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The state has announced another $197 million dollars in regional economic development projects.

Local residents are concerned for wildlife, but the state says removal was necessary to avoid flooding on the new rail-trail.

Since New York’s top court ruled last week that the state violated its own constitution by cutting trees for Class II snowmobile trails on the Forest Preserve, state agencies have given scant response on what this might mean for the future of...

Adirondack Mountain Reserve General Manager John Schuler, left, and state Department of Environmental Conservation Deputy Commissioner of Natural Resources Katie Petronis stand in the St. Huberts Parking Area Saturday. (Photo -- Aaron Cerbone, Adirondack Daily Enterprise) May 03, 2021 — Hikers looking to summit mountains from the St. Huberts parking lot, owned by the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, must now get a reservation. Saturday was the first day of the parking reservation pilot program. ...

pcrowley@adirondackdailyenterprise.com The Lake Placid News was honored with four New York Press Association 2020 Better Newspaper Contest awards during the virtual spring conference held Thursday and Friday, April 8 and 9. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the News’ sister paper, received eight honors. The awards are listed below with judges’ comments. – – The News took second place for Coverage of Agriculture (one division statewide) for its Savor the Season special issue. Andy Flynn,...

Editorial Scams of all sorts have grown more frequent in recent years — maybe even more so in this last year, judging by what we hear from readers and loved ones, and what we see come into our own phones and email. Friday’s Enterprise contained an in-depth report by Aaron Cerbone about unemployment fraud, which has exploded this past year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, putting millions of Americans out of work. The federal and state governments helped those people by adding to their un...

Adirondack Daily Enterprise A woman from Saranac Lake received a letter from the state Department of Labor telling her she had unemployment insurance money to collect — and then another and another. All of them looked very official. The woman, whom the Enterprise is not naming to protect her from retribution, said the phone numbers, postage and Key Bank debit card she got all seemed legitimate. But the letters inside telling her she had unemployment insurance to collect did not make any sense...

File photo -- Aaron Cerbone, Adirondack Daily Enterprise Mar 02, 2021 — County health departments are getting big deliveries of coronavirus vaccines and lots of appointments are available. Jefferson Countys clinic is Wednesday 8am-5pm at Jefferson Community Colleges McVean Gymnasium in Watertown. County health officials say they will be administering 1,170 first doses of the coronavirus vaccine, with "lots of appointments to fill." Appointments can be made online or by calling the county Of...

File photo -- Aaron Cerbone, Adirondack Daily Enterprise Mar 02, 2021 — County health departments are getting big deliveries of coronavirus vaccines and lots of appointments are available. Jefferson Countys clinic is Wednesday 8am-5pm at Jefferson Community Colleges McVean Gymnasium in Watertown. County health officials say they will be administering 1,170 first doses of the coronavirus vaccine, with "lots of appointments to fill." Appointments can be made online or by calling the county Of...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo acknowledged in a statement late Sunday afternoon that some of the things he has said to women may have been “misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation.” Following a Saturday report from the New York Times that he allegedly sexually harassed a second woman, the governor, for the first time, said he now understands his actions “may have been insensitive or too personal” and some of his comments “made others feel in ways I never intended....