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Adirondack Health to close dental office in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — After 30 years of providing dental services to residents in Lake Placid and surrounding areas, Adirondack Health has announced plans to close its Lake Placid dental care center this spring amid staffing issues and financial “stressors.” With few specifics released about the ...

Politicians react to Lake Placid ER closure plan

LAKE PLACID — The emergency room in Lake Placid could soon be closing its doors. Adirondack Health, which operates the ER at the Lake Placid Health and Medical Fitness Center, submitted a closure plan to the state Thursday. The move comes as the hospital faces inflation and pandemic-related ...

AMC’s September births

SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Health announces the following births at the Adirondack Medical Center in September. Buhler: A son, Owen Thomas, born Sept. 1 at 8:16 a.m., weighing 9 lbs. 9 oz. to Hannah Dennis-Buhler and Jacob Buhler of Saranac Lake. Hunter: A daughter, Quinn Penelope, born ...

Canada dropping COVID border rules Saturday

Starting Saturday, Oct. 1, people entering Canada by plane, train or automobile will no longer face COVID-19 testing or vaccination requirements or restrictions. The Canadian government officially announced on Monday, Sept. 26 that it would drop all COVID-19-related border crossing ...

New COVID boosters arrive for Essex County’s Monday clinics

The Essex County Health Department is offering upgraded booster shots for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at the department’s vaccine clinics starting on Monday, Sept. 12. The updated boosters, called “bivalent boosters,” add components of recent variants of the ...

New COVID boosters arrive at Essex County clinic today

The Essex County Health Department is offering upgraded booster shots for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at the department’s vaccine clinics starting on Monday, Sept. 12. The updated boosters, called “bivalent boosters,” add components of recent variants of the ...