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 ...
LAKE PLACID — The village of Lake Placid was awarded a $50,000 Wastewater Infrastructure Engineering Planning Grant from the state. The funds will be used for a study that will evaluate the sewers along the lower section of Main Street. The village and town of North Elba are gearing up for ...
SARANAC LAKE — The Essex County Republican Committee has seen a shift in leadership this summer. Wayne Taylor, who became vice chair of the committee in November, is now the chair. The first and second vice chair spots are currently vacant. The shift in leadership came when the former ...
LAKE PLACID — When the Thrive and Thrift food pantry and thrift store opened in the location of a basketball court at the Shipman Youth Center, village officials didn’t think the court would be missed. However, comments and concerns from the community quickly proved otherwise. The ...