On a recent episode of the Northern Light podcast by North Country Public Radio, Ken Tingley, a former editor of the Glens Falls Post-Star, presented this terrifying situation: “I found out this year that the town of Queensbury, where I live, is going to increase taxes 56%. That’s an ...

Local residents have the power to help monarch butterflies and other pollinators as they continue to struggle to survive in this overdeveloped world of ours. In 2011, AdkAction, based in Keeseville, began teaching the public about how to help monarch butterflies — by designing and ...

We understand when town of North Elba Supervisor Derek Doty says that it’s “unattainable” at this time to pay for an ambitious plan to upgrade the 1980 Olympic flame cauldron site. We could hear in his voice that the prospect of raising $1 million or more to develop a “welcome ...

Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee President J. Bernard Fell gave a passionate speech on Feb. 13, 1980, during the opening ceremony of the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. A recording of this speech is usually played when the Olympic flame cauldron is re-lit for special ...

The Lake Placid News and Adirondack Daily Enterprise last month announced their 2023 volunteer of the year for the Tri-Lakes Region — Larry Brockway of Lake Placid. You can read the story about Brockway and other volunteers in our newly published Community Resource Guide, which is available ...

Who should protect Mirror Lake, and who should pay for that protection? Those are the main questions we’re asking this week. The short answer is everyone — all the people who own the lake, own property around the lake, use the lake, make money directly and indirectly from the lake and ...