SARANAC LAKE — Enrollment at North Country Community College has again increased by 8% year-to-year — the fourth consecutive semester that the college’s enrollment has been on an incline, signaling a rebound post-coronavirus pandemic. Classes at the college started on Aug. 26 and NCCC ...

LAKE PLACID — Residents, teachers and students voiced both support and opposition for a proposed cellphone ban at the Lake Placid Middle/High School during a public hearing on Aug. 13. At the hearing, Lake Placid Central School District board members presented proposed changes to the ...

PAUL SMITHS — Three Paul Smith’s College staff members have been promoted to leadership positions as the college creates new research institutes in an effort to drive enrollment, grants and revenue. Since 1989, the college has run the Adirondack Watershed Institute, a water quality ...

PAUL SMITHS — Dan Kelting has become the official president of Paul Smith’s College after nearly two years as the interim president. The announcement of his title change came as students started arriving on campus for the fall semester. College officials say that under Kelting, the ...

SARANAC LAKE — A new scholarship program is available to help cover the cost of college for students pursuing careers as addiction service professionals. North Country Community College has partnered with the state Office of Addiction Services and Supports to create the Addiction ...

SARANAC LAKE — School districts in the Tri-Lakes approved new tax rates for property owners this week. Voters OKed the school budgets in May, setting how much in taxes each district would collect. But the tax rate — the rate at which each dollar of assessed home value is taxed at — ...