The town of Keene is looking for volunteeers to help to town employees as they get underway with repairs to Marcy Field starting Monday. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the field and adjoining airstrip were vandalized in the early morning hours of July 15, when a driver carved deep tire tracks throughout them. The runway … Read more
Adirondack Health has welcomed two new urology providers, Dr. Jonathan Riddell and physician assistant Melanie Fortin, who join PA Thomas McBride. This will expand Adirondack Health’s urology program to include pediatric care, as well as offer a female provider. In January, longtime urologist Dr. Irwin Lieb transitioned to the role of Adirondack Health’s interim chief … Read more
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found town officials in Jay did not “maintain complete, accurate and timely accounting records.” Of 15 asset and liability accounts reviewed as of Dec. 31, 2021, and Oct. 31, 2022, five were overstated by $19,037 and 13 were understated by a total of $269,353. Of 10 revenue accounted … Read more
North Country Community College (NCCC) has just partnered with Christie Campus Health, a Lexington, Mass.-based provider of mental health and well-being support services to colleges and universities nationwide. Sun Community News reports NCCC joins seven other SUNY campuses offering Christie Campus Health’s 24/7 Clinical Support Line to their students, bringing the pilot program’s services to … Read more
In Saranac Lake, DRI Public Projects are progressing, with three projects close to completion and in the final stages of finishing punch-list items. Ward Plumadore Park’s contaminated soil removal involves a process that will utilize the Village Parking Lot adjacent to the park. The Village will be closing that municipal parking lot, located at the … Read more
DEC has announced the acquisition from the Adirondack Land Trust of five acres of forest lands along the southeastern shore of Upper Saranac Lake. The parcel includes 570 feet of undeveloped shoreline, ensuring that a mile-long stretch of shoreline between Indian Carry and Indian Point remains forever wild. The new addition features rugged lakeshore edged … Read more
Darin Forbes resigned from the deputy supervisor role for the town of Wilmington last week, citing, as reported in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, changes to his personal life, conflicts on the board and the town supervisor’s “inability to separate personal feelings from town politics.” Forbes will remain on the town board as a regular member. … Read more
The mayor of Saranac Lake on Monday accused village trustees of holding an “illegal meeting” without him over the weekend. According to the Adirondack Daily Enteprise, board members, in turn, denied the allegation and called for an independent investigation into a dispute between MayorJimmy Williams and Village Manager Erik Stender that led to Stender’s resignation … Read more
On July 15, 2023, State Police members responded to a UTV accident near Pitchfork Pond Road in the town of Tupper Lake. The preliminary investigation determined, operator, Rachel L. Laflair, age 38, and passenger Nikki Mondat, age 47, both of Tupper Lake, NY were traveling north on an unmarked RTV road in blue 2022 Polaris … Read more
The Village of Saranac Lake will be closing the municipal parking lot at the Rusty Nail, located at the intersection of Broadway and Bloomingdale Avenue. The closure will begin Monday, July 24, 2023 and will stay in effect until Friday, September 1, 2023.