“Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau has released his poster design for the 2021 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Using the Winter Carnival’s designated theme “Mask-erade,” Trudeau’s illustration shows multiple “Doonesbury” characters with different face masks representing various features of the Adirondacks. Trudeau, who was raised in Saranac Lake, has created the Winter Carnival poster design since 2012 … Read more
A 22-year-old college student from Pennsylvania died from a ski accident on Whiteface. Bernhard “Tanner” Kahlau of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, was skiing at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center when he lost control, veered off a trail and hit trees shortly after noon on Tuesday, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Kahlau was a business management major … Read more
The Tupper Lake Central School District will remaint in virtual learning mode until Tuesday, January 19th according a post on the district’s Facebook page. The post reads, “It is our hope that all of the contact tracing and quarantine notifications that have been enacted over the last few days stemming from a few different sources … Read more
On January 11, 2021, at approximately 11:15 a.m., State Police responded to report of an altercation in the town of Tupper Lake. An investigation revealed that 21-year-old Chase J. Vaillancourt-Nadeau of Tupper Lake menaced the victim with a knife inside the victim’s car while they were driving, prohibiting the victim from exiting the car. The … Read more
North County U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s alma mater, Harvard University, removed her from its Institute of Politics’ Senior Advisory Committee Tuesday, saying her false allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election “have no basis in fact.” Stefanik, part of the Harvard undergraduate Class of 2006, responded Tuesday that the college was “bowing to … Read more
The Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department quickly extinguished flames spouting from the window of an apartment house at the corner of Park Avenue and Baker Street just before 5 p.m. Monday. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise says a neighboring house is just yards away from the multi apartment building. The fire was contained to one first-floor … Read more
The three University of Vermont Health Network New York hospitals continue to focus on the vaccination of front line health care workers and community health care partners and will not, at this time, be offering the vaccine to New Yorkers in Tier 1b of that plan: those 75 and older, correction officers, teachers and other … Read more
Franklin County’s website (www.franklincountyny.gov) now offers an option to enroll in e-notifications via email or text by clicking on the “E-Notifications” box on the home page. You can opt to receive e-notifications when changes are made to Personnel’s page, including exam announcements or job postings, or to the website’s home page, or to COVID-19 related … Read more
Essex County, NY Public Health officials report that as of January 11, New Yorkers in Phase 1a and segments of Phase 1b are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccinating the populations in Phases 1a and 1b is expected to be a weeks- to months-long endeavor. It is estimated currently that completing vaccinations for the groups eligible … Read more
The Lake Placid Sinfonietta received a generous donation from NBT Bank to sponsor a Park Series concert in the summer of 2021. The Lake Placid Sinfonietta’s 2021 season will run from Wednesday July 7 through Sunday August 15. For more information please visit the orchestra website at www.LakePlacidSinfonietta.org.