The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education is proposing to spend more money and collect more taxes with its proposed 2023-24 budget, which stays within the state’s tax cap for the district. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Lake Placid Central School Board of Education is proposing to spend $21,746,602.00 in 2023-24, … Read more
The Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and Saranac Lake Central School District are co-hosting the 2nd Annual Community Resource Day and Job Fair at Riverside Park in Saranac Lake on Thursday, May 11 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Over 60 businesses and organizations will be in attendance to showcase their current job openings … Read more
DEC has announced that Otak, Inc., is facilitating the first round of public meetings in the Adirondack High Peaks for the Visitor Use Management (VUM) project. Public and stakeholder input will play a key role in helping DEC and Otak develop appropriate sustainable management strategies for the High Peaks. The VUM planning process focuses on … Read more
DEC has announced the start of 2023 construction on the Adirondack Rail Trail between Station Street in Lake Placid and Broadway in Saranac Lake. This trail segment is now closed to all users during construction. The trail is a 34-mile multi-use recreational path for outdoor adventurers between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid. Bids for phase … Read more
The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism encourages residents to put household items, gently used home furnishings and quirky treasures up for sale at this year’s Great Adirondack Garage Sale, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend on a 200-mile route along state highways 28, 30 and 3. According to the Adirondack Daily Enteprise, the Great Adirondack Garage … Read more
State Police issued 21 tickets in Essex County during an “Operation Hard Hat” detail. Late last week, Troopers monitored traffic on Interstate 87 in the town of Elizabethtown while road crew conduct roadwork. During the detail, troopers and the Essex County Sheriff’s department blended with the workers and observed traffic. 21 tickets were issued: Speed-7, … Read more
A local woman has been arrested in connection with three recent burglary and theft-related complaints. According to the Sun Community News, 30 year old Kelly L. Gifaldi was arrested this week after police received a complaint about her allegedly burglarizing a residence, damaging property and threatening someone with a weapon. Police also received another complaint … Read more
ROOST recently began using a service called Zardigo, that allows them to see high frequency, high-resolution geolocation data. This means they are able to track phones, within a certain radius, to look at data like who is visiting the region, what they’re doing and how soon after looking at the region’s website they are visiting. … Read more
The man accused of murdering Gouverneur and Rossie men is scheduled to be arraigned on a 13-count indictment in St. Lawrence County Court on Friday morning. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 46 year old Adam W. Smith of Lake Placid, is charged with killing 72-year-old Ronald E. “Huck” Durham, Gouverneur, and with the March … Read more
The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) has announced its newly expanded 2023 Adirondack Lakes Theatre Festival (ALTF), formerly the Adirondack Lakes Summer Theatre Festival, which is adding two productions to its former three-show lineup and will now run from June 16 through October 7, with performances and theatre activities continuing into the fall … Read more