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A community’s generosity

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SARANAC LAKE — On Saturday, the Saranac Lake Holiday Helpers will be distributing hundreds and hundreds of toys to local children for the holidays. There are crafts, science kits, NERF guns, six doll houses from FAO Schwarz, LEGOs, hand bags with nail and makeup accessories and lots and ...

Patching the cracks

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TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake Central School District is targeting old lead pipes and a busted cafeteria floor, both at the middle-high school, for its upcoming capital outlay project. The district’s board of education approved a resolution at its Dec. 1 meeting to move forward with the ...

Tricky travel today

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SARANAC LAKE — A winter weather advisory is in effect for Franklin, Essex and St. Lawrence counties until 7 a.m. Thursday, as another snow storm rolls through the Adirondacks in what has been a cold and snowy start to the winter season. The National Weather Service’s Burlington, Vermont ...

APA’s top lawyer leaves as howitzer hearing looms

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RAY BROOK — The Adirondack Park Agency's top attorney, Damion K. L. Stodola, will be leaving the agency at the beginning of the new year. The departure comes as the APA readies for an adjudicatory hearing concerning a proposed howitzer artillery cannon testing range in the town of Lewis. ...

Hochul signs some, vetoes nearly 50 bills amid year-end push

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ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed 48 bills on Friday, part of a push to wrap up action on the last of the legislation passed in the Capitol this year. Earlier last week, Hochul called for nearly 100 bills to be sent to her chamber for review; where she would take the last steps necessary ...