The Saranac Lake village board has rejected a zoning code change that would have allowed amusement and recreation services in its C3 district on Monday, derailing plans for a multi-use event space, concert venue and athletic field. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Bob Farmer offered his field along Moose Way as an additional athletic field … Read more
Two meet the candidates nights are upcoming locally. One in North Elba, featuring the candidates for town council, will take place on from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16 at the Shipman Youth Center on Cummings Road in Lake Placid. A second in Wilmington will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on … Read more
Three local forest rangers helped lead a crew of 20 wildland firefighters from New York to Smith River, California to aid in a forest fire fight late last month. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers Hannah O’Connor, from Saranac Lake; Neilson Snye, from Lake Pleasant; and Mark Brand, … Read more
Elevate ADK is set to become the Tri-Lakes’ first licensed recreational cannabis dispensary when it opens on Friday, after getting approval from state Supreme Court Judge Kevin Bryant. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the general manager of the storefront in the Saranac Lake plaza on Lake Flower Avenue, said he’s excited to get the … Read more
Bobsled athlete Aja Evans, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, filed a lawsuit alleging that she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a doctor on Team USA’s staff over a period of nine years. The Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports, according to the lawsuit, several of the most notable occasions of abuse … Read more
A meet the candidates forum is happening in Wilmington later this month. The forum will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 17 at the Wilmington firehouse on Haselton Road. The supervisor candidates will go first, from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m., and they will be followed by the town council candidates from 7:30 … Read more
Two drug seizures lead to the arrests of two people in Lake Placid. Police charged 38 year old Justin T. Vassar of Lake Placid, with criminal possession of cannabis on Sept. 29. That same day, in a separate incident, Shauna M. Donnelly, 41, of Lake Placid, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance … Read more
Organizers of the 52nd annual Lake Placid Classic half marathon and 10K are hoping for a record number of participants on Saturday, Oct. 7 as they continue to rebuild after the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, race director Rick Preston said Tuesday that 505 people had signed up for the races by … Read more
The Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute announced on Wednesday that harmful algal blooms have been found on Upper Saranac Lake, Follensby Clear Pond, Whey Pond and Floodwood Pond. According to the Adirondack Daily Enteprise, DEC’s HAB geographic information system also reported HAB spottings on Lake Clear on Monday and Lake Colby in late September.
The Saranac Lake Development Board approved the first three preexisting short-term vacation rental permits to be issued by Saranac Lake on Tuesday in a quick meeting, as the village begins implementing its new STR law. The process gave the board the opportunity to hash out the details of how this works, fine-tune their participation in … Read more