The Town of Jay Climate Smart Communities Taskforce recently completed a solar array installation at the town’s highway garage. Sun Community News reports the new 64-kilowatt (kW) system is expected to generate about 70,000 kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity per year, which will not only completely offset electricity used at the garage, roughly 40,000 kWh per … Read more
On Oct. 14 at 9:30 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a concerned mother who stated her daughter was overdue from hiking Mount Marcy and may not have a light source. Forest Rangers Foutch, Rooney, and Snye responded. At 1:30 a.m., rangers located the 18-year-old’s vehicle at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Complex and … Read more
The Saranac Lake Central School has announced the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards. This year’s recipients are Suzanne Dugan and Richard Meyer. There will be a dinner to honor them on Nov. 8 at the Hotel Saranac. The dinner will also feature a silent auction to benefit the community schools initiative.
If you have an early-stage business idea, the Adirondack Community Foundation’s Adirondack Innovation Initiative wants to hear it. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the group is currently accepting idea submissions for its Adirondack Launch Pad. The program is meant to match people with new services, technological inventions, products or other business ideas to a network … Read more
Unconventional Concepts President Michael Hopmeier and town of Lewis residents engaged in an evening of frequently testy exchanges at a public meeting Thursday, as homeowners protested a recent series of war games that they viewed as inconsistent with the tranquility of the Adirondack Park. Hopmeier contended the noise associated with low-flying aircraft and weapons testing … Read more
Adirondack Voters for Change will sponsor a community forum on the proposed Emergency Services Complex project on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Harrietstown Town Hall. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the forum will open with a presentation on the project planning timeline, to date. Prepared using publicly available sources, the timeline … Read more
A Malone man who had been missing since Sept. 18 was found dead near a remote trail in Brighton on Saturday, after a month of searching from numerous law enforcement agencies. 90 year old John “Jack” D. Miller was reported missing on Sept. 18 after he drove away from his home in Malone. On Saturday, … Read more
A multi-agency investigation and execution of a search warrant has led to the arrest of a Saranac Lake man on multiple child sex abuse charges. The Saranac Lake Police Department arrested William J. Strack II, a 36-year-old resident of 240 George Lapan Highway, following a comprehensive investigation into allegations of sexual contact with a minor … Read more
Around a thousand people turned out for back-to-back rallies held Saturday in Lake Placid and Saranac Lake as part of the nationwide “No Kings” day in protest of the Trump Administration, which saw around 7 million people turn out to about 2,600 protests across the U.S., according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
The first-ever Roundin’ Regis Regatta was held Sunday at Paul Smith’s College as 23 boats zipped around an approximately 8-mile course on Lower St. Regis, Spitfire and Upper St. Regis lakes. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the course followed a loop, with an approximately one-mile overland carry, bringing boats back from the west shore of … Read more