*Agri-tourism effort aims to support rural towns, small biz* FORT-COULONGE, QUEBEC | In a small ballroom in the back of Fort-Coulonge’s historic Spruceholme Inn, a delegation of Canadian mayors, officials and Quebec farmers mingled with visiting Americans from New York...
*New Yorkers, Vermonters take Canada food tour to help create world’s largest agritourism trail* LAKE PLACID - Walking into the lobby of the Fromagerie Fritz Kaiser, a newcomer might wonder what that odd smell is and where it's coming from....
BURKE— The village is taking a step toward curbing rising electricity costs by converting its street lights to energy-efficient LED fixtures. Village Mayor Craig Dumas noted Wednesday that the village has approved a plan to retrofit its 28 street lamps...
OGDENSBURG — The Frederic Remington Art Museum should save over $6,000 annually on its electric bill after upgrading hundreds of outdated light bulbs with more energy efficient LEDs. The project is being paid for in part through a partnership between...
TUPPER LAKE — This town has more electric car charging stations than almost any other town in the Adirondacks after the village electric department installed three stations last month, bringing the total count to five. The village’s three stations, with...
by Jesse Adcock SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association announced that it is releasing economic and investment data on the North Country to the public at its 2018 Annual Meeting on Friday. ANCA Executive Director Kate Fish, while...
By ABRAHAM KENMORE For the second year in a row, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is soliciting bids from wind and solar producers for renewable energy certificates, which prove that certain amounts of renewable energy have...
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has announced the recent addition of Edward Smoke of Akwesasne to its board of directors. Smoke, who joined the board in June, currently serves as business services specialist for the...
PLATTSBURGH — With a $100,000 award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the Town of Plattsburgh is investing in projects aimed to deliver immediate and long-term energy and greenhouse gas emission savings. The town earned the...
by AARON CERBONE SARANAC LAKE — As part of a Northern Border Regional Commission grant package announced by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik Thursday, the Adirondack North Country Association was awarded $248,364 toward creating the Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses...
We encountered a fleeting phenomenon last week: Civil discussion. It was almost uncanny. Hundreds of people from across the Adirondacks gathered at the Lake Placid Golf Club House to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the region, including...
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...
