Franklin County officials reported a healthy fiscal outlook at a public hearing on the 2023 tentative budget Thursday afternoon at the courthouse in Malone. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, public comments were limited on the spending plan, which leaves the tax levy unchanged from 2022 at $17,687,000.
Another person has applied for an exception from the town of North Elba’s short-term vacation rental moratorium, which paused the issuance of new STR permits through mid-December. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, New Jersey resident Amber Baranwal is applying for a moratorium variance for his family’s home on Rockledge Lane. Baranwal wrote in their … Read more
As election season begins, New York State’s Election Protection Hotline gears up to tackle voter issues. With New York’s early voting period – running through Sunday, Nov. 6 — followed by Election Day itself on Nov. 8, the AG’s office has readied its staff to troubleshoot and resolve any of a host of problems that … Read more
The Adirondack Land Trust’s proposal to include public access in its management plan for the Glenview Preserve was met by a mixed response from the community at a public meeting last week. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, a A 238-acre swath of land, known as the Glenview Preserve, surrounds an unofficial pull-off on state … Read more
The Women’s College Scholarship Club will be holding their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 in the Cantwell Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the meeting will commence with a guest program presented by Cole Campbell, “Fundraising: Working Smarter, Not Harder.”
If you don’t have a home compost pile to put your pumpkin post Halloween, you can find a local Pumpkin Smash or pumpkin drop-off event in the area for a fun way to send your Jack-O-Lanterns off sustainably. Lake Placid: Placid Earth Composting at Shipman Youth Center – pumpkins can be placed in a bin … Read more
New York State has received $48.7 million in combined federal highway grants that will help local, state, and not-for-profit projects improve highway safety. The types of efforts funded include occupant protection, traffic enforcement, motorcycle safety, traffic records, community programs, programs that impact younger or older drivers, pedestrian safety, roadway safety, and efforts to prevent impaired … Read more
Forest Rangers found a Tupper Lake man who had been missing since Oct. 1st dead in a wooded area half a mile from Coreys Road in the town of Harrietstown on Tuesday. At around 5 p.m. the body of 32 year old Jordan Beaulieu was found about a half mile from the road as they … Read more
Adirondack Health has reached a preliminary non-binding agreement to preserve access to long-term care in the Adirondacks by selling Mercy Living Center, a 60-bed long-term care facility in Tupper Lake, to an interested third party. A non-binding agreement regarding details of a potential sale is in place at this time, and the parties are subject … Read more
The Hub on the Hill is combatting the lack of cold food storage in the North Country by raising money to expand its facilities. One challenge is the lack of USDA-inspected slaughter facilities nearby and readily available to local producers. According to the Sun Community News, The Hub on the Hill’s goal is to raise … Read more