ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that the regular spring turkey season for all licensed turkey hunters opens May 1 and ends May 31 in Upstate New York north of the Bronx-Westchester County boundary and in Suffolk County on Long ...

SARANAC LAKE — Seventy teen writers from around the Adirondacks will see their creative work published in the second “Wild Words Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology” this spring. The book will launch at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Harrietstown Town Hall, 39 Main St, Saranac Lake. ...

KEENE — Jeanne Warner, of Keene Valley and New York City, was recently awarded the Adirondack Garden Club’s Gretta Prince Memorial GCA Cachepot, a distinction given annually to a member in recognition significant contributions to the club. The special award was established in 1993 by ...

ALBANY — The state Legislature passed a $237 billion state budget 19 days late on Saturday, April 20, following five budget extensions and a cyberattack on April 17 that slowed the drafting process. The new financial plan includes packages aimed at addressing the statewide affordable housing ...

ALBANY — Legislators at the New York State Capitol have begun voting on bills for the late state budget and expect that a fiscal plan may be finalized by Saturday, April 20. Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, said shortly before 9 a.m. Friday that the Assembly had passed four of ...

WILMINGTON — It’s strange to see — after 141 days of downhill skiing and snowboarding at the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center this winter — the whiteface.com conditions report say 0 lifts (of 13) and 0 trails (of 96) were open on Monday, April 15. The last runs on the mountain were on ...