The Essex County Health Department (ECHD) is ready to scale up its vaccine distribution operations to include those with comorbidities and underlying health conditions. New Yorkers with these conditions are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning February 15, according to an announcement made by Governor Cuomo last week. Anyone 18 years of age and … Read more
ROOST is conducting a short survey to help refine the destination marketing message for the Lake Champlain Region. The Lake Champlain Region comprises the towns of Keeseville, Willsboro, Essex, Lewis, Elizabethtown, Westport, Moriah/Port Henry, Crown Point, and Ticonderoga in Essex County. The survey is designed to better understand what motivates people to live, work, and … Read more
Backcountry downhill skiers, snowboarders, and others who may traverse slides or steep, open terrain in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondacks should be aware of and prepared for avalanche conditions, according to DEC. Avalanche danger increases during and immediately after major snowfalls and during thaws. The High Peaks have received approximately five to six … Read more
Lake Placid schools are getting a deep cleaning Friday and going remote after an elementary school student, a middle-high school student and a support staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the superintendent said he plans to have students return to in-person learning when classes resume after the break, … Read more
Members of the North Elba Town Council unanimously approved the hiring of Haley Breen as the town’s first-ever community development director on Tuesday evening. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports she is a soon to be graduate of Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) with a Master of Public Affairs and a concentration in environmental policy. … Read more
The Saranac Lake Village Board of Trustees is returning to in-person meetings next week after a group of people brought pornography and profanity to the board’s Monday Zoom session, which was quickly shut down. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports six to eight callers with unfamiliar names called in and overtook the video with smut after … Read more
News from Franklin County Public Health advises that Governor Cuomo has announced that individuals with certain comorbidities and pre-existing conditions will qualify for COVID-19 vaccination starting on Monday, February 15th. Individuals in this category may register for appointments at state-run sites starting on Sunday, February 14th. Supplies are still very limited.
A public participation meeting on the Upper Saranac Lake watershed management planning effort is scheduled for Thursday, February 18 from 7pm-8:30pm. The meeting is the first of three public sessions hosted by the Upper Saranac Foundation (USF) and the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI). The groups will present the results of the 2020 … Read more
State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras visited North Country Community College’s Saranac Lake campus Monday as the college begins testing of students, faculty and staff who will be on-campus for classes starting next week. Chancellor Malatras reviewed the college’s pooled surveillance testing operations, located in the Connector, and unveiled SUNY’s updated COVID-19 Tracker, … Read more
Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets announced on Monday that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement that creates an alliance between the grocery chains, nearly doubling their collective footprint in the Northeast. This transaction unites the two independent New York-based grocery chains, which have deep ties to their local communities and shared … Read more