NCCC Seeing Enrollment Boost

North Country Community College is seeing an increase in enrollment as students return to classes this week for the spring semester, and applications for the fall semester are also trending positive. As of Jan. 31, incoming student enrollment for spring 2023 is up 29 students, an increase of nearly 28 percent over last year. The … Read more

Some Cross Country Ski Results From ESWG

In one of the largest outdoor events in the 2023 Empire State Winter Games, 104 cross country skiers competed in the U8 through U20 age divisions at Mount Van Hoevenberg Sunday. In the U16 girls race, Cora Hinsdill, 14, of Remsen won her second gold medal of the games Following her was Raquelle Landa, 15, … Read more

Empire State Winter Games Underway

The 43rd Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) Torch Relay wrapped up its five-day epic journey in Lake Placid Thursday, Feb. 2. The games themselves commenced last night at 6 p.m. with an opening ceremony. The competitions begin Friday and run through Sunday. The ESWG is the largest multi-sport amateur winter sporting event in North America. … Read more

Woman Arrested In Tupper Lake On Drug Counts

A Tupper Lake village court appearance awaits a Rainbow Lake woman after police here arrested her on drug counts. 31 year old Elisabeth A. Cass is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of drug paraphernalia Police said they responded to a complaint of a person refusing to leave a residence … Read more

Police Summoned To Saranac Lake Board Meeting

At the start of a Monday work session in Saranac Lake, Mayor Jimmy Williams called the police chief to remove former village attorney and board member Paul Van Cott from the meeting, saying he was being “unruly.” The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Van Cott left the meeting before an SLPD officer arrived, saying he would … Read more

Hochul Earmarks State Funds For ORDA

Governor Kathy Hochul wants to carve out $92.5 million for the state Olympic Regional Development Authority in the state’s 2024 fiscal year budget. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the funding for ORDA was announced as part of Hochul’s second-ever Executive Budget. The proposed $227 billion budget also includes $1 billion for migrant resettlement services, … Read more

ALCA Receives State Council On The Arts Grant

The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts announces that it has been awarded a grant of $295,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for ALCA’s Adirondack (ADK) Quad-County Region Statewide Community Regrants (SCR) Program for fiscal year 2023. The award, which resulted from an application by ALCA staff members in NYSCA’s … Read more

Kuki Not Returning To Head Up Trudeau Institute

Dr. Atsuo Kuki, who has led Saranac Lake’s Trudeau Institute for the past six years, has left his position. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the institute’s board of directors appointed Bill Chapin, the institute’s chief administrative officer and chief financial officer, as its interim director shortly after the new year. Kuki went on a … Read more

Ward Lumber, Customers Helping Put Food On Area Tables

Ward Lumber customers at the Jay location donated 1,383.96 from rounded-up transactions. After the match from Ward Lumber, $2383.96 was split between the Town of Jay Food Shelf and the Jay Wilmington Ecumenical Food Shelf. At Ward Lumber in Malone, a total of $1,262.92 was donated to Homeward Bound, a charity focused on helping veterans … Read more

New Leadership For ANCA

Tiffany Rea-Fisher has been hired by the Adirondack North Country Association as the new director for its Adirondack Diversity Initiative. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Rea-Fisher is ADI’s second director after it’s first, Nicole Hylton-Patterson, left ANCA in October 2022. After three years in the position, Hylton-Patterson left to take a job with a human … Read more