LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid business owners who experienced financial hardships as a result of the multi-year construction project on Main Street can now apply for a grant to help make up for their losses. The Essex County Industrial Development Agency received a North Elba Local Enhancement ...

LAKE PLACID — Stewart’s Shops is seeking authorization to demolish its convenience store and neighboring former Desperados restaurant on Saranac Avenue, construct a new gas station and a Stewart’s district office in their place, and build out a four-pump fueling area under a 122-foot-long ...

LAKE PLACID — When husband-and-wife team Tom and Kylen Anderson started looking for a new business venture in Lake Placid about a year ago, the former Bowlwinkles building at 2750 Main St. was right up their alley. Now, the Andersons and local business partner Rob Kane — general manager ...

LAKE PLACID — Despite opposition from several local residents and hoteliers, the North Elba Town Council is supporting a developer’s second ask for state funding to renovate what remains of the former Quality Inn on Saranac Avenue and turn it into workforce housing. Bhavik Jariwala, on ...

JAY — Every year, Ward Lumber matches donations made at its stores up to $2,000 in support of local charities. This year, customers at the Jay location donated $1,383.96 from rounded up transactions, Ward Lumber donated $2,383.96, split between the town of Jay Food Shelf and the Jay ...

LAKE PLACID — The usual sound of people talking, laughing and shopping along Lake Placid’s Main Street was replaced with the sound of music echoing throughout the otherwise quiet business district on Thursday, Jan. 19, one week after the 11-day FISU Winter World University Games ...