ALBANY — The state prisons are rolling out a new screening process meant to catch drugs and other contraband smuggled into facilities through legal mail. Legal mail, letters and documents sent between an incarcerated person and their attorney or representatives on the outside, has long ...
LAKE PLACID — The state Legislature is considering a constitutional amendment that would allow New York to purchase at least 2,500 acres of land for the Forest Preserve, if approved by New York voters. The purchase would offset up to 323 acres of Forest Preserve land at the Olympic Sports ...
VERMONTVILLE — A barn fire at a home in Vermontville killed three goats and brought out numerous fire departments on Tuesday afternoon. The property owners are now fundraising to replace the workshop and goat shelter they lost in the blaze. The Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department ...
LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Central School District board voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the district’s budget for the 2025-26 school year. This budget is an increase of about 3% from last year, and will be beneath the tax cap. Although some costs are projected to rise next ...
LAKE PLACID — The North Elba Town Council approved 15 grants on Tuesday from the Local Enhancement and Advancement Fund. These grants support projects by local organizations that provide direct benefit to the community. The council also approved three applicants to the Cannabis Sales ...
KEESEVILLE — Adirondack Architectural Heritage has opened a new round of funding for the Adirondack Rural Revitalization Program. The program is open to private, public and nonprofit owners of historic properties throughout the Adirondack region — Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, ...