The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism is hosting a virtual community session on Wednesday to discuss business and community planning efforts behind next year’s total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. ROOST’s virtual session will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10. The northern region of the Adirondacks — including the … Read more
The Lake Placid village Board of Trustees held an emergency special meeting last week to approve a new, but incomplete, slate of officers for the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the special meeting came a month after the fire department held a contentious annual election that left two officer … Read more
New York State Assemblyman Billy Jones will be the featured speaker as North Country Community College celebrates the Class of 2023 at the college’s 56th Commencement ceremony. Commencement will take place Saturday, May 20 in the Sparks Athletic Complex Gymnasium on the college’s Saranac Lake campus. The processional begins at 10:45 a.m., and the program … Read more
Boards of education in the AuSable Valley and Keene school districts are holding public hearings today for their proposed 2023-24 budgets, both of which increase spending and taxes for the upcoming fiscal year compared to their budgets this year. The AuSable Valley Central School District is proposing to spend $36,506,950 in the 2023-24 school year, … Read more
A student in North Country Community College’s Radiologic Technology program has been named the college’s recipient of the 2023 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. Sydney VanNest was one of 193 SUNY students from across the state to be honored with a Chancellor’s Award, presented by Chancellor John B. King Jr. The Chancellor’s Award for … Read more
Two Tupper Lake men have been arrested and are facing several charges, including criminal possession of a weapon and theft of an ATV, following an investigation that began last November. On Nov. 11, State Police were summoned to Route 30 in the town of Tupper Lake to investigate the report of a stolen ATV. Police … Read more
Saranac Lake announced the beginning of construction at the Trudeau Building. The building will undergo complete rehabilitation for the expansion of Historic Saranac Lake’s museum at the neighboring Saranac Laboratory. According to Sun Community News, Saranac Lake has received a grant award totaling $400,000 from the New York Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The grant … Read more
A pooling of grant funding received separately from the National Endowment of the Arts will allow two local arts groups to launch an Artist-in-Residence program in Saranac Lake. Sun Community News reports Pendragon Theatre and BluSeed Studios will use $75,000 to launch the program’s first year. Twelve artists will be commissioned to create public art … Read more
As Saranac Lake prepares for a public hearing on a draft short-term rental law, board members are still floating major changes to the law in their conversations, drawing concern from both supporters and opponents of regulations who are concerned certain trustees may be trying to sneak in changes at the very end. The Adirondack Daily … Read more
37 year old Garrett C. Hallenbeck of Lake Placid is charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, and criminal impersonation. On April 30, 2023, around 11:38 a.m., Troopers responded to Parkside Drive in the town of North Elba for an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle complaint. An investigation determined Hallenbeck was in possession of … Read more