NEWS

pTURIN — South Lewis Central School District Superintendent Douglas Premo gave his last and largest public presentation Monday the nearly $39 million capital project to be voted upon by district taxpayers next week. Around 80 people assembled in the auditorium to listen and ask questions./pp“Many people have their minds made up and there’s nothing that […]

pThree local fire districts have set public hearings on tentative budgets for tonight./pbCARTHAGE-WILNA/bpFire commissioners have set a public hearing on the Carthage-Wilna Fire District’s tentative budget for 5 p.m. at the fire station at 685 S. James St. /ppThe budget for the 2019 fiscal year which begins Jan. 1 is $677,704, up $27,832 over last […]

pWATERTOWN — Assemblywoman Addie A.E. Jenne, D-Theresa, said that as she has been knocking on doors around the district this year she’s heard a lot about national politics and personal problems, more than state issues./pp“There’s a lot of talk about national politics,” she said during an editorial board meeting Monday at the Watertown Daily Times […]

pCANTON — Zinc production at Empire State Mines in the town of Fowler continues to ramp up and the mine is now close to turning a profit, the plant’s new general manager told St. Lawrence County legislators Monday night./ppThe positive news comes two weeks after a 40-year-old miner from Ohio was killed by an explosion […]

pGREAT BEND — The Champion Great Bend Fire District has set its public hearing on the tentative budget for the 2019 fiscal year for 7 tonight . The meeting will be held in the business office at the Great Bend Fire Station, 32768 State Route 26./ppThe tentative budget for the fiscal year starting Jan. 1 […]

Marcy Neville works on a much larger scale than most artists. If you’ve driven through Keene Valley, you know her work. If you live there, there’s a fairly good chance your home has been one of her canvases. That's because Marcy paints houses - interiors and exteriors - and historic buildings.

(Oct 1, 2018) An architectural preservation group in the Adirondacks has received $370,000 from the federal government to help protect and restore the Santanoni great camp near Newcomb in Essex County. [full story]

(Sep 28, 2018) Burlington writer Tim Brookes is turning to the internet and an online database in an attempt to help save rare writing systems at risk of vanishing. Brookes is the founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project, which works to promote and preserve some of the rarest alphabets. While there are thousands of spoken […]

(Sep 14, 2018) History, nature, and early 20th century presidential politics come together in Newcomb, NY, this weekend. The town celebrates its connection to the 26th President of the United States with its annual Teddy Roosevelt Weekend. Roosevelt visited the Adirondacks in the late 1800s and became president in 1901 after William McKinley's assassination. Todd […]

(Sep 12, 2018) For over a century, White Pine Camp, near Paul Smiths College, has been famous for its unique architecture, design, and history. It served as the Summer White House for President Calvin Coolidge and his family in 1926. The complex includes guest cottages, boat houses, a Japanese tea house on an island, and […]

(Aug 24, 2018) I met David Duff outside of a barn in Hammond. But not just any barn, it was a barn owned by the Hammond Museum and David was there to participate in a North Country at Work Story Slam. He spoke with me - before the event - about his introduction to Northern […]