WILMINGTON — Darin Forbes resigned from the deputy supervisor role for the town of Wilmington last week, citing changes to his personal life, conflicts on the board and the town supervisor’s “inability to separate personal feelings from town politics,” but Forbes will remain on the town ...

LAKE PLACID — A branch of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism is searching for a full-time economic development director to help diversify the economy and housing options in Lake Placid. The town of North Elba and the village of Lake Placid already have a community development ...

LAKE PLACID — State legislators representing the Olympic Region in Essex County reacted harshly to news Monday, June 26, that Amtrak is suspending its Adirondack Line train service from Albany to Montreal due to speed limitations in Canada. The news came almost three months after Amtrak ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees is considering taking out a bond for more than $12 million in upgrades to the village’s wastewater treatment plant. The village board scheduled a special meeting for 8 a.m. Friday, June 23 to pass a resolution announcing its intent to ...

Acting Essex County Clerk Chelsea Merrihew has earned the Republican line in this November’s county clerk race after a landslide victory in the county’s Republican primary on Tuesday. Merrihew garnered 951 votes to North Hudson town Supervisor Stephanie DeZalia’s 494 votes in the ...

LAKE PLACID — Members of the Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees on Monday, June 26 approved the proposed $6.6 million budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year. To cover the majority of its proposed $6,664,339 budget, the village board will levy — or collect — $4,157,280 in property taxes ...