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New Spot To Vote For Voters In Ray Brook
Voters in Ray Brook and the portion of Saranac Lake inside of the town of North Elba will be voting in a new location today. Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports instead of the North Elba Town House on River Street, voters in North Elba election district 2 will hit the polls at Clermont Hall on the North Country Community College campus. The Clermont Hall nursing building is at 24 Dorchester Road.
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Jay Man Charged After Fleeing City Accident And Driving Into A Building
A Jay man was arrested Sunday night after he allegedly drove impaired and nearly hit a delivery driver before crashing into a building on Oak Street. The ordeal began around 7:20 p.m. when Plattsburgh City Police officers attempted to stop a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Margaret Street near Brinkerhoff Street. The driver, later identified as Paul Fletcher failed to stop and fled, driving over a double yellow line to pass another vehicle before turning the wrong way onto Oak Street. Fletcher, 40, then struck a tree near the YMCA building before backing away and driving toward a delivery t
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Lake Placid Resident Arrested For Voting Fraud
Federal prosecutors have announced the arrest of an Indian national alleging voter fraud in the 2024 General Election. Sun Community News reports on Oct. 30, Pooja Pawse, 31, of Lake Placid ppeared in federal court on separate complaints charging voting by an alien. The complaint against Pawse, an Indian national, alleges that she voted in the 2024 General Election while knowing that she was not a United States citizen.
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DEC Considers Limiting Live Baitfish Use
The state Department of Environmental Conservation late Wednesday proposed further limiting the number of waterbodies inside and bordering the Adirondacks where live baitfish can be used. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the measures are meant to better protect brook trout populations, which can suffer when live baitfish escape the bucket or lure and outcompete, often as an invasive species.
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DEC Investing In Forest Resilience, Reforestation
DEC Commissioner Amanda Lefton has announced $45 million in grants to 44 projects promoting forest resilience and climate mitigation through sustainable forest management and reforestation while contributing to the State’s goal of planting 25 million trees. Sun Community News reports through DEC’s Advancing Forest Markets (AFM) grant initiative, projects across the state will help businesses expand tree seedling and forest product capacity, production, and markets; increase access to affordable native trees; and grow New York State’s forest products economy.