APA approves housing in Saranac Lake, Lake Placid
The two housing development projects add 70 units of apartments to Saranac Lake and 6 houses to Lake Placid
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Baker Mountain: The low peak with a High Peaks-style problem
“Saturdays are very busy and in the summer the tourist parking is crazy.”
Shut out: Adirondack communities face shortage of affordable rentals
By Mike DeSocio
In Saranac Lake and around the Adirondacks, a crisis of affordable rentals worsens
‘Everyone is just in scramble mode’
By Mike DeSocio
This is part of a story about the shortage of apartments and other rentals in Saranac Lake and other Adirondack communities.
‘It’s caused the rental crisis to skyrocket’
By Mike DeSocio
This is part of a story about the shortage of apartments and other rentals in Saranac Lake and other Adirondack communities.
‘A snowball of moving once a year’
By Mike DeSocio
This is part of a story about the shortage of apartments and other rentals in Saranac Lake and other Adirondack communities
Leaning in to save lean-tos
A group of volunteers have “rescued” 99 shelters, and plan the 100th this weekend with a relocation from the shore of Lake Colden in the High Peaks Wilderness.
Retiring school mascots
By Mike DeSocio
Adirondack schools move away from Native American team names, although some remain unchanged.
State: Saranac Lake Marina expansion doesn’t require major study
By Ry Rivard
The state's attorneys argue that only about a dozen more boats will be on Lower Saranac Lake at any time after a marina expansion.
Marina lawsuit presses state to study ‘overuse’
By Ry Rivard
Buried in a maze of state planning documents for the park are calls for the state to do “carrying capacity” studies of each section of the park.