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Students convene at Wild Center to plan climate actions

TUPPER LAKE — Two weeks ago, heads of state, foreign ministers, senior diplomats and CEO’s from 140 countries around the globe (minus the United States) met in Belem, Brazil for the COP30 United Nations climate summit at which leaders renewed their commitment to the 2015 Paris climate ...

Hochul signs in-state tuition bill for Team USA athletes

ALBANY — A new state law allows Team USA athletes who train at Olympic and Paralympic facilities in New York to be eligible for in-state tuition at SUNY and CUNY schools, in an effort to drat more athletes to New York facilities and colleges. Assemblymember Robert Carroll, a Democrat from ...

ROOST releases Essex County residential market study

LAKE PLACID — A comprehensive research study and analysis commissioned by the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism has identified substantial market potential for both primary and secondary housing units to be constructed in Essex County over the next five years. The study, “An ...

Adirondack Garden Club announces latest 1928 Founders Fund grants

KEENE—The Adirondack Garden Club recently awarded six grants from the club’s 1928 AGC Founders Fund to nonprofits making a positive impact on the Adirondack environment. The 1928 AGC Founders Fund was established in the 1980s to give grants to nonprofit organizations and schools ...

John Brown in the Adirondacks author talk set for Dec. 7

LAKE PLACID — John Brown Farm State Historic Site is hosting a lecture by historian and author Sandra Weber from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec, 7 at the site’s visitor center. This presentation is free and open to the public. In her latest book, “John Brown in New York: The Man, His ...

Northern Lights Choir winter concert is Dec. 12

SARANAC LAKE — The Northern Lights Choir is pleased to announce that its 11th annual winter concert will be held on Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. Helen Demong, the choir’s founder and Artistic Director, has compiled a stunning array of choral ...