Paul Smith’s College students have completed construction of the Akwesasne Mobile Cultural Center. The Sun Community News reports the project is a partnership between Paul Smith’s College and the Nia’s Little Library, a nonprofit that promotes literacy and preserve the Mohawk language. In 2020, Nia’s Little Library director, Akat Ransom, contacted Professor Deb Naybor at … Read more
On Sunday, May 21, Paul Smith’s College held their commencement ceremony celebrating more than 100 students who completed their academic degrees. Together, faculty, staff, students and their families celebrated the immense accomplishments of the class of 2023. The Keynote speaker was Aaron Mair, director of the Adirondack Council’s “Forever Adirondacks” initiative.
Hundreds of people filled North Country Community College’s Sparks Athletic Complex with cheers, spring flowers and joyful tears on Saturday as the college recognized 210 graduates from its Class of 2023. The Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports, in a speech to her fellow graduates, Sydney VanNest — a Radiologic Technology graduate who received the SUNY Chancellor’s … Read more
The state Olympic Regional Development Authority Board of Directors on Tuesday approved $38.3 million in new capital projects at ORDA’s winter sports facilities in Lake Placid, Wilmington, North Creek and in the Catskills. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports among the newly-approved projects are renovations to the Castle at Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway; sliding track improvements … Read more
On Wednesday, May 17, Adirondack Health held a ribbon cutting for its new state-of-the-art digital fetal heart monitoring system at the Stafford New Life Center at Adirondack Medical Center. The Countess Alicia Spaulding Paolozzi Foundation provided a $100,000 matching grant to help cover the cost of the new system, which replaces the current paper system. … Read more
Tupper Lake voters approved the Tupper Lake Central School District’s budget by a wide margin Tuesday night, elected Sabrina Sabre Shipman to the board of education and wrote in Mary Ellen Chamberlain to be on the board, too. This year there were 425 votes total — 251 fewer voters than last year — and the … Read more
The state Olympic Regional Development Authority is searching for a new president and CEO as Michael Pratt, ORDA’s current CEO, prepares for retirement. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Pratt has not yet named his exact date of retirement. However, the authority wants to get a headstart on its search for a new CEO so that … Read more
The accreditation commission for Paul Smith’s College is asking the Adirondack school to submit a plan to relocate students should it cease programs or operations. Instead of approving the financially struggling college’s request to be acquired by The Fedcap Group, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education took the unusual step of calling for the … Read more
The Adirondack Land Trust has made public the results of a survey that fielded interest — and some opposition — in the nonprofit’s proposed development of 3.4 miles of accessible trails, viewing platforms, and portable toilets, a pavilion and a parking lot at the Glenview Preserve off state Route 86 near the Harrietstown Cemetery. According … Read more
The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) will be displaying ten art exhibits in its galleries throughout the 2023 season. Exhibits feature work from a variety of New York artists, including watercolors, oil painting, sculpture, and more. Among these exhibits, a special commemorative display of work by artist Don Wynn and his contributions in … Read more