The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees has a special meeting this week to vote on two applications for an exception from the village’s moratorium on issuing new short-term vacation rental permits. The Lake Placid News reports the village of Lake Placid and the town of North Elba in March passed a local law initiating … Read more
The Adirondack Health Foundation’s Black Fly Gala raised was held virtually on Tuesday, May 24, raising more than $107,000 for the Cornerstone Campaign’s patient room renovations at Adirondack Medical Center. Over $27,000 of the funds raised will directly support the purchase of a new digital fetal heart monitoring system for the maternity unit. The 2022 … Read more
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has announced the Joint Council for Economic Opportunity of Clinton and Franklin Counties will receive $1,968,376 through the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Head Start. The Head Start program provides comprehensive early childhood education and development services to promote school readiness for low-income children.
The town of North Elba has received its first application for an exception from the town’s moratorium on issuing new short-term vacation rental permits. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Tim and Jill Gerrity are applying for an exception from the moratorium for their property on Juniper Circle, which is the couple’s primary residence. Their … Read more
The Harrietstown Housing Authority has more than a dozen slots available for people who qualify for rental assistance and HHA Executive Director Sarah Clarkin says she’s looking for people to apply for these vouchers. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the HHA’s Housing Choice Voucher program, also known as Section 8, uses money from the … Read more
The state Cannabis Control Board is looking to ensure that pot pacakging wont be appealing to people under 21 when recreational marijuana hits store shelves Recently, the panel approved draft packaging and marketing regulations that detail the kinds of packaging that would be prohibited. They also set up minimum standards for packaging and labeling and … Read more
The Gary LaQuay Fishing Challenge happens June 18th 7:00am to 3:00pm, admission is $30. Fishing will commence at 7:00 a.m. sharp and continue through 3:00 p.m. on the waters of Tupper Lake, Simon Pond, and Raquette Pond. Prizes will be awarded after 3 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at TupperLake.com and also at Mountain Market … Read more
There’s a new mural near the top of the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service building on Mill Pond Drive and it was created at the hands of some local teens. The mural project, organized by the Lake Placid/Wilmington Connecting Youth and Community Coalition, was unveiled this week, featuring the emergency medical services Star of Life … Read more
Since the last weekly update, 105 cases of COVID-19 have been reported to the Essex County Health Department. This includes at-home positive test results reported to ECHD. 05/31: 37 cases 06/01: 15 cases 06/02: 22 cases 06/03: 8 cases 06/04: 12 cases 06/05: 11 cases
The effort to build a new children’s museum in Saranac Lake, Play ADK, is now in the design phase. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the organization behind the museum contracted with Phinney Design Group to begin the first phase of the construction project. Phase one will include the creation of a conceptual design, an … Read more