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‘Be brave like Ruby’

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SARANAC LAKE — Around 90 Petrova Elementary School students, donning hats and gloves, met in the Main Street parking lot as the sun rose on Friday morning and walked up the hill to school carrying homemade posters. They were commemorating the 65th anniversary of Ruby Bridges’ historic ...

APA sends Lewis howitzer range to adjudicatory hearing

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RAY BROOK — The Adirondack Park Agency Board voted unanimously on Friday morning to send a proposed howitzer testing range in the town of Lewis to an adjudicatory hearing. The move by the full 11-member board follows the recommendation by APA staff. The APA board’s Regulatory ...

Jay incumbents reelected, Cromie wins Wilmington council seat

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Updated vote tallies from the Essex County Board of Elections have confirmed winners in several local races that were too close to determine for certain on election night. The new vote total reflects the addition of the absentee ballots that have been returned, validated and counted. State ...

APA moves toward adjudicatory hearing for howitzer range

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RAY BROOK — The Adirondack Park Agency Board appears slated to send the proposed howitzer artillery weapons testing range in the town of Lewis to an adjudicatory hearing. The APA board’s four-person regulatory committee voted unanimously to recommend doing so on Thursday. The motion ...

‘You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone’

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SARANAC LAKE — John Rugge is one of around 250 health professionals and activists who are traveling the North Country, warning people about the impending cuts to Medicaid and the impacts that will have on people’s insurance, their health and the local medical industry as a whole. The ...

Tupper town board passes budget, fire protection agreement

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TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake town board unanimously voted to adopt its 2026 budget, as well as a five-year fire protection agreement with the village of Tupper Lake — which oversees the Tupper Lake Volunteer Fire Department — at its regular meeting on Monday. The approximately ...