Investor (or corporate) single-homeownership has an adverse effect on individual homeownership. Research indicates that investors, often paying cash, outbid individual homebuyers. According to this research, the increasing presence of investors in the housing market explains over half of real ...

The Saranac Lake Village Board is unable to reach consensus regarding short-term rentals. Specifically, there is profound disagreement regarding the upcoming expiration of the moratorium on new STRs in the village. The reason for this difficult negotiation is inherent in the subject itself. ...

The largest oil producer in the world is the USA. Not Iran, Saudi Arabia or Russia. Most of that American production is consumed here. We also have a lot of idle, unused wells and capacity, as well as untapped fields. When the price of oil rises high enough, wells are turned on in Texas, etc. ...

In 1978, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) after determining that Native American children were being removed from their homes and communities at a significantly higher rate that non Native American children. Data indicated that 25 to 35 percent of all Native American children ...

November marks American Diabetes Month, with healthcare providers, public health agencies, educators and community organizations across the country rallying against the diabetes epidemic. Here in northern New York, a regionwide coalition has been in the trenches combating diabetes and ...

Standing on the fifth tee at the Saranac Lake Golf Club in 2005, course Superintendent Tony Barnes looked over at a cluster of varied pine trees on the right side of the fairway. A few trees had been there for 30 years or more, but most were more recent additions. The small plantation helped ...