The Hotel Saranac will be the Jamaican bobsled team’s home away from home. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, though Franklin County passed on putting $135,000 in occupancy tax revenue toward a partnership with the team, the council is putting up its own funds to make the downtown Saranac Lake hotel a “training haven” for … Read more
Lake Placid adventure park Experience Outdoors presented plans for a net park expansion to the Lake Placid-North Elba Joint Review Board on Wednesday. The review board agreed to proceed with notice to neighbors. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports it will not hold a public hearing on the project, though the Adirondack Park Agency may choose … Read more
The International Bobsled & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season will conclude March 21-23 at Mt Van Hoevenberg. Sun Community News reports the three-day competition in Lake Placid is the final stop of the 2023-2024 World Cup season that began Nov. 17 in Yanqing, China, and includes two weeks of World Championships races in Winterberg, … Read more
Wilmington residents questioned the enforceability and reach of Wilmington’s draft short-term vacation rental law at a special town council meeting this week, prompting the council to consider revising several sections of the draft before sending it to the town attorney for review. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the draft was written by Wilmington’s STR … Read more
A Saranac Lake man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for the non-fatal stabbing of a Lake Placid man on Lake Flower Avenue last March. He has been sentenced to seven years in state prison. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 73 year old Walter Finnegan, Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder. Finnegan stabbed … Read more
Enrollment is up for the third consecutive semester at North Country Community College, which started Spring 2024 classes on Jan. 22. The growth in enrollment this semester is fueled in part by the expansion of the college’s nursing program, the awarding of thousands of dollars in new scholarship funding, and successful student retention initiatives. North … Read more
A Saranac Lake man has pleaded guilty to second-degree rape and was sentenced to 90 days in Franklin County Jail and 10 years of probation last week. 23 year old Xavier P. Byno has already served a portion of this sentence in jail and Attorney Peter Dumas, who represented Byno, said he is expected to … Read more
A solar farm company is interested in investigating the possibility of setting up a solar array at the Harrietstown Business Park near the town-owned airport in Lake Clear. The town council is seeking public comment on the proposed plan at its meeting on Feb. 15. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Connecticut-based Lodestar Energy is … Read more
The Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is planning to bring women throughout the Adirondacks together for a new Women in Business Conference called Inspire & Ignite. The conference will be on Thursday March 7, 2024 at the Paul Smith’s Visitor Interpretive Center. The conference will include a full day schedule with networking, learning, and … Read more
Hundreds of local and visiting hopefuls stood in the cold on the Simon Pond boat launch on Saturday looking to win raffle prizes after the Northern Challenge Ice Fishing Derby, one of the largest in the state, was canceled. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the event was canceled due to unsafe ice conditions.