The state has given Essex County the green light to create a land bank. The Essex County Board of Supervisors on Monday announced that Empire State Development, which oversees the state’s land banks, approved the county’s proposed land bank, which has been in the works for around two ...

ALBANY — On May 16, state Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, honored his predecessor, retired Sen. Betty Little at the Senate’s 2023 Women of Distinction ceremony in Albany. Stec selected Little as his pick for this year’s Women of Distinction class, citing her long and distinguished record as ...

SARANAC LAKE — A statewide climate listening tour will make a stop in Saranac Lake on July 14 to detail how local governments and organizations could leverage funds from the $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act. The bond act, which was approved by ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid village Board of Trustees held an emergency special meeting on May 3 to approve a new, but incomplete, slate of officers for the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department. The special meeting came a month after the fire department held a contentious annual ...

ALBANY — More than a month after the April 1 deadline, Gov. Kathy Hochul and members of the New York State Legislature came to an agreement on a $229 billion budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The new spending plan was ratified on the night of Tuesday, May 2. Sen. Dan Stec, ...

SARANAC LAKE — Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, will be the featured speaker as North Country Community College celebrates the Class of 2023 at the college’s 56th commencement ceremony, which will take place on Saturday, May 20 in the Sparks Athletic Complex Gymnasium on the ...