Beginning next week, Adirondack Health will limit hospital visitation to one designated visitor per patient, as COVID-19 positivity rates continue to increase in Franklin and Essex counties. One designated visitor per patient at Adirondack Medical Center is permitted between the hours of 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 4:30-6:30 p.m., seven days a week, beginning Monday, Aug. 23. … Read more
Adirondack Film, formerly the Adirondack Film Society, has announced The Lake Placid Film Festival dates and a new vision for the future. The festival will take place October 21-24, 2021. Among the events will be a special tribute dinner with Raoul Peck, an array of regional premieres of independent, local and short films and an … Read more
Essex County has seen COVID cases rising, so as of Wednesday, August 18th Employees, Visitors and any Contract Agencies operating within Town of North Elba Facilities will have to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status . Officials are also calling for preventive measures such as maintaining social distancing (6’), routine hand washing using soap and … Read more
In the Town of North Hudson, Essex County, rangers responded to a call reporting a 41-year-old hiker from East Aurora was feeling ill and unable to walk at the Lillian Brook lean-to in the Dix Mountain Wilderness Area. When Rangers arrived on scene they found the hiker deceased. Six additional Rangers responded to assist with … Read more
On August 16, 2021, at approximately 9 p.m., State Police responded to a report of a domestic dispute at a residence in the town of North Elba. An investigation revealed that 23-year-old Evan T. Boeve and his father, 47-year-old Christopher Boeve Jr., began fighting. Evan also punched a window at the residence, causing it to … Read more
The Adirondack Mountain Club has applied for state funding to purchase the Cascade Ski Center, with the goal of keeping the cross-country ski trails open and using the main building to expand capacity for its educational and hiker outreach programs. The club has applied for $500,000 in grant funding from the state’s Environmental Protection Fund … Read more
The Lake Placid Board of Trustees has scheduled two public hearings on Monday. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, one concerns smoking marijuana in public places and another is centered proposed updates to local vacation rental regulations. Both happen ahead of the village’s board meeting at 5 p.m. on Monday at the North Elba Town … Read more
Tupper Lake is trying to land a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports officials want input from the community — thoughts, opinions, ideas and suggestions on how the money should be spent if Tupper Lake were to win the state grant funding. Many municipalities throughout the state vie for the … Read more
DEC, Essex County, and the town of Keene have announced the details of the new, pilot Route 73 shuttle system that will launch on Saturday, Aug. 21. The shuttle system will operate on weekends and holidays through Monday, Oct. 11, and at no cost to riders. The new hiker shuttle route will start and end … Read more
Former Republican New York State Senator Betty Little says she was surprised when Gov. Cuomo resigned. WNYT quotes Little as saying, “The investigation was damaging, and I think that the support from his own party was not there. The biggest thing, I think, that brought him to resignation was his daughters, and he said that, … Read more