CANTON -- SUNY Canton is slated to receive a $111,326 grant to purchase and renovate the vacant former Jubilee Grocery Store in downtown Canton to create what officials call an "entrepreneurship accelerator." The funding will be part of a series...
AU SABLE FORKS — A herd of dairy goats will be among the main attractions at this year’s Bike the Barns, a one-day recreational bicycle tour that showcases the dynamic local food and agriculture movement in northern New York. The...
by Elizabeth Izzo PLATTSBURGH | Colin Read isn’t a communist. But since the city imposed an 18-month moratorium on cryptocurrency nearly four months ago, the City of Plattsburgh mayor has gotten an onslaught of emails telling him he is. “I’m...
WESTPORT — The Town of Westport has been designated a Clean Energy Community by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The designation recognizes the town's leadership in reducing energy use, cutting costs and driving clean energy locally....
By Kelly O'Brien PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) The future of cryptocurrency mining was the focus of a summit at Plattsburgh State University Tuesday. Crypto mining is the processing of transactions in digital currencies and creating and also the means through which...
By Griffin Kelly PLATTSBURGH — At this point, cryptomining is still an ambiguous subject with no clear benefit to some North Country officials. The Adirondack North Country Association, the office of state Sen. Betty Little, the State University of New...
By Joseph Labernik OLD FORGE — Erica Murray, who owns Old Forge Hardware at 104 Fulton St., said business in town has been going well for everyone lately. She said there’s been an increase in new businesses, with a varied...
By Rick Karlin PLATTSBURGH — Colin Read knows he’s at Ground Zero in the growing debate over cryptocurrency mining. As mayor of Plattsburgh, he pushed through an 18-month moratorium on crypto mining after city residents complained of jumps in their...
By Pat Bradley Northern New York is a prime location for Bitcoin miners and block chain technology because of its low electric rates. But a number of communities have imposed moratoriums on new cryptocurrency operations because their use of electricity...
ROUSES POINT — Village trustees in Rouses Point have voted to impose a 24-month moratorium on cryptocurrency-mining operations in the village. “Our priority is always in keeping the best interests of the taxpayers in mind,” Mayor Thomas Batha said in...
By Naj Wikoff A vision of the Common Ground Alliance, the annual gathering of the political, environmental, and economic leadership and related stakeholders of the Adirondack region, is healthy communities and ecosystems thriving together in a protected and unique landscape.
By Eric Reinhardt SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has announced the formation of the Center for Businesses in Transition to deal with what it calls a “looming” problem. The center will help interested retiring business...
New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was in Saranac Lake on Monday to promote legislation that would help small businesses transition to employee ownership.
SARANAC LAKE | U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is proposing legislation to make it easier for small businesses to craft employee-owned stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, a measure the lawmaker says will stave off possible disruptions in local economies as...
SARANAC LAKE — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited Saranac Lake Monday to make an announcement about new legislation to help small businesses continue when their owners retire. The junior senator from New York state, a Democrat, announced her Main Street Employee...
The Adirondack North Country Association is looking to help northern New York entrepreneurs and small businesses to raise money for their projects through a new crowdfunding program called Ignite! “Our mission is to help the small communities in this rural...
SARANAC LAKE — Dan and Kimmy Rivera’s dream of selling homemade, organic bread to support the restoration of the farm they purchased in Willsboro hit a snag last year. As they were building the wood-fired oven that they knew would...
Adirondack Buyer Days, an annual wholesale gift show hosted by the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), provides a marketplace for regional artisans and retailers to connect with the shared goal of expanding their markets and enhancing the customer experience. The...
by Pete DeMola WILLSBORO | A long-shuttered grocery store in downtown Willsboro will see new life as part of a collaborative project between the town, the Nature Conservancy and a start-up makerspace project. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) purchased the 11-acre...
By ELAINE M. AVALLONE February 11, 2018 CARTHAGE — Local municipalities pondered whether the savings would outweigh the startup costs of converting to more efficient LED lighting following a presentation during the January meeting of the River Area Council of...
