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Saranac Lake’s large lakeside hotel taken over by lender

By James Odato

The Saranac Waterfront Lodge is changing hands.

The sign outside the Adirondack Park Agency headquarters in Ray Brook

Feasibility study for Adirondack Park Agency HQ relocation kept under wraps

By Gwendolyn Craig

Records request turned down twice as state agency plans move to Saranac Lake

Transforming play: The journey to creating an Adirondack children’s museum

By Mike Lynch

How one parent's vision became PlayADK, with a community-centered approach to its project

LGBTQ activist Kelly Metzgar stands with her Pride flags.

Saranac Lake rallies around LGBTQ activist who has been target of vandalism

By Lauren Yates

Kelly Metzgar, director of Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance, has seen repeated vandalism of her Pride flags

a cran lifts large block of ice to the top of the ice palace wall

How to build an ice palace

By Tom French

Annual Saranac Lake structure takes shape

State seeks investors for Saranac Lake depot

By Mike Lynch

Former D&H station needs an estimated $2M in renovation work

A member of the Adirondack Mountain Club's professional trail crew works on Baker Mountain in early August. Photo by Mike Lynch

Baker Mountain trail receives some fixes

By Mike Lynch

Baker Mountain received nearly five days of work from the Adirondack Mountain Club's professional trail crew. 

Parkview Development rendering

Help is on the way: Saranac Lofts

By Tim Rowland

Affordable apartments and commercial space in downtown Saranac Lake

A rendering shows the Paul Smith's Power and Light Building at 1-3 Main St. in the village of Saranac Lake as the Adirondack Park Agency's new headquarters with an addition to accommodate a new elevator. The agency would also build a 19,000-square-foot addition behind it and a new parking lot.

Adirondack Park Agency is keen to move to Saranac Lake

By Gwendolyn Craig

Unless a feasibility study shows an insurmountable issue, the Adirondack Park Agency is full steam ahead to move to Saranac Lake. 

A chart shows a 24% reduction in carbon emissions since 2017.

Saranac Lake government curbs emissions by 24%

By Chloe Bennett

24% decline in emissions indicate progress in the state’s Climate Smart program

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