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Politics

115th Assembly map remains unchanged for 2024 election

LAKE PLACID — Boundary lines for the 115th New York State Assembly District, which serves residents of the Olympic Region, will remain unchanged for the 2024 elections, according to the redistricting map approved in Albany on Monday, April 24. On Thursday, April 20, New York’s ...

North Elba Republicans condemn Trump indictment

LAKE PLACID — The North Elba Republican Committee believes Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr.’s indictment of Donald Trump brings “shame and dishonor” to New York state. The committee passed a resolution on Thursday, April 13 condemning Bragg’s 34-count indictment of the ...

Adirondack Park Agency may move to Saranac Lake

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Park Agency is looking at potentially moving its headquarters — currently based in Ray Brook — into a Main Street building that currently houses the police department. With $29 million in cash set aside in the 2022 state budget for a new “state of the ...

Supervisors give themselves 30% raise

ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County Board of Supervisors members gave themselves a 30% pay bump this year. The board’s chairman, Shaun Gillilland of Willsboro, described the raise as an effort to entice a younger and more diverse crowd to run for office. Supervisors voted unanimously — with ...

Former Secret Service agent named new Lake Placid justice

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid has a new village justice. Village resident May Chow was appointed as village justice on Monday, April 3 during the Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees’ organizational board meeting. Chow will finish the remaining term of former Justice David Coursen, who ...

New York state budget late because of ‘big budget issues’

ALBANY — New York legislative leaders said on Thursday, March 30 that they expected to miss the April 1 deadline for adopting a new state budget as they negotiate with fellow Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul over her proposals to change bail rules and create new housing. As of press time on ...