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NY gives LPCA $7.5M to build new arts center

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Center for the Arts recently received a $7.5 million state grant to demolish the LPCA’s annex building and construct a new, modernized arts facility in its place. The grant, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts’ capital projects fund, comes as ...

ANCA sets up fam tour program for aspiring small business owners

SARANAC LAKE — A regional partnership focused on retaining small businesses in northern New York has launched a program that welcomes aspiring entrepreneurs to visit communities where they might be interested in operating a business. The North Country Center for Businesses in Transition ...

A plate of their own

SARANAC LAKE — Charles Williams has been cooking up meals in local kitchens since he got his first summer job here in 1993, and now he has a restaurant of his own in downtown Saranac Lake with his wife Rikelmy, where they plan to serve up staples from their own home table. “It’s what me ...

Farmers market season in the Olympic Region begins May 20

Fresh vegetables, live music and locally-produced breads, brews and other foods are coming soon to an outdoor space near you. The farmers market season in the Olympic Region will kick off in Saranac Lake on Saturday, May 20. The Saranac Lake farmers market — which, along with the Lake ...

APA deems Jay resort plan incomplete for third time

The Adirondack Park Agency recently determined that Eric Stackman’s application for a proposed resort-style development in the town of Jay is still incomplete. The APA issued Stackman his third NIPA — or Notice of Incomplete Permit Application — on April 28, more than two weeks after ...

ROOST officials detail goals during Spring Social

LAKE PLACID — About 120 people packed the Lake Placid Center for the Arts gallery Saturday evening, April 29, to mingle, network and catch up with the movers and shakers of this community at the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism’s Spring Social. The social — an annual ROOST ...