The second vacant seat on the Wilmington Town Council was called for incumbent Darin Forbes on Wednesday. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Forbes won the seat with 289 votes, seven votes more than incumbent Michelle Preston. Forbes, 43, is a contractor and Wilmington native who has served on the town council for 15 years.
Shop local this holiday season with the 38th Annual Sparkle Village Craft Show & Sale the first weekend in December at the Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac Lake. 45 vendors will fill the town hall with a variety of hand made, locally made products. It’s happening Friday December 1st, 4pm-8pm and Saturday December 2nd 10am-3pm … Read more
The Adirondack Singers will present their annual Winter Holiday Concert on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Saranac Lake. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports all are welcome to attend and become part of this event. For further information, call 518-891-5008.
Saranac Lake is scheduling another public information session on its plans to build an emergency services building at 33 Petrova Ave. and is currently collecting questions and comments from locals to be addressed by engineers and village officials at that meeting, which will be scheduled sometime in January. The Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports the planned … Read more
A ranger rescue effort in the Town of Keene On Nov. 25 at 10:17 a.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a notification from a beacon on Sawteeth Mountain that CPR was in progress for a hiker near Rainbow Falls. The hiker’s guide had started CPR and a passing EMT continued, but after an hour, responders were … Read more
David Decker, who was convicted in March 2020 of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money between 2012 and 2016 through his role as director/project manager of the Lake George Watershed Coalition, was transported to state prison Nov. 17 to begin an 8-to-24 year sentence. Sun Community News reports Decker was convicted of … Read more
The search for missing Rochester Institute of Technology student Matthew Grant continues this week, a week after he was last seen. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Grant, 22, was last seen at 10 p.m. on Nov. 20. After that, he headed east out of Rochester, leaving his phone at home. His car — a 2014 … Read more
State Police arrested 33 year old Valerie N. Seifert of Tupper Lake and 40 year old Ray A. Putney of Lisbon for criminal possession of a controlled substance 7th, criminal use of drug paraphernalia and criminal substance not in original container. Troopers observed a 2005 red Ford Expedition traveling north on Bradley Street in the … Read more
North Country Community College raised $600 for Homeward Bound Adirondacks through a pair of raffles leading up to Veterans Day. President Joe Keegan recently handed off the funds to Homeward Bound board member Amy Tuthill, the college’s associate director of recruitment and VA officer. The raffles, which included tickets to Army football and hockey games, … Read more
State Police members arrested Shaqunna J. Latney, age 33, of Malone, NY for harassment 2nd, attempted assault 2nd, criminal possession of a weapon 3rd, criminal mischief 3rd, menacing 2nd and criminal contempt 1st. The incident leading to her arrest began as a domestic on Perrin Road during which she allegedly stabbed a victim in the … Read more