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Health

Air quality advisory continues for sensitive groups

SARANAC LAKE — The air quality in the Tri-Lakes region is expected to be unhealthy for sensitive groups on Tuesday, July 18. An Air Quality Index value of 135 is predicted for Saranac Lake and surrounding areas Tuesday, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow.gov Air ...

Statewide air quality advisory in effect today

The state departments of Health and Environmental Conservation issued a statewide air quality advisory on Sunday. The advisory will be in effect from midnight to 11:59 p.m. on Monday. The air quality in the Tri-Lakes region is expected to reach “unhealthy” levels on Monday, with a ...

Hudson Headwaters eyes Lake Placid for primary care office

LAKE PLACID — Hudson Headwaters Health Network wants to open a new primary care office in the village of Lake Placid. Pam Fisher, the director of community relations for Hudson Headwaters — or HHHN — told the News in an email Thursday, July 6 that the Queensbury-based health network ...

Lake Placid dental facility closes after staff resignation

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Health’s dental facility on Barn Road in Lake Placid has closed “indefinitely,” according to Adirondack Health Director of Communications Matt Scollin. Scollin said the dental facility had to close recently after staff resignations and “key staff ...

Keene Arts exhibit benefits Champlain Area Trails

KEENE — Champlain Area Trails will benefit from an art exhibit at Keene Arts throughout July. Four Adirondack artists — Kevin Raines, Rob Powell, Dan Keegan and Steve Van Nort — have teamed up with the Keene Arts owners Mal and Zizi MacDougall to create a benefit exhibition to ...

Adirondack Health ends mask rule at most facilities

SARANAC LAKE — Effective Monday, April 3, masks were no longer required for healthy individuals at Adirondack Health campuses — with the exception of the Mercy Living Center nursing home in Tupper Lake, where the masking requirement will remain in place. Also, as of April 3, drive-up ...