The Saranac Lake village development board unanimously approved a site plan from Bloomingdale-based Hex and Hop Brewing to open a new brewing and tavern location in the soon-to-be-vacated Pendragon Theatre building on Brandy Brook Avenue. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the site plan application was approved with several contingencies relating to parking, hours of operation … Read more
A Troy man was arrested Tuesday evening after allegedly stealing a truck at the Saranac Lake Stewart’s Shops and fleeing to Lake Placid, causing a police pursuit before crashing into a building. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports 46 year old Brian C. Genthner was charged with third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor … Read more
The Family Matters Resource Center and the Tupper Lake Public Library have teamed up again for the third year in a row to put on a winter coat drive. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, n ew, gently-used and like-new children’s winter gear is being accepted now through Oct. 31 at three drop-off locations in … Read more
The Town of Jay Climate Smart Communities Taskforce recently completed a solar array installation at the town’s highway garage. Sun Community News reports the new 64-kilowatt (kW) system is expected to generate about 70,000 kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity per year, which will not only completely offset electricity used at the garage, roughly 40,000 kWh per … Read more
On Oct. 14 at 9:30 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a concerned mother who stated her daughter was overdue from hiking Mount Marcy and may not have a light source. Forest Rangers Foutch, Rooney, and Snye responded. At 1:30 a.m., rangers located the 18-year-old’s vehicle at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Complex and … Read more
The Saranac Lake Central School has announced the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards. This year’s recipients are Suzanne Dugan and Richard Meyer. There will be a dinner to honor them on Nov. 8 at the Hotel Saranac. The dinner will also feature a silent auction to benefit the community schools initiative.
If you have an early-stage business idea, the Adirondack Community Foundation’s Adirondack Innovation Initiative wants to hear it. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the group is currently accepting idea submissions for its Adirondack Launch Pad. The program is meant to match people with new services, technological inventions, products or other business ideas to a network … Read more
Unconventional Concepts President Michael Hopmeier and town of Lewis residents engaged in an evening of frequently testy exchanges at a public meeting Thursday, as homeowners protested a recent series of war games that they viewed as inconsistent with the tranquility of the Adirondack Park. Hopmeier contended the noise associated with low-flying aircraft and weapons testing … Read more
Adirondack Voters for Change will sponsor a community forum on the proposed Emergency Services Complex project on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Harrietstown Town Hall. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the forum will open with a presentation on the project planning timeline, to date. Prepared using publicly available sources, the timeline … Read more
A Malone man who had been missing since Sept. 18 was found dead near a remote trail in Brighton on Saturday, after a month of searching from numerous law enforcement agencies. 90 year old John “Jack” D. Miller was reported missing on Sept. 18 after he drove away from his home in Malone. On Saturday, … Read more