Some of the four dozen residents of the Donald E. Smith Apartments who were displaced by a sprinkler system break the day after Christmas, have started to move back in. Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports work on reconstructing the recently-renovated units damaged by the water has begun and building managers say the rest of the tenants … Read more
DEC announced Thursday that online registration for the 2023 Summer Camps program will open Sunday, April 2, 2023, at 1 p.m. Applications should be submitted through the online registration program available through a link from the Summer Camps website. Summer Camps program offers week-long adventures in conservation education for children ages 11-17, including at Camp … Read more
The Opening Ceremony of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games took place on the “Miracle on Ice” rink made famous during the 1980 winter Olympics. Governor Kathy Hochul officially opened the Games welcoming 1,443 collegiate-athletes from more than 540 universities and 46 nations. They’re competing in 12 winter sports and 85 events in … Read more
Pedro Ponce, a creative writing instructor at St. Lawrence University and author of three books of fiction, will read from his new book “The Devil and the Dairy Princess” at the Adirondack Center for Writing next week as part of the ongoing Barkreaders series. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Ponce’s reading will start at 7 … Read more
The Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games Torch Relay Celebration arrives in Wilmington, Saranac Lake and its final destination Lake Placid on Thursday, Jan. 12, concluding its two-month, 15-stop tour that culminates in Games’ first carbon-free cauldron lighting in Brewster Park. The cauldron lighting will open the 31st FISU World University Games Winter Edition … Read more
Local health officials are optimistic about the currently low level of COVID-19 cases in Essex County — as well as a downward trend in flu and RSV cases after an early onset of the respiratory illnesses — ahead the FISU Winter World University Games, which will come to Lake Placid on Thursday. The Adirondack Daily … Read more
There will be no parking on Main Street and Parkside Drive in Lake Placid — as well as the lower NBT lot and the clock lot on Main Street Wednesday in preparation for the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games. Main Street will still be open to traffic Wednesday. Main Street will close to thru … Read more
Ticket sales for the FISU Winter World University Games are reportedly not where organizers hoped they would be. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports around 18,000 tickets for the games had been sold as of Monday; 27%, or 49,000 shy, of organizers’ goal of 67,000 tickets sold, as stated by games organizers this past November.
A request for $2 million from the Ausable River Association (AsRA) was included in the 2023 Federal Omnibus Bill recently signed by President Biden. The Sun Community News reports AsRA’s request was shepherded through the appropriations process, through subcommittee review and approval, by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. These funds will help build flood resilience, protect water … Read more
Russell Banks died of cancer on January 8 at his home in Saratoga Springs, NY. Banks was the author of 21 books, including Continental Drift (1985) and Cloudsplitter (1998), which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. He rooted such novels as “The Sweet Hereafter” and “Affliction” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast … Read more