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AuSable Valley school board approves $39.2M budget

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CLINTONVILLE — The AuSable Valley Central School District board voted unanimously on April 16 to approve the district’s 2025-26 school year budget. It is an increase of 3.36% from last year, and will be beneath the tax cap. The approved budget for the coming school year will be ...

Mount Van Hoevenberg work may go to statewide vote

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LAKE PLACID — The state Legislature is considering a constitutional amendment that would allow New York to purchase at least 2,500 acres of land for the Forest Preserve, if approved by New York voters. The purchase would offset up to 323 acres of Forest Preserve land at the Olympic Sports ...

New weather monitoring station installed at Mirror Lake

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LAKE PLACID — On April 3, Ausable Freshwater Center Water Quality Research Manager Phil Snyder put the final screws in on the new Mirror Lake weather station, a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus — station ID KNYLAKEP27. The location had a weather station originally installed in November 2018, but ...

Funding now available for historic properties

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KEESEVILLE — Adirondack Architectural Heritage has opened a new round of funding for the Adirondack Rural Revitalization Program. The program is open to private, public and nonprofit owners of historic properties throughout the Adirondack region — Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, ...

Adirondack Council awards $22,500 in agriculture micro-grants

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ELIZABETHTOWN — In celebration of the 55th anniversary of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, the Adirondack Council is awarding $22,500 in micro-grants to 13 local farms and food producers who are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while improving the long-term sustainability of their ...

Rotary Club donates $2K to school

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LAKE PLACID — The Rotary Club of Lake Placid’s Literacy Committee recently donated $2,000 to support the Learning Without Tears program for Pre-K students at St. Agnes School. The funds were raised through the club’s popular community Trivia Nights. This contribution will help enhance ...