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Thrive and Thrift has welcome start

In first photo, from left, North Elba Councilman Rick Preston, Lake Placid Deputy Mayor Jackie Kelly, Assemblyman Billy Jones, Thrive and Thrift Executive Director Linda Young, LPCSD Superintendent Tim Seymour and Steve Sama of the Homestead Development Corp. prepare to cut the ribbon at the ...

StarLab Planetarium shines brightly in debut

TUPPER LAKE — The stars were on full display, a striking occurrence for high noon on a sunny Saturday. There was no solar eclipse. In fact, it all took place inside under not just one, but two roofs. The show was made possible by the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory’s new StarLab, a ...

DEC seeks public comment on species conservation

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Friday that it is seeking public input on the draft list of Species of Greatest Conservation Need and associated species status assessments. The information gathered will be used in updating the state Wildlife Action ...

‘It feels good to be nice’

SARANAC LAKE — Students at St. Bernard’s School excitedly dug into boxes on Friday, pulling out underwear and socks and wrapping them up with string, along with letters of support and drawings of cats, stars and basketballs. The 20-or-so K-5 students are all in the Catholic school’s ...

Name game

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Central School District Board of Education has agreed to transfer the name of Wilson-Raymond field — currently where the Red Storm play football behind Petrova Elementary School — to a new turf Field to be constructed at the high school. The board ...

Perfect streak

SARANAC LAKE — Washington Post data analyst Dan Keating set out on a mission after the presidential election on Nov. 5. He wanted to see which U.S. counties have voted for the winning presidential candidate in all seven elections since the year 2000. His findings hit close to ...