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Essex County Health Partners input of residents

ELIZABETHTOWN – Essex County Health Department (ECHD) and its partner hospitals, UVMHN-Elizabethtown Community Hospital (ECH) and Adirondack Health (AH) are looking for resident perspectives when it comes to the state of health and well-being in their communities. The insight gained from ...

Lake Placid moves to targeted dialogue as 2026 Olympic sliding Plan B

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid is the intended Plan B host site for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games sliding sports if the century-old Italian sliding track in Cortina d’Ampezzo is not completed by March 2025, according to state Olympic Regional Development Authority Communications Director ...

DEC seeks changes to Forest Tax Law

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced proposed changes to the regulations for Real Property Tax Law Section 480a — also known as Forest Tax Law — on Friday, Nov. 20 The DEC claims the overhaul of the 50-year-old regulations ...

Adirondack Foundation appoints three new trustees

Adirondack Foundation has announced leadership transitions for its Board of Trustees and Community Council, in addition to welcoming three new trustees. Bill Creighton, who joined the Board of Trustees in 2017, has been appointed as chair, taking the helm from Joe Steiniger, while Anna ...

Land Trust, town partner in conservation effort

WILLSBORO – The Adirondack Land Trust recently purchased 68 acres on Willsboro Point for ecological conservation and community benefit. The parcel features 950 feet of natural shoreline on Lake Champlain’s Willsboro Bay, open fields, and shrublands. American kestrel, indigo bunting, great ...