LAKE PLACID — Small businesses in the town of North Elba have until Monday, June 7 to submit applications to the Essex County Industrial Development Agency for COVID-19 emergency grants. The town of North Elba COVID-19 Business Emergency Grant Fund was recently awarded $225,000 through ...

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid High School seniors Isabella Armstrong, Rylee Preston and Natalie Tavares have spent their last years in high school learning under the constraints of a global pandemic. When they graduate from college, they all want to get a job in health care. “I think I ...

LAKE PLACID — Both the Ironman triathlon and the Lake Placid Summit Classic lacrosse tournament will return to Lake Placid this summer with a vaccination requirement and a cap on the number of athletes allowed to compete. Ironman Race Director Greg Borzilleri and Summit lacrosse ...

ALBANY — New York eased its mask and social distancing mandates again Wednesday, but people shouldn’t be throwing their face coverings in the garbage just yet. Masks are still required for everyone in many settings. Millions of unvaccinated New Yorkers still have to wear them in most ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Vaccinated New Yorkers can ditch their masks, even indoors, the New York City marathon is coming back and Radio City Music Hall will reopen to vaccinated audiences, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday in a flurry of announcements intended to accelerate the state’s ...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has yet to say whether he will change his state’s mask or social distancing rules in light of new federal guidance that eases rules for fully vaccinated people. Cuomo said Thursday that his administration is reviewing the new federal guidance and ...