Saranac Lake News

A Latest health facility to impose new visitor rules due to H1N1 ELIZABETHTOWN - Moses-Ludington Hospital has joined three other local hospitals in curtailing visitation as an H1N1-related precaution.

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. Bill Owens's defeat of Conservative Doug Hoffman in a House special election here prevented a Democratic washout in key races Tuesday and beat back a conservative bid to turn the race into a repudiation of both the Republican establishment and President Barack Obama.

Despite losing the race for Congress, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman says he will continue the fight to "take back America." Hoffman took to the stage at his campaign party in Saranac Lake just after midnight Wednesday morning.

The Caucus will be keeping tabs on election developments across the country tonight.

The 23rd Congressional District in upstate New York is locked in an election battle that echoes far beyond Watertown.

Abigail Pruitt, a 19-year-old Pittsford resident, was killed Friday in a head-on motor vehicle collision in the town of Franklin, Delaware County.

Jessica Rivera picked up her first marijuana cigarette when she was 14, went on alcohol binges when she was 16 and 'graduated' to harder stuff before her 18th birthday.

Voters across New York will be asked next week to pull the lever on a land swap for a power line in the northwestern corner of the Adirondacks.

Empire State Development, New York's economic development agency, has awarded $3.8 million to community development financial institutions throughout the state.

If you happen to see the number "350" displayed this weekend on bumper stickers, signs, or mowed into cornfields, it's all part of a worldwide demonstration to bring awareness to climate change.

It's not often you hear of a name-brand fast food restaurant pulling up stakes and leaving town.

Three months ago, Doug Hoffman was a successful CPA, a respected but unexciting green-eye-shade guy.

One of the best pieces of news we have had in the past few months was the fact that the Residents Committee for the Protection of the Adirondacks and the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks were facing hard financial times.

A fire displaced some apartment residents in northern New York early Saturday morning.

An early morning fire has destroyed an apartment building and damaged another. Saranac Lake volunteers were called to the two-story building on Franklin Avenue at about 5:20 a.m. Saturday when they found smoke and flames tearing through the building.

The village is seeking bids to put water meters in every village home here. Saranac Lake recently received a $1 million Green Innovation federal stimulus grant for the project.

A former Paul Smith's College safety officer says he hopes the misdemeanor case against him will be resolved in his favor.

With one H1N1 death accentuating the need, officials continue to struggle with increased vaccine demand and limited supplies.

State Police in Ray Brook, N.Y., have arrested Brian L. Taylor, 37, and Shawn A. Hopseker, 37, both of Saranac Lake, N.Y. Both men face charges for third-degree menacing, forth-degree criminal mischief, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Candidates for the position of Essex County Sheriff will have a chance to express their views at an upcoming public debate.