The Essex County Health Department is closely monitoring a cluster of connected cases in the hotel industry in Lake Placid, NY. To date, 7 cases have been linked and identified as either friends or co-workers that have spent time together. Many of the resulting positives were individuals already under quarantine from their identified exposure. The … Read more
Effective February 1, 2021, participants in higher-risk sports may partake in individual or distanced group training and organized no/low-contact group training and other types of play, including competitions and tournaments, if permitted by local health authorities. Essex County Health Department authorizes high-risk sports and recreation to resume in Essex County on February 1, 2021. The … Read more
Transportation Assistance for Seniors Seeking COVID-19 Vaccinations. Franklin County Public Transportation is available for seniors on the Demand Runs within Malone, Tupper Lake, and Saranac Lake. The hours of operation of these service are as follows: Malone: 8:00am to 4:00pm (Monday- Friday) Tupper Lake: 7:00am to 3:00pm (Monday- Friday) Saranac Lake: 8:00am to 2:00pm (Monday … Read more
Tupper Lake Central School District will stay in remote instruction through March 1. The district has already been remote since Jan. 13. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports officials call it a huge disruption in learning but they’re hopeful that at the end of this one-month period that school will be able to be reliably held … Read more
The Essex County Health Department was notified late today by NYSDOH that the first case of UK strain was identified in an Essex County resident. The strain was sequenced following random sampling conducted by the NYSDOH Wadsworth laboratory as part of the state’s COVID-19 Strain Surveillance efforts. Public health experts are working to better understand … Read more
The Joint Review Board has set a public hearing next month on a new housing development off of Wesvalley Road, one of three housing developments now in the works in Lake Placid. The Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports the new 22-unit development, called Fawn Valley, is being undertaken by the Homestead Development Corporation. It’s one of … Read more
Work on this year’s Winter Carnival Ice Palace will begin Thursday, but a small team has already been putting in long hours in the cold to prepare the ice for harvesting. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the work will go on despite the pandemic and uncooperative weather. This year, the palace this year will be … Read more
Dr. Joseph A. Henderson, Paul Smith’s College Environment & Society faculty member, alongside Dr. K.C. Busch (NC State University), secured a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation to advance climate change education research. Together, Drs. Busch and Henderson alongside Dr. Don Haas from the Paleontological Research Institution (Ithaca, NY) used the funding from the grant … Read more
The Saranac Lake Middle School — grades six through eight — will be learning remotely through the rest of the week. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports two members of the middle school community tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, leading to quarantines, it does not have enough staff to continue. The school will be … Read more
State Police conducted a traffic stop on State Route 3 in the town of Harrietstown, on a Dodge Journey for speed, 71 mph in a posted 55 mph speed zone. The operator, 43-year-old Douglas L. Corrow, of Tupper Lake, was arrested after he initially gave investigating troopers false information, and was found to be driving … Read more