The Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games Torch Relay Celebration kicks off on Dec. 7 on the Alfred University campus in Alfred, N.Y. The tour will make 15 stops throughout New York State and Indigenous communities of the St. Regis Mohawk and the Mohawk Community of Kahnawá:ke before culminating in the FISU Games’ first … Read more
The Empire State Winter Games return, February 2-5, 2023, to the Adirondack’s North Country region. Some 2,000 athletes of all ages, from New York State and beyond, are expected to participate in more than 20 sports throughout Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake and Paul Smiths. One of the sports highlighting the 43rd Empire State … Read more
Wilmington’s 15th annual Christmas Celebration will take place Dec. 9. The festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m., as Santa, escorted by firetrucks, holiday floats and community members, delivers presents to children’s homes. Sun Community News reports at 6 p.m. the parade will go to Preston Festival Field, where everyone is welcome to gather to enjoy … Read more
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced 10 transformational projects in the Village of Tupper Lake as part of the $10 million Downtown Initiative Award. These projects will improve downtown public spaces and streetscapes and expand commercial, residential, entertainment and recreational opportunities in the Village’s waterfront Uptown District. Rehabilitate the current Fletcher & Sons Company, part of … Read more
On November 29, 2022, Troopers arrested Chad D. St. Louis, age 34 of Tupper Lake, NY for Criminal possession of a weapon. Troopers patrolled to Bartlett Carry Road near State Route 3, in the town of Harrietstown for an unconscious operator. An investigation determined the operator was St. Louis who stated he pulled off the … Read more
A ranger rescue in the Town of North Elba. They got a call about a lost 19-year-old hiker in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. A partner of the missing teen called from the Adirondak Loj trailhead to report that the pair had become separated a when the other hiker descended Iroquois Peak. It turned out, … Read more
Local residents are invited to North Country Community College’s Malone campus on Friday, Dec. 9 as the college hosts a visit from Santa Claus. The visit from St. Nick is part of a holiday celebration at the campus, located at 75 William St., that will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. and is open … Read more
The Adirondack Singers annual Winter Holiday Concert returns this Sunday. Dec. 4, after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the concert will be held at the Saranac Lake Methodist Church, at the corner of Church Street and St. Bernard Street in Saranac Lake, at 2 p.m. Donations of … Read more
In the lead up to the world collegiate curling athletes competing in Saranac Lake, Olympic curling gold medalist Tyler George and Adirondack Mac, the official mascot for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, will present the sport to Saranac Lake Central School District students on Dec. 5-6. The two schools, Petrova Elementary and … Read more
Ben Bradford, Winn Rea and Lisa Crandall, all ADK 46ers and Leave No Trace Master Educators, taught a leave no trace course to juniors and seniors enrolled in a natural resource science at Adirondack Educational Center. Sun Community News reports the mission is “to protect and foster the natural resources within the forest preserve located … Read more