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Meet the Saranac Lake nurses who crochet Santa hats for December babies

Christine Merrill knows a lot about babies. She’s had three of her own and has been helping deliver them for decades. So when she tells you about baby safety and style, you listen. “The first couple of days you need to keep a hat on your baby’s head and they might as well look cute ...

Local student inducted into the Order of the Engineer

TROY — Stephanie Fortune of Tupper Lake, was among the 210 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seniors on Oct. 30 inducted into the Order of the Engineer, a national organization dedicated to upholding the highest ethical standards for the engineering profession. In addition to taking the ...

FEH BOCES Honor Roll, first quarter

SARANAC LAKE — First-quarter grades are out for Adirondack Educational Center in Saranac Lake, the Tri-Lakes area’s vocation education campus for the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services). Named below are the students who achieved the high honor roll and ...

Adirondack Foundation appoints new leaders to board, council

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Foundation has announced leadership transitions for its Board of Trustees and Community Council, in addition to welcoming three new trustees. Bill Creighton, who joined the Board of Trustees in 2017, has been appointed as chair, taking the helm from Joe ...

Saranac Lake Middle School Honor Roll, first quarter

SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake Middle School has announced the following students were named to the first quarter academic honor roll. - Grade 8 - Madelyn Allard Aaliyah Anastasia Kenneth Beiras Nathaniel Besio Chloe Burch Leland Carpenter Medina Cecunjanin Zander Clark Amelia ...

Adirondack Health Foundation executive director to retire Dec. 31

SARANAC LAKE — At the end of the year, Hannah Hanford will retire after 14 years as the Adirondack Health Foundation’s executive director. “I feel very fortunate to have been able to carry Adirondack Health’s flag to the community and to our donors,” she said. “I’m proud of the ...