WILMINGTON — Long-time resident and retired businessman Sam Haselton has announced a write-in campaign for Wilmington town supervisor, filling a space left by current Supervisor Favor Smith, who announced his retirement earlier this month. Smith had already received the nomination to run on ...
ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate, and extract lost, ...
LAKE PLACID — When the calendar for the Lake Placid Center for the Arts renovation was solidified, it just happened to be around the time Parons Dance was due to come for their recurring residency there. This hatched an idea — the dancers will be the last ones to perform on the stage ...
KEENE VALLEY — In the Adirondacks, summers are busy and winters — even now, with global climate change — are long and hard. Over the generations, local people have invented diverse and original ways of making a living. Enter Nevin “Nevy” Dockery, who works by turn as musician, model, ...
SARANAC LAKE — A long-vacant house on Brandy Brook Avenue was demolished last week, and the Essex County Land Bank plans to build a new, affordable home in its place within the next year. The property at 34 Brandy Brook Ave. has been vacant since the early 2010s, was foreclosed on in 2014 ...
LAKE PLACID — The fourth annual Adirondack Family Book Festival on Saturday, Aug. 16 gave local kids the opportunity to meet some of their favorite authors, and maybe find some new ones. Four-year-old Violet King was returning for her third year and received a book signed by Tracey ...