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Newspaper chain helps local businesses

Tri-Lakes area businesses can now apply for grants to help them recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Ogden Newspapers Inc., the parent company of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Lake Placid News, has established a $1 million fund to help local businesses get back to ...

NCCC will be remote all semester, including graduation

SARANAC LAKE — North Country Community College employees will continue to work remotely through the end of the semester, and classes will resume online March 30 as planned. In an email message to faculty, staff and students on Friday, college President Joe Keegan outlined the ...

COVID-19 by the numbers

Essex County 5 — Confirmed cases, none new Friday 30 — People in mandatory or precautionary quarantine, 3 fewer than Thursday 61 — People who have been tested and received results, 7 more than Thursday - Franklin County 3 — Confirmed cases, 1 new Friday 23 — ...

Common COVID-19 questions answered

SARANAC LAKE — Public health officials answered a range of questions about the coronavirus during a virtual panel in Saranac Lake on Friday. The panelists included Patrick Murphy, director of the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the event, as well as Adirondack Health ...

Schools closed 2 more weeks

Schools statewide will stay closed for an additional two weeks — until April 15 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday during his daily coronavirus press briefing, but local schools were already planning to be closed through April 20. This extension essentially allows schools to continue to ...

Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the ...