LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-North Elba Planning Review Board gave two projects the green light to issue a notice to neighbors during a meeting Wednesday. This approval also functions as an opportunity for the public to weigh in. The projects include a housing plan beside the Cold Brook ...

KEENE VALLEY — Gabrielle and Steve Popp took a big “leap of faith” more than five years ago when they moved to this hamlet in the town of Keene to take over ownership of a coffee shop on state Route 73, which they rebranded as Old Mountain Coffee. Now, in order to spend more time with ...

Walgreens is planning to close around 1,200 locations, as the drugstore chain and its rivals struggle to define their role for U.S. shoppers who no longer look to them first for convenience. Drugstores that once snapped up prime retail space in towns and cities across the country are in ...

SARANAC LAKE — On Monday, the back rooms of RiverTrail Beer Works were bustling with anxious energy as staff prepared for the brewery’s grand opening today. General Manager Morgan McReynolds stuffed glass vases with flowers in the kitchen. In the expansive glassed-in brewing room, ...

SARANAC LAKE — Small business owners and entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the busy traffic on the Adirondack Rail Trail and Adirondack Scenic Railroad may be eligible for up to $35,000 in grants after the towns of Harrietstown and Tupper Lake were awarded $200,000 each for a program ...

SARANAC LAKE — Construction on the Aubuchon Hardware plaza on Broadway is expected to start some time in November, and construction crews are currently preparing the site to lay the foundation for a new building after the former one was destroyed in a fire in early 2023. Michael Sambuceti, ...