The second annual High Peaks Harvest Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 12 to 4 p.m. at Berkley Green in downtown Saranac Lake. Sun Community News reports the harvest festival is a celebration of fall in the region, and the kickoff to the Saranac Lake Farmers Market moving from Riverside … Read more
An approximate 450-foot section of the Adirondack Rail Trail that runs by the Saranac Lake Union Depot will be closed through Thursday. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports a detour route that goes through an adjacent parking lot north of the former train station is in place during the closure. The state Department of Environmental Conservation … Read more
A draft plan has been released for the Harrietstown Rotary Recreation Park proposal. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the plan aims to transform what has been an outdoor skating area between Rotary Field and the Saranac Lake Civic Center into a multi-use park that would include a combined T-ball and wiffle ball field, two … Read more
Franklin County Public Health Services announces the second Malone Rabies Vaccination Clinic in Malone. This will be the last rabies clinic of the season. The second Malone Rabies Vaccination Clinic will be held at the Town of Malone Pavilion on Monday, October 6th from 5-6:30pm. Appointments are required. They can be made online or by … Read more
It’s been more than a week since the abandoned truck, belonging to Anthony G. Bechand, a 53-year-old man wanted in connection with the Sept. 13 stabbing death of his girlfriend, was found in Brighton. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports as of Thursday, New York State Police say they have no new information on his potential … Read more
Despite concerns about the economic cost of a dip in Canadian visitors, Lake Placid businesses are reporting a successful tourism season on-par with the average. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, at last week’s village board meeting, Trustee Marc Galvin, who is also the president of the Lake Placid Business Association, said the general consensus … Read more
The Saranac Lake Civic Center is set to reopen for the 2025-26 ice season on Sunday, September 28, with a safety and infrastructure upgrade in place: a replacement of its nearly 25-year-old dasher board facing. Dasher boards—also known as hockey boards—form the lower perimeter of an ice rink and play a crucial role in both … Read more
State Police arrested Paul J. Larose, 36, at 7:46 p.m. Sunday after responding to a menacing complaint on state Route 9N in the town of Keene. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Larose was charged with one count each of first-degree burglary, criminal possession of a firearm and a third-degree criminal possession of a firearm resulting … Read more
The Tupper Lake Village Board voted unanimously at its Sept. 15 regular meeting to sign a letter of intent to switch healthcare plans for its 29 municipal retirees who are currently eligible for Medicare. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the change won’t have an impact on the actual coverage network. Rather than a direct … Read more
Adirondack Health’s joint replacement program is among the first in the region to be approved for a trial using a newly Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved non-opioid medication to treat acute post-operative pain in surgical patients. Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Bartlomiej Szczech said Adirondack Health will be part of a trial for 100 hip and … Read more