Saranac Lake News

Following a September sewer blockage that caused some 1,000 gallons of raw sewage to spill into Lake Flower, Saranac Lake Mayor Tom Michael wants to investigate an alarm system that could notify Department of Public Works staff of backups in the system.

NEWCOMB, N.Y. - A recovery team lowered from a helicopter removed two bodies from the wreckage of a single-engine Piper Cherokee 140 that crashed on a remote Adirondack peak, state police said Tuesday.

Veterans Rodney Stone and Ron Desautels salute the flag as it is raised during the ceremony of the commencement of the Keeseville Veterans Memorial Park.

Cape Air, a regional carrier that flies from Albany International Airport to Watertown, Massena and Ogdensburg, is proposing service to Plattsburgh as well.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida were expected to continue pushing up the East Coast and leave more wet weather over the Mid-Atlantic and New England on Friday.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 An Army corporal from the North Country who was killed in action during World War II will be profiled in a new History Channel series that premiers Sunday night.

The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today, and a gallery in Saranac Lake will be recognizing that event with an exhibition called "The Stones Have Memories." The exhibition of eight black-and-white photographs taken last year by Kelly Gorham documents the enduring legacy of the Cold War in Berlin.

If the Adirondacks fall off of your vacation radar once summer ends and autumn's foliage fades, you might be surprised to hear that hotels, lodges and attractions stay open year-round in places like Lake George, Saranac Lake and Lake Placid.

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.