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Village of Saranac Lake is transitioning from a combined public safety facility to evaluating a dedicated fire station at two Village-owned properties at 100 Broadway and 33 Petrova Avenue. Sun Community News reports the next phase will focus on the Fire Department’s firefighter health and safety, full project costs, and affordability over the life of the facility. No site or design has been selected. The Public Safety Building Committee recommended separate fire and rescue facilities at 33 Petrova Avenue, with the Village building the fire station and the Rescue Squad funding its own buildin

Saranac Lake has passed a one-year moratorium on the village issuing new short-term vacation rental permits after the board voted 3-1 on Monday to put the pause on STR expansion as it prepares to evaluate its STR regulations and potentially make changes. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the village’s landmark STR regulation law was passed in 2023 and amended in 2025.

The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), a destination marketing and management organization based in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York, has launched AdirondackMarket.com, a digital marketplace featuring a wide range of Adirondack-inspired home decor, works of art, clothing, and specialty goods. According to the Sun Community News, products featured are expected to appeal to anyone who appreciates Adirondack style; offering the ability to purchase items from Adirondack-based retailers and craftspeople.

The North Elba town board voted unanimously at its Tuesday meeting to adopt a one-year battery energy storage system moratorium. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, local law prohibits construction, establishment, installation, review or approval of any BESS while in effect, which it defines as “one or more devices, assembled together, capable of storing energy derived from any source including without limitation solar or wind sources, to be stored and then released at a future time.”

Luciano Frattolin received the maximum sentence Wednesday morning for murdering his 9-year-old daughter, Melina, and concealing her corpse in a swamp on July 19, 2025.Judge Tatiana Coffinger sentenced the Montreal man to 25 years to life in prison on the second-degree murder charge and one to three years in prison for the concealing a human corpse charge.

The Saranac Lake Development Board got a first look at the plans for the Adirondack Park Agency headquarters project in the village downtown last week. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the board started to set up a marathon of meetings to look at several variances and the site plan for the project in the coming months, starting with a public hearing on the variances coming up on Monday.

For the first time in more than two decades, nurses at Adirondack Medical Center formed a picket line outside the largest hospital in the Adirondacks on Wednesday. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, contract negotiations between Adirondack Health, which owns AMC, and the New York State Nurses Association, which represents the 190-or-so nurses there, have dragged on for almost a year now.

DMV and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) have launched their most comprehensive and coordinated mobilization to date to combat impaired driving. Throughout the year, this aggressive, multi-front effort has united state and local law enforcement, investigators, and community partners to crack down on driving under the influence of alcohol, cannabis, prescription drugs, or a combination of substances, reports Sun Community News.

The Northern Forest Center, a regional nonprofit, joined state, local and community partners to cut the ribbon on nine new middle-market apartments in Tupper Lake. The Adirondack Almanack reports the new apartments, which will have a standard one-year lease, will bolster the availability of housing for full-time residents as part of a larger effort to revitalize Tupper Lake. The project received more than $1.5 million from New York State as well as impact investment capital from the center’s Northern Forest Fund and charitable donations.

A Saranac Lake man was found guilty of a felony charge of criminal possession of stolen property following a three-day jury trial at the Franklin County Courthouse. At the conclusion of last week’s jury trial, which ran from Monday, Sept. 28 through Wednesday, Sept. 30, Wade Cayea, was found guilty of possessing stolen property in an amount exceeding $3,000, according to a press release issued by the Franklin County District Attorney’s office.

It’s long been a point of discussion in the village of Saranac Lake. Now, the intersection of Lake Flower Avenue and Will Rogers Drive is getting a traffic light and pedestrian crosswalks. According to the Adirondack Daily Enteprise, the state Department of Transportation has already started the work preparing the site and DOT Region 7 Acting Public Information Officer Morgan Zell said the work is expected to be complete by early 2027.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation [DEC] has cleared NY-21 Democratic candidate Blake Gendebien of alleged illegal dumping on a Lisbon property owned by the farmer.During a Monday press conference in Colonie, Gendebien’s Republican opponent, Anthony Constantino, presented drone footage shot by private investigators over Gendebien’s property that showed tires and debris scattered in a wooded area near a creek. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Constantino called on the state police and DEC to investigate the site for potential illegal dumping.

North Country Community College will bring together local mental and behavioral health experts for a community symposium focused on the challenges rural communities face in accessing care and the resources available to residents of the North Country. According to Sun Community News, the Mental Health Symposium will take place on Friday, Oct. 30 from 10 a.m. to noon in S-19 Mulholland Hall on the college’s Saranac Lake campus. The event is free and open to the public, and no registration is required. Light refreshments will be available.

The USA Luge Start Championships return to Lake Placid on Friday, October 16, marking the unofficial kickoff to the national team's competitive season. Beginning at 6:00 PM at the USA Luge headquarters on Church Street, top athletes will go head-to-head on the facility's refrigerated indoor start ramp. The annual event tests competitors' explosive initial power, speed, and precision in reaction time before they hit the ice tracks. Admission is free to the public, offering local fans an up-close look at America's elite sliders in action.

Keene is continuing to update its Strategic Plan, but it needs more volunteers to help. The town adopted its last Strategic Plan — a document that describes its goals and details specific plans to achieve them — on June 8, 2021. Sun Community News reports town officials want a community-driven process guided by a Steering Committee, which the town is now organizing. However, other residents and members of the town board, school board, and planning board are encouraged to get involved. The town will host a recruitment event on Oct. 21.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed an executive order declaring a disaster emergency in response to the growing number of measles cases in rural, undervaccinated parts of the state.The order comes amid a growing number of measles cases the state has seen in recent weeks, and as the vaccine-preventable disease continues to spread throughout parts of the country, including neighboring Pennsylvania, which has reported five deaths in rural counties that border New York.New York has reported 108 measles cases this year, with 92 occurring since July 15 among under-immunized, rural communiti

Republican Congressional candidate Anthony Constantino is alleging that his Democratic opponent, Blake Gendebien, has illegally dumped tires and cattle carcasses at a property owned by the Ogdensburg farmer. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, at a press event Monday, Constantino showed drone footage captured by private investigators over Gendebien’s Lisbon property that showed tires and debris scattered in a wooded area.Constantino said that the property was owned by Gendebien and located approximately 600 yards from the candidate’s Twin Mill Farms in Ogdensburg.

Saranac Lake’s new code enforcement officer says he wants the village to be a place that attracts builders to grow the community. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, a builder himself, Christian Rottner said making the role as effective as possible will take consistent communication on his end, and transparency with the public.

A New York state judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the applicant seeking to build a howitzer testing facility in the Essex County town of Lewis. The developer alleged conflict of interest and bias within the Adirondack Park Agency, but the court threw out the case on procedural grounds. The judge's ruling did not address the merits of the bias claims. The decision clears the way for state regulators to continue reviewing the controversial artillery range proposal.

The Saranac Lake Civic Center has announced the results of its board officer election, welcoming new leadership while recognizing four board members who are stepping away from the board and highlighting the continued service of its treasurer. Adirondack Daily Enteprise reports officers are now Cliff Beairsto as president, Stephanie Colby as vice president, Chris Knight as secretary and Matt Raymond, who will continue serving as treasurer.