The Lake Placid Hall of Fame Committee invites the community to celebrate the new inductees to the Lake Placid Hall of Fame. The 42nd annual induction event will be held on Nov. 5 at the Olympic Center Miracle Plaza. The inductees for the 2025 class include Don McMullen, John Morgan and Larry Stone. The Adirondack … Read more
Reading and math assessment results are in at the Tupper Lake Central School District’s L.P. Quinn Elementary School. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports across the board, students improved their scores from last year’s results in four assessments that are used to track how pre-K through grade six students are starting the academic year, relative to … Read more
New York voters will decide in November whether to expand the Olympic Sports Complex at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The change would allow new ski and biathlon trails on a portion of protected forest land near Lake Placid. FingerLakes 1 reports the proposal, listed as Proposal Number One on the 2025 statewide ballot, seeks permission to … Read more
Lakes are complex ecosystems, but taking action to protect them doesn’t have to be difficult. Sun Community News reports on Tuesday, Oct. 28, community members are invited to “Sips and Science: Love Your Lakes”, a new event celebrating Adirondack waters and sharing practical steps everyone can take to protect them. The event will take place … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul has expressed a desire to purchase the majority of acreage of Whitney Park, the 36,600-acre tract of vast forests and lakes in the Adirondacks. Hochul wrote to the trustees of the estate of John Hendrickson, who died in 2024, about the future of the property, saying her administration wants to work with … Read more
A structure fire Sunday morning destroyed the single-family residence at 66 Cedar St. The homeowner was able to make it out on her own without injury. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports there were no injuries to firefighters, although two cats who lived there died. Firefighters attempted to revive the two cats, using oxygen masks specially … Read more
The Harrietstown council, in a 3-2 vote on Thursday, decided to recommend the federal government contract with SkyWest Airlines at the town-owned Adirondack Regional Airport. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the U.S. Department of Transportation will make the final decision on which of four airlines it will subsidize flights for at SLK. In making … Read more
The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) will present its 21st annual High School Writing Retreat on Thursday, Oct. 30, and Friday, Oct. 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, at Paul Smith’s College. ACW’s High School Writing Retreat offers students from across the North Country an opportunity to spend two full days learning … Read more
Saranac Lake is considering a plan that would allow it to start up a geothermal heating and cooling utility, in theory, without paying a dollar for the massive project. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, a set of circumstances are lining up to make this a possibility — state grants, a contract with a multinational … Read more
Corrections officers and staff at the federal prison in Ray Brook are currently working without pay during the now-11-day government shutdown. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports officers and staff there also had their union contract terminated two weeks ago, as the federal government seeks to outlaw labor organizations for most federal employees. Regional and national … Read more