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Continuing Education Scholarships available

SARANAC LAKE — Women’s College Scholarship Club is offering four $3,000 Continuing Education scholarships to people residing in Franklin or Essex County. These scholarships are for men and women who wish to return to school after an absence of at least one year to change or enhance ...

Marking 25 years of Uihlein Foundation in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — A quarter-century of philanthropic support by the Uihlein Foundation will be duly noted over the coming months as the local organization sets the stage for its next 25 years. The foundation, which to date has granted over $16 million in charitable giving and programming to ...

‘Hands Off’ rally in Saranac Lake

SARANAC LAKE — Hundreds and hundreds of locals turned out Saturday afternoon to protest the federal government and voice their displeasure with how the country is being run in one of more than 1,000 “Hands Off” rallies held nationwide. The protestors want the government’s ...

Breaking through

PAUL SMITHS — Nothing was off the table. That was the mentality that the Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network (ACORN) approached its 11th listening session held at Paul Smith’s College on Sunday. The meeting drew about 30, including members of the public, PSC ...

USDA cuts threaten strained North Country food systems

When grass is healthy, it’s full of protein and easy for cows to digest. Sometimes the summers are unbearably hot, and the grass dries up and energy is sent instead to the seed. The grass becomes less nutritious and the cows don’t produce as much milk. If the summer then becomes unusually ...

Schools get unclear DEI directive from fed

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state education departments requesting every school district in the country sign a certification that they are not using diversity, equity and inclusion programs that are deemed discriminatory by the federal government, or they ...