The state Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking a two-year extension on its contract for the Route 73 hiker shuttle in the High Peaks. DEC Public Information Officer Lori Severino confirmed on Wednesday, March 22 that the department is “in the process of executing” a ...

SARANAC LAKE — After eight years of blazing trails with the Barkeater Trails Alliance, Josh Wilson has decided to leave his role as executive director of the nonprofit he’s been with since its founding years. Wilson, 42, has been a part of BETA since its beginnings as a grassroots ...

It’s a local election year, and voters in Essex County municipalities — including the towns of North Elba, Jay, Keene and Wilmington — will see several seats on the ballot this November. The petitioning period for candidates running on a major party line officially started at the end of ...

LAKE PLACID — Now that winter weather has set in, with cold and snow, residents and visitors have taken to the ice of Mirror Lake for some fun. The two dogsled providers have been busy at opposite ends of Main Street — one behind Brewster Park and one behind the Golden Arrow Lakeside ...

LAKE PLACID — North Elba Park District staff Wednesday, Feb. 22 finished rebuilding one of the two runs at the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute and set a reopening date for the following evening, after almost of foot of snow was expected, Park District Manager Butch Martin said that morning. Yet ...