing the road to install new sewer and stormwater lines under the street and removing the bricks beneath the road to get a smoother pavement. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, a … Read more
Franklin County is distributing $23,000 in occupancy tax money to towns, villages and organizations ahead of the April 8 total solar eclipse to assist them in preparing their infrastructure for the cosmic event. Among the recipients, Saranac Lake was awarded $14,000 for portable toilets, trash removal and overtime, The town of Tupper Lake was awarded … Read more