News Staff Input from visitors to John Brown Farm is helping inform the state’s Unit Management Plan (UMP) for the historic 213-acre property in North Elba. Sun Community News reports a survey began last February when the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) began taking inventory of the property, its historic structures and how … Read more
Franklin County legislators passed a resolution, offered from the floor, urging Congress to continue funding an affordable broadband connectivity program beyond April 2024. Impacted residents get $30 a month off of their broadband bill and proponents say it’s helped over 4,000 families in Franklin County. The program is about to expire at the federal level.
The Keene Central School District Board of Education will hold a public hearing tonight on a resolution that, if approved, would grant qualifying volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers school tax relief. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, under the proposed exemption, a qualifying volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker would receive an exemption from being taxed … Read more
Little Italy restaurant and Bobsleigh-Brazil will host a public meet and greet with members of the team on March 2, four days before Brazil competes in the North American Cup in Lake Placid. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the restaurant’s doors will open for the event at 5 p.m. when the public can talk … Read more
The long President’s Day weekend brough the opening of the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports after spells of warm weather prevented the Mirror Lake ice from thickening to the required 12 inches for safety, the popular attraction is finally back in play. Last year, the Toboggan Chute opened for the season … Read more
Lake Placid firefighters knocked down a fire at a home on Grandview Avenue Sunday afternoon. Firefighters say no one was injured in the fire, but the house has significant damage. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the call came in at 60 Grandview Ave. with three trucks and 23 members at 12:47 p.m. Sunday. The residents … Read more
The March 19 Saranac Lake Village trustee ballot is set. Democrat Fred Balzac is not on the ballot, but he is running as a write-in. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports each of the other four candidates have secured major party nominations — Aurora White and Paul Van Cott for the Democrats and Katie Stiles and … Read more
The village of Saranac Lake will accept questions from the public for another week-and-a-half on an emergency services complex it is planning to build at the former St. Pius X High School building. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports after Feb. 26, it will schedule another public forum on the project — which has been controversial … Read more
In Saranac Lake, Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES Building Trades Program students work around the large structure taking up most of their workshop. They are split into small groups, some brush black paint onto lumber, and some cut planks with a table saw. All of these components will be added to their class project: a tiny house. The … Read more
The North Elba Town Council unanimously adopted 23 amendments to the joint land use code on Tuesday, including new guidelines for cannabis dispensaries and tobacco shops. The vote follows a unanimous Jan. 16 decision by the Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees to adopt the amendments. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports before adopting the amendments … Read more