A lot of food ends up in landfills every year. To reduce that waste here in the North Country, there are two 'Food Waste Reduction' workshops going on this week in the Adirondacks. Lake Placid’s workshop will be at Lake...
By Tim Rowland To help deal with an estimated 7,500 housing units needed in much of the greater Adirondack region, multiple agencies, municipalities, nonprofits and even private homeowners themselves are working on it: Essex and Franklin counties have created land banks, and...
By Naj Wikoff While developing a career in the arts is never easy, it’s incredibly challenging for artists of diversity, as North Country School students and visitors learned on Saturday, Oct. 21. The students and a few from the region...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: October 25, 2023 Contact: Jennifer Perry, Compost for Good Cofounder, [email protected], 518.588.2965 Compost Advocates Present Workshops on Food Waste Reduction Free presentations to be held in Lake Placid and Plattsburgh LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Three regional...
A new federal program plans to bolster the ‘green’ workforce like CCC of old By Chloe Bennett About 90 years ago, a group in the Adirondacks built trails, campsites and dams for six months while sleeping in tents. The Civilian...
by John Culpepper, Katie Culpepper and Jennifer Perry; Compost for Good Compost for Good has developed a simple, effective and inexpensive food scrap composting system that could revolutionize the small-scale composting world. [caption id="attachment_7007" align="alignright" width="390"] Camp Dudley's Executive Director...
JAY — The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA, has designated the town of Jay a Clean Energy Community, which over time will help the community transition to cleanly produced electricity and become less reliant on...
SARANAC LAKE — More than 150 people and 57 businesses attended the Tri-Lakes Business Expo on Sept. 28 hosted by the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. The expo was held at the newly-renovated Saranac Lake Civic Center and was...
Organizations putting people before profits help fill in housing gaps By Tim Rowland At the end of the day when they would leave their jobs at Saranac Lake’s Trudeau Institute, Carrie and William White dragged their feet at the thought...
