NEW YORK — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River Thursday, killing a family of five visiting from Spain and the pilot, a ...
A private plane that crashed in upstate New York on Saturday was carrying a close-knit family of physicians and distinguished student athletes, bound for a trip to the Catskills to mark a 25th birthday and the Passover holiday. The twin-engine aircraft, a Mitsubishi MU-2B, went down shortly ...
SARANAC LAKE — Eighteen law enforcement officers and mental health professionals from around the North Country graduated from a Crisis Intervention Team training held by the Saranac Lake Police Department this week. The 40-hour course, taught by law enforcement and mental health ...
SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Central School District Board of Education unanimously adopted a $38.1 million budget on Wednesday. Now, the budget will go to the public for a final vote on May 20. The district is expecting to make three layoffs with this budget, and eliminate eight more ...
Rep. Elise Stefanik has a seat at the House Republican leadership table again — filling a role that has been unused for more than a decade. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, announced on Wednesday that she will be the chair of House Republican Leadership. It’s a role that Stefanik said she ...
ALBANY — Two of the North Country’s representatives in the state Capitol are pushing to reverse Gov. Kathy Hochul’s blanket ban on rehiring any of the 2,000 corrections officers who were fired after an extended work-stoppage from February to March. On Thursday, Sen. Dan Stec, ...