ESSEX — Though the day started out with frost, as it progressed the warm sun illuminated fall foliage along the route for the Bikes the Barns participants as they navigated the roads, cutting through farm fields and woodlands. Though slightly...
SARANAC LAKE — In an effort to promote affordable and sustainable housing alternatives for aspiring homeowners in the face of the region’s ongoing housing crisis, the Adirondack North Country Association, the Cooperative Development Institute and local arts groups invite community...
Nicole Hylton-Patterson is leaving her post as the inaugural director of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative for a leadership position at a Brooklyn nonprofit. The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is convening a hiring committee to search for a new director. Hylton-Patterson’s last...
SARANAC LAKE — Small business and nonprofit staff are being invited to join a free workshop presented by the Adirondack North Country Association and the Adirondack Diversity Initiative, in partnership with the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. “Building Welcoming...
LAKE PLACID — New business owners Tyler Merriam and Nick Prechel are continuing the decades-long legacy of a community shop in Lake Placid, an opportunity they say was made possible by the support of the local community. Merriam and Prechel...
LAKE PLACID — Another affordable housing project is emerging in Lake Placid, this time with the development of a co-op housing community on a 103-acre parcel of land in the town of North Elba. The Adirondack North Country Association on...
SARANAC LAKE | The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is inviting local entrepreneurs to join more than 100 small businesses and nonprofits who have already enrolled in its Center for Pandemic Response (ANCA CPR). Made up of program navigators from...
A number of local organizations and community groups are tackling the Adirondack region’s housing crisis from various fronts. In an effort to provide an affordable and sustainable alternative for aspiring homeowners, the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), in collaboration with...
There’s help for local small businesses, and they may not even know it. The Adirondack North Country Association reminded the public this week that small business owners are invited to access free and low-cost services through the Center for Pandemic...
By Cayte Bosler In 2019, a dark and stormy Halloween pelted record-shattering rains across Upstate New York. Winds topped over 60 miles per hour, tearing out trees and knocking out power for thousands. Heavy flooding poured through homes and over...
SARANAC LAKE — The Belvedere Restaurant — which has been owned and operated by the Cavallo Family for nearly 90 years — has transitioned to new ownership. Chrissie Wais and John Levy have taken the helm at the historic business....
SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association has launched a new program to help farmers and food entrepreneurs who have difficulty accessing financing through conventional lenders. ANCA’s SOIL Loan Fund will provide flexible, zero-interest loans between $5,000 to $45,000...
SARANAC LAKE | The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has launched a new program to help farmers and food entrepreneurs who have difficulty accessing financing through conventional lenders. ANCA’s SOIL Loan Fund provides flexible, zero-interest loans between $5,000 to $45,000...
The Adirondack Experience (ADKX), a museum and nature campus, announced today that it will present an eight-part virtual program series focused on examining the intersections between racial and environmental justice.
A local icon since 1927, the Silver Bay General Store will add locally sourced items, say new owners SILVER BAY | The Silver Bay General Store, in coordination with the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC), the Center For Businesses...
The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has announced that Adirondack Buyer Days, its annual business-to-business trade show that features the work of artisan makers from across the Northeast, will take place in-person this spring in Saratoga Springs on March 29th...
Training initiative puts focus on serve and protect By Gwendolyn Craig A woman contacted Maj. R. Anthony Oliver, commander for the New York State Police in Ray Brook, seeking advice. Her son was about to take his driver license test....
New York City college students will come to Newcomb for two weeks each summer to participate in a “sort of ROTC program” for careers in climate science, social equity, environmental journalism and forest policing, to be established with funding in...
SARANAC LAKE — The weekly farmers markets in Lake Placid and Saranac Lake will continue to offer locally produced farm products and handmade goods — but under a new name and host organization. The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) announced...
ESSEX — After a two-year hiatus, the Adirondack North Country Association will again host its recreational bicycle tour of North Country farms, local food businesses and agricultural landscapes. The regional economic development nonprofit has announced this year’s Bike the Barns...
