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...
FRANKLIN COUNTY | An estimated 10,000 to 16,000 businesses in New York’s North Country region are expected to close or change hands in the next decade as their owners enter retirement. Bolstered by the commitment of young entrepreneurs and the...
The trustees of the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation have announced this year’s awards to area not-for-profits. Of the 53 grant proposals received this year, 38 were funded in whole or in part. Read the full article in the...
Clarkson University's highest community service honor, the Bertrand H. Snell Award, was bestowed upon Kate Fish, retired executive director of the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) at a reception in her honor hosted by Clarkson President Tony Collins and University...
She grew up in the Town of Newburgh and by high school had joined her high school’s cross-country team, kickstarting her journey and connection with the outdoors. Now, Klarisse Torriente is cementing her love of nature in a role she...
By Emily Russell Sep 09, 2021 — Every year the Common Ground Alliance, a group of local leaders in the Adirondacks, comes out with a blueprint for the blue line. It’s a kind of guide for building a better park...
Jay Ward, longtime president of Ward Lumber Company of Jay, has been thinking about transitioning his 130-year family business for over two decades. In consultation with his wife and daughters, and brother Jeff who runs the mill, he decided to...
May 27, 2021 — North Country businesses are starting to look beyond surviving the pandemic to building back. A regional economic development not-for-profit is set up to help them, thanks to a $1 million federal grant. The Adirondack North Country...
May 26, 2021 — Most counties in the North Country are reporting progress in getting residents vaccinated against COVID-19 though there are disparities for certain groups. A recent online panel talked about the history of medical and scientific abuse of...