Saranac Lake is prepping for its Spring Clean Up this weekend. It happens Saturday from 9a to 1p. Cleaning efforts will focus on trash pick up on municipal properties and public parks surrounding the Village. Interested volunteers can visit Riverside Park to pick up trash bags, rubber gloves, location assignments, and clean up directions between … Read more
Tupper Lake village and town residents will be paying $20.80 more in water and sewer rates per month starting in June. According to the Adirondack Daily Enteprise, the village board this week approved a $10.80 increase per month for water rates and a $10 increase per month for sewer rates — a 48% hike for … Read more
Beginning Monday, May 2, Adirondack Health’s visitation policy will allow two designated visitors per patient. The policy previously only allowed for one designated visitor due to heightened COVID-19 numbers. As of Monday, May 2, two designated visitors per patient will be allowed at the same time at Adirondack Medical Center between the hours of 9:30 … Read more
Saranac Lake Village Clerk Kareen Tyler submitted her resignation on Tuesday after serving as clerk for the past 22 years. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Deputy Clerk/Deputy Treasurer Lidia O’Kelly submitted a resignation letter last week, after more than four years on the job. Tyler’s resignation is effective May 18. O’Kelly’s resignation is effective … Read more
North Country Community College and its Student Government Association will host a free Community Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, May 1, on the college’s Saranac Lake campus. The breakfast will take place in the college Connector, between Mulholland and McCormick halls, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Students, faculty and staff will be serving the breakfast. … Read more
The North Elba Transfer Station is accepting brush or tree branches after the recent storm. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the transfer station will be accepting the material for free –from North Elba and village of Lake Placid residents — until May 1st at 74 Recycle Circle Lane. It’s open everyday except Thursdays, Sundays and … Read more
North Country Community College is partnering with the Franklin County Suicide Prevention Coalition to host a pair of Mental Health Awareness events for the community – one in Malone, one in Saranac Lake – and is seeking submissions of art to showcase at each event. Each Mental Health Awareness community event will feature mental health … Read more
The Saranac Lake village board is voting Monday on whether or not to create a new Housing Task Force, reports the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. That panel would be a successor to the village housing work group, which completed its housing recommendations earlier this year. This task force would have the goal of suggesting which of … Read more
The Saranac Lake village board is voting Monday on resolutions that would shift the power of development code enforcement in the village from a code enforcement officer to the community development director. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, one resolution on the agenda would eliminate Development Code Administrator Paul Blaine’s position, which the village created … Read more
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced $59 million in funding is now available for the Clean Green Schools initiative, which will advance clean energy and energy efficiency solutions to improve indoor air quality and reduce emissions for more than 600 under-resourced public Pre-K-12 schools across the state. All public school buildings across New York State that … Read more