LAKE PLACID — A planned affordable housing cooperative in Lake Placid is slowly becoming a reality. The co-op, which is located on a 103-acre plot of land off Averyville Road in Lake Placid, was announced in early 2022 when an anonymous private donor handed the parcel of land over to the ...

SUNY Potsdam on Tuesday announced it would make dramatic cuts to programming and staffing to cut costs in the face of a $9 million budget hole, but the college’s financial woes and precipitous drop in student enrollment aren’t a unique trend. Officials announced a plan for Potsdam that ...

Whether it’s offering prospective employees subsidized housing, college tuition reimbursement or simply a workplace that no longer has staid oil paintings on the walls, local employers have been using a variety of creative strategies to entice workers in a labor market that heavily favors job ...

Matthew Stanley has secured the Jay town supervisor seat, and voters have chosen incumbent councilor Knut Sauer and newcomer Steve Forbes to serve on the town council, unofficial election results from the Essex County Board of Elections show. - Supervisor - Stanley led the supervisor ...

Students are heading back to school next week. The coronavirus safety precautions they take will mostly be the same across districts, but some practices — like health screenings — will vary by school district. With the first day of school a few days away, all local school districts have ...