DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the start of the 2024 ‘I BIRD NY’ Challenge for birders of all ages and abilities. The challenge provides opportunities to identify birds and learn about birdlife and awards program finishers with a commemorative I BIRD NY Challenge patch and the chance to win birding equipment. New York has … Read more
The project to build a new emergency services building for fire, ambulance and police responders in Saranac Lake got a $4.5 million boost from the federal government over the weekend, reports the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. The funding surfaced after Congress passed a consolidated appropriations act with the funding request submitted by North Country Rep. Elise … Read more
The Saranac Lake Civic Center announces it will host a youth skating series starting on Monday, March 18 provided free of charge. The children’s series, “March Madness”, begins Monday, March 18 at the newly remodeled facility and will be reserved for children ages 5-17 with consent from their caregiver. The program is funded by a … Read more
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