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Development Commission invites input for 2025 goals

LAKE PLACID — The town of North Elba Community Development Commission has announced an updated list of priorities for improving the town and village of Lake Placid this calendar year, and they are inviting members of the public to give their input. The development commission is made up of ...

Northern Forest Canoe Trail celebrates 25 years

WAITSFIELD, Vt. — The Northern Forest Canoe Trail celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2025, an occasion that will be marked with dozens of community events throughout the Northeast. The NFCT is a mapped inland water trail tracing 740 miles of Indigenous and historic travel routes across ...

Northern Lights School grant will fund critical building upgrades

SARANAC LAKE — As Gov. Kathy Hochul expressed this month in her State of the State address and proposed 2026 state budget, the future of New York’s child care sector continues to be a priority for her administration. This January, Northern Lights School received the green light from the ...

Stefanik’s UN ambassador nomination heads to full Senate

North County Rep. Elise Stefanik moved one step closer to being confirmed as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday, when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to advance her nomination out of committee and into a vote by the full Senate. Stefanik ...

Of mice and mystery

SARANAC LAKE — Eight strangers are trapped at a manor during a blizzard. And one of them is a murderer. Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” hits the Pendragon Theatre stage tonight and runs throughout Saranac Lake Winter Carnival until Feb. 9. The whodunit is the longest-running ...

Vermontville man dies in truck crash after medical event in Bloomingdale

BLOOMINGDALE — A Vermontville man died in a truck crash after a medical event in Bloomingdale on Wednesday evening. State Police spokeswoman Brandi Ashley said Alfred W. Clark, 71, was driving west on state Route 3 at around 5 p.m. when he suffered a medical event and lost control of the ...