After last week’s presentation by Carson Power, an energy company proposing a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on Trudeau Road, the Town of St. Armand passed a resolution introducing a one-year moratorium on battery energy storage facilities. Sun Community News reports currently, Carson Power, an energy infrastructure developer based in New York is proposing the … Read more
Historic Saranac Lake has moved its wiki website of local history to a new platform that is more reliable and easier to use. The web address for the new site is wiki.historicsaranaclake.org. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Historic Saranac Lake Archivist/Curator Chessie Monks-Kelly led the project to move the wiki to a new host to … Read more
The administrative law judge overseeing the Adirondack Park Agency’s upcoming adjudicatory hearing for a proposed howitzer testing range in the town of Lewis ruled on Friday that the applicant’s attorney and law firm will be allowed to remain on the case. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the decision denied a challenge from Adirondack Council, … Read more
The Saranac Lake village board narrowly passed a bill on Monday which limits the cooperation village police can have with federal immigration enforcement agencies. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the resolution bars local police from enforcing federal civil immigration laws or being used by agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce these … Read more
State Police have charged a Tupper Lake man with attempted murder after he allegedly hit another man with his pickup truck. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 46 year old Matthew Patnode of Tupper Lake, was charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies. On Feb. 11, … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that the Department of Financial Services has published proposed rules to protect New Yorkers using Buy Now, Pay Later financing options. Sun Community News reports the regulations put into practice the law signed by Gov. Hochul, establish a licensing and supervision framework for Buy Now, Pay Later loan providers, and … Read more
On Wednesday, the Saranac Lake Central School District Board of Education will be making what members have called the biggest decision they’ve faced in a decade. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the controversial votes on whether to close Bloomingdale Elementary School, move seventh and eighth graders to the high school building and have students … Read more
We told you recently that the Saranac Lake Police Department is installing a dozen Flock license plate reader cameras and security cameras around the village with a state grant, and to date, three of them have been installed. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the automatic license plate readers, referred to as ALPRs, are not … Read more
A report from members of the village and town boards here has found “potential paths” for the state to return the former Army National Guard armory property on state Route 3 to the town for public use. They see opportunity there for use again. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Saranac Lake Police Department … Read more
The Village Mercantile board will not vote to dissolve this week. But the board of the only community-owned department store in the state, and one of the few remaining in the country, says they’re looking for new people to take the helm and bring fresh ideas to keep the unique shop financially viable. According to … Read more