Saturday announcement comes after a morning stop at High Peak Farmers’ Market and a local forum Friday LAKE PLACID | While visiting the area Saturday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $6 million State investment to replace the Long Building at...
Lauren Richard, Audrey Schwartzberg also take on leadership roles at the regional nonprofit Saranac Lake, NY — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has announced the appointment of Zach Hobbs as the regional economic development nonprofit’s first deputy director. Tasked with...
Tour ends at Camp Dudley for a local-food lunch WESTPORT | The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) and Bike Adirondacks (BikeADK) have announced the route and farm stops for this year’s Bike the Barns — a half-day bicycle tour that...
Meet 4 people working to diversify the outdoors experience By David Escobar Only 10% of residents and visitors in the Adirondacks are people of color, despite comprising around 40% of the state’s population. This disparity reflects a broader, national story...
by David Escobar (Report For America corps reporter) , in Vermontville, NY May 20, 2025 — On a stormy spring afternoon, more than 60 people gathered at Kate Mountain Recreation Park in the hamlet of Vermontville to celebrate the renaming of a...
Part of Northern New York Audubon (NNYA) Great Adirondack Birding Celebration LAKE PLACID | In honor of the 6th annual Black Birders Week, bird lovers from across northern New York are invited to celebrate the beauty of birds, nature and...
LAKE PLACID — The town of North Elba and the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism distributed $286,000 from the Local Enhancement and Advancement Fund to 15 local organizations and projects at an informal ceremony during Tuesday’s board meeting. The LEAF...
Wildlife monitoring, parkwide planning identified as critical steps By Zachary Matson A trio of speakers shared insight into solar development both within the Blue Line and across the state, highlighting the need to balance a thirst for renewable energy with...
$4 million award will support Next Move NY Vocational Training and Job Readiness Facility at Jefferson Community College $600,000 Award to Advocate Drum will support Next Move NY Live, Love, Stay Program Empire State Development today announced $4 million to...
Adirondack town reduces carbon footprint with energy efficient upgrades, achieves bronze status in Climate Smart Communities program By Mike Lynch The town of Jay has earned a bronze designation through the Climate Smart Communities program to join a handful of Adirondack communities...
State grant boosts community’s ability to expand EV infrastructure By Mike Lynch Saranac Lake will be bolstering its green infrastructure in the coming years with the addition of 30 electric vehicle charging ports. The village was one of eight North...
With $482K EV grant from state, village set to vastly expand charging at public parking lots SARANAC LAKE — The village is getting a $482,164 grant from the state to install 30 Level 2 electric vehicle charging ports in municipal...
JAY — The town of Jay is the latest, and possibly smallest, North Country community to earn the distinction of being a bronze-level Climate Smart Community. This state Department of Environmental Conservation program is a point-based system that incentivizes clean...
by Mike Lynch Some basic tips to get you started making your own compost Getting rid of food scraps through composting is a practice that has gained attention in recent years because it’s environmentally friendly and it creates a product that homeowners...
POTSDAM — Clarkson University and partner the Adirondack North Country Association’s (ANCA) Compost for Good (CfG) project have launched their 2nd series of Community Compost Liaison campaigns. Throughout the coming months, five community-based liaisons will work with a team of...
SARANAC LAKE — Giant machines drilled six 500-foot loops into the Earth at Northern Lights School on Wednesday, as crews installed a geothermal heat pump system at the Waldorf-inspired, nature-based school for youngsters. All around the machines, a thick gray...
Grassroots groups and state funding have propelled the change By Mike Lynch On a late Friday afternoon in March about a half-dozen North Country School students are broken into groups in a rustic building with a 20-foot long by four-foot-wide...
When grass is healthy, it’s full of protein and easy for cows to digest. Sometimes the summers are unbearably hot, and the grass dries up and energy is sent instead to the seed. The grass becomes less nutritious and the...
LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack North Country Association invites community members, industry experts, educators and advocates to explore opportunities to strengthen the region’s clean energy and small business future at the inaugural joint conference of ANCA’s “Clean Energy and Small...
LAKE PLACID — The village of Lake Placid is in the process of adding three more electric vehicles to its fleet, thanks in part to a $50,000 grant from the state’s Clean Energy Communities program, which has funded similar efforts...
