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Family grief stricken with drowning death of Tupper boy
TUPPER LAKE | A tragic drowning in Tupper Lake has left a closely knit family and the community in mourning. Read more
Boquet Valley Central School Board readies for district start
WESTPORT | School Board members of the Boquet Valley Central School made key decisions as they prepared to close existing district operations. Read more
Photos by Kim Dedam
Boquet Valley Central district office moved to Westport
WESTPORT | Logistics for staffing, tuition and classroom use occupied a large portion of the last Boquet Valley School Board meeting with Interim Superintendent Dr. Mark Davey. Read more
Photos by NYSDEC
Final landscaping work at Lake Flower Boat Launch includes new restroom
SARANAC LAKE | Work to finish cleanup at the Lake Flower Boat Launch includes a few new perks for boaters and ice palace builders. Read more
Photos courtesy Sharon Benson-Perry and Patrick Perry
Paws Cause
KEENE | Black and white decor with chandeliers — in a tent — will present an elegant backdrop for this year’s Paws Cause: Tuxedos & Tails. Read more
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Keene Valley Library reveals ‘Stories of Who We Are’
KEENE VALLEY | The new collection of stories at the Keene Valley Library is illuminated by voices. Read more
Photo by Tim Rowland
UPDATED: Two hospitalized after collision in Upper Jay
UPPER JAY | Two people were sent to the hospital Wednesday morning after a sedan collided head on with a cement truck on Rt. 9N just south of Upper Jay. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
New SRO visits Willsboro School
WILLSBORO | Some of the students and staff at Willsboro Central School met their new school resource officer last Friday. Read more
Photo provided by NYSDEC
NYSDEC launches web map, reporting system for harmful algal blooms
RAY BROOK | A new map — updated online daily — will help summer swimmers, boaters, hikers and paddlers track harmful algal blooms (HABs) in lakes, ponds and rivers around the region. Read more
Photo provided by Vermont Integrated Architecture
Westport Hose Co. 1 presents design of new fire station
WESTPORT | Westport Hose Co. 1 presented schematic drawings, site plans and cost estimates for their prospective new fire station last week. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
‘Boquet Valley Central School’ chosen
ELIZABETHTOWN | The School Board of merged Westport and Elizabethtown-Lewis Central schools voted unanimously to call its new district Boquet Valley Central School. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
Legion veterans to re-dedicate Memorial Highway
WILMINGTON | Essex County American Legion posts will officially re-dedicate the Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway on Sunday. Read more
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Candidates seek superintendent spot at E-L-W school district
ELIZABETHTOWN | Three candidates were named finalists in the search for superintendent of the new Elizabethtown-Lewis-Westport Central School District. Read more
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Fire in Wilmington claims life of local woman
WILMINGTON | Fire that apparently started in a ground-floor apartment at 1158 Springfield Road claimed the life of Brittany Barney. Read more
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Westport native son to perform at Westport Library
WESTPORT | Award-winning pianist Daniel Linder is coming home for a visit in June. Read more
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School budgets approved
ELIZABETHTOWN | School budgets met with voter approval in all sections of northern Essex County. Read more
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Piano By Nature presents FUN!
ELIZABETHTOWN | The final in the Piano By Nature performance series is all about FUN! And the show promises some unique genre blends of piano and electric guitar. Read more
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Renovation work progresses at Northwood School
LAKE PLACID | Work inside the shuttered storefront at 2495 Main Street here is progressing. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
Boquet Valley Post 551 is 91 years young
ELIZABETHTOWN | As the American Legion celebrates its centennial this year, Boquet Valley Post 551 marks 91 years of service to veterans and community here. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
Historian, vets seek gravestone for Battle of P’burgh soldier
NEW RUSSIA | Ansel Holcomb was the only son of one of the first pioneer families to settle here. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
Stewart’s looks to demolish shuttered county building this month
ELIZABETHTOWN | The former Essex County Planning Building is boarded up and empty, awaiting next steps in construction of a new Stewart’s Shop at the corner of Court and Park streets here. Read more
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Lt. gov. announces DRI grant winners in Saranac Lake
SARANAC LAKE | Years of strategic planning here will advance with nearly $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Initiative funds. Read more
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Founder of Pyramid Life Center killed in car crash in Schroon
SCHROON | A car accident on Tuesday claimed the life of Sister Monica Murphy, CSJ. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
Boquet Valley hires new principal for Westport building
WESTPORT | Boquet Valley Central School Board has hired a new principal for the elementary/middle school at Lake View Campus here. Read more
Photo by Danielle Delaini.
Nanobrews, apiary reclaim corner spot in Bloomingdale
BLOOMINGDALE | A love of bees and brews have fused to reclaim a storefront long vacant here. Two young families hand-picked the spot at the old Blooming Market to blend craft brewing and an apiary. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
Final landscaping work at Lake Flower Boat Launch includes new restroom
SARANAC LAKE | Work to finish cleanup at the Lake Flower Boat Launch includes a few new perks for boaters and ice palace builders. Read more
Photo provided by Willsboro Central School
Willsboro Central announces free lunch for all students
WILLSBORO | School breakfast and lunch at Willsboro Central School will be free for all students next year, regardless of family income level. Read more
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APA approves Hamlet expansion in Westport
WESTPORT | Adirondack Park Agency commissioners approved a map amendment request to move 32 resource management acres to Hamlet in Westport. Read more
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Family grief stricken with drowning death of Tupper boy
TUPPER LAKE | A tragic drowning in Tupper Lake has left a closely knit family and the community in mourning. Read more
Boquet Valley Central School Board readies for district start
WESTPORT | School Board members of the Boquet Valley Central School made key decisions as they prepared to close existing district operations. Read more
Photos by Kim Dedam
Boquet Valley Central district office moved to Westport
WESTPORT | Logistics for staffing, tuition and classroom use occupied a large portion of the last Boquet Valley School Board meeting with Interim Superintendent Dr. Mark Davey. Read more
Photos by NYSDEC
Final landscaping work at Lake Flower Boat Launch includes new restroom
SARANAC LAKE | Work to finish cleanup at the Lake Flower Boat Launch includes a few new perks for boaters and ice palace builders. Read more
Celebrating 74 years: Lewis American Legion Post No. 1319
The national American Legion was founded in 1919, 100 years ago this year. Within months of that first charter, Essex County veterans of World War I came together to secure benefits, outreach, policy, education and community support... Read more
Photo courtesy Zonta Club of the Adirondacks
Amazing Adirondack Race ready with books, cabbages, picnic finish line
LAKE PLACID | Clues in books? A head of cabbage? A picnic for a finish line? These curious hints are somehow central to The Amazing Adirondack Race, a Sunday fun-day, non-strenuous challenge that is part hilarity, part puzzle. Read more
Photos courtesy Sharon Benson-Perry and Patrick Perry
Paws Cause
KEENE | Black and white decor with chandeliers — in a tent — will present an elegant backdrop for this year’s Paws Cause: Tuxedos & Tails. Read more
Photo provided
Keene Valley Library reveals ‘Stories of Who We Are’
KEENE VALLEY | The new collection of stories at the Keene Valley Library is illuminated by voices. Read more
Photo by Tim Rowland
UPDATED: Two hospitalized after collision in Upper Jay
UPPER JAY | Two people were sent to the hospital Wednesday morning after a sedan collided head on with a cement truck on Rt. 9N just south of Upper Jay. Read more
Photo by Kim Dedam
New SRO visits Willsboro School
WILLSBORO | Some of the students and staff at Willsboro Central School met their new school resource officer last Friday. Read more
Photo provided by NYSDEC
NYSDEC launches web map, reporting system for harmful algal blooms
RAY BROOK | A new map — updated online daily — will help summer swimmers, boaters, hikers and paddlers track harmful algal blooms (HABs) in lakes, ponds and rivers around the region. Read more
Photo provided by Vermont Integrated Architecture
Westport Hose Co. 1 presents design of new fire station
WESTPORT | Westport Hose Co. 1 presented schematic drawings, site plans and cost estimates for their prospective new fire station last week. Read more
