SARANAC LAKE — Warmth and joy were abound on Sunday as hundreds packed the North Country Community College’s Sparks Athletic Complex for the 40th annual Holiday Craft Fair. Organizers estimated that around 500 people came to the fair before noon, and they expected between 800 and ...

SARANAC LAKE — More than 2,400 shoeboxes and counting are being stacked in all corners of High Peaks Church during drop-off week for the annual Operation Christmas Child gift donation event. Shoeboxes filled with toys, essentials and other gifts for children around the world can still ...

SARANAC LAKE — The pharmacy counter inside the Saranac Lake Walgreens is closing indefinitely starting on Dec. 2 and people will need to drive to the chain’s location in Lake Placid to pick up prescriptions with the company for the time being. A sign on the front door of the shop says ...

LAKE PLACID — Amidst a Friday morning downpour of rain that verged on sleet, Thrive and Thrift food pantry volunteers packed food and household items into reusable shopping bags at the pantry’s opening day. Linda Young, executive director of Thrive and Thrift, walked around the brand new ...

SARANAC LAKE — A column of flame sprang up from the MX Fuel propane storage yard behind Kinney Drugs off Broadway on Thursday afternoon. But all was well. This was a controlled burn. From the road, it looked like the inferno was coming directly from the large propane storage tanks. But it ...