The man accused of shooting three Palestinian students in Burlington, Vermont last weekend is a former Paul Smith’s College student, the college has confirmed. The Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports 48 year old Jason Eaton is charged with three counts of second-degree attempted murder. He attended school locally back in the ’90’s.
The village of Saranac Lake has received a $849,937 grant for upgrades at Baldwin Park. In addtion, the Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports, the village of Tupper Lake has received $533,500 for upgrades at Flanders Park in the latest round of the state Department of State’s Local Waterfront Revitalization grant awards.
Russ Bartlett, who has led the Tupper Lake Central School District as the superintendent for the past three-and-a-half years, announced his retirement earlier this month. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports he will be in the position until the end of the school year, rounding out 30 years of working in the district.
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