The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education is proposing to increase spending and taxes in its $22.4 million proposed budget. The district’s 2024-25 budget would stay within the state’s tax cap. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the district is proposing to spend $22.4 million in 2024-25, a 3% increase from $21,746,602 in 2023-24.
The Ausable Two-Fly Challenge is set to take place from May 16-18 along the famed west branch of the Ausable River. The event, now in its 24th year, brings more than 100 anglers to the Adirondacks. Sun Community News reports the premise of the Ausable Two-Fly Challenge is that anglers must catch fish on the … Read more
Local affordable housing non-profit Adirondack Roots received $336,000 in funding last week to build up to 60 new homes in the North Country. According to the Adirondack Daily Enteprise, the funding for the project comes primarily from a $300,000 Smart Growth Grant award from the state government, with an additional $36,000 cash infusion coming from … Read more
Authorities said a violent violation of a protection order has left a Lake Placid man facing charges. Lake Placid Village Police responded to a domestic incident early April 28 after Austin J. Preston allegedly violated a protection order. After being taken into custody at 4:41 a.m., Preston, 30, was arrested on a felony charge of … Read more
Former North Country School teacher and local outdoors enthusiast Melissa Orzechowski was critically injured during a 1,000-foot fall in Denali National Park and Preserve last week. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports, now almost a week into recovery, Orzechowski, 30, is stable in an Anchorage hospital and a GoFundMe to help with her medical expenses has … Read more
The Adirondack Center for Writing’s (ACW) annual Poem Village project is now installed in shop windows around Saranac Lake until May 19. To celebrate the record number of poets (237) published this year, ACW is inviting anyone who contributed a poem in 2024 to read their piece at a casual event on Tuesday, May 14, … Read more
High school students from across the region traveled to North Country Community College’s Saranac Lake campus on Tuesday to get a taste of what the college experience is all about. Explore NCCC Day, organized by the college and CFES Brilliant Pathways, brought more than 150 students in grades 9 through 12 to the campus for … Read more
The Ausable River Association is planning a number of changes, including a move to a new headquarters in Jay and a name change. According to the Adirondack Explorer, it has submitted a plan to build an office and educational space along 1,000 feet of river frontage in the town, a project still years from completion. … Read more
The Saranac Lake Central School District’s Farm to School program is seeking volunteers to help complete upgrades of the Petrova greenhouse and gardens. Sun Community News reports the work will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Petrova School Garden in Saranac Lake. The worksite is located on the … Read more
A program that has been saving thousands of Franklin and Essex County residents a collective $4 million on their internet bills for the past two years is winding down tomorrow as money from the federal government runs out. According to the Press Enteprise, the Affordable Connectivity Program was introduced by the Federal Communications Commission in … Read more