KEENE — A fresh paint job and new signage are drawing attention to what looks like a new furniture business here. In reality, said Ted Keenan, proprietor, “We’ve been working on it for four years.” The business is taking off and coming into its own. The sign, clearly visible to those ...

Steven Cacchio, president and CEO of Champlain National Bank, recently announced that the employees listed below have been promoted. - Ralitsa Livermore, the new Lake Placid branch manager, started with Champlain National Bank in 2017 as a teller. She was promoted to Elizabethtown assistant ...

CANTON — The Adirondack Explorer and North Country Public Radio will welcome journalist David Escobar as a Report for America corps member. In a unique partnership between the two regional newsrooms, Escobar will report on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Adirondack Park. He ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — In celebration of Earth Day, the Adirondack Council recently awarded 12 micro-grants totaling $24,500 to local farmers and value-added food/beverage/fiber producers. The initiative is an effort to support climate-friendly economic activity inside the Adirondack ...

JAY — Ward Lumber, a local lumber dealer for the North Country since 1890 and a worker-owned cooperative since 2021, started 2024 with Bryan Mellick as its new CEO. Jay Ward’s service as CEO allowed the board to do a comprehensive national search for his replacement. “Bryan really ...

LAKE PLACID — A primary care health center operated by Hudson Headwaters Health Network is set to open this summer in Lake Placid’s former emergency room on Old Military Road. The practice will include family medicine, care management, family planning, preventative women’s health ...