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acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com Paul Maroun, seen in February 2019, is mayor of the village of Tupper Lake and a Franklin County legislator. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone) TUPPER LAKE — The village board has passed a budget over the tax cap for the first time ever. Village Mayor Paul Maroun has predicted this would happen for years, saying the tax levy cap is unsustainable and “unrealistic.” Prices of things the village buys rise each year at a higher rate than the tax c...

New York Republican leaders are blasting a plan to more than double the state's gas tax, adding an extra 55 cents to the cost of every gallon.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 1:07 pm Three Republican state senators say a proposed carbon tax that’s estimated to cost residents 55 cents more per gallon of gas would disproportionately impact North Country citizens and could hike home heating costs by 26 percent. In St. Lawrence County this would hit particularly hard as the county already imposes a 4-cent tax on home heating fuels already. The senators are opposed to what they describe as a “gas tax” bill that has b...

TUPPER LAKE — The people who recently purchased the former Oval Wood Dish factory have laid out what their planned redevelopment of the building will have in store: housing up front, business in the back. Joe Gehm and Michael Dunyk, owners of the Syracuse-based Lahinch Group, purchased the historic 110,000-square-foot factory with its iconic smokestack for $1 million two weeks ago. They are anticipating a $30 million redevelopment of the building, turning it into blended apartments and bus...

acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com An old Camaro sits in building three of the former Oval Wood Dish factory. Developers from Lahinch Group say they plan to convert this building into three stories of market rate “loft apartments,” 27 of the proposed 92 units they hope to build in the facility. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone) Building one of the former Oval Wood Dish factory is currently used as storage for boats, cars and campers. Developers from Lahinch Group say...

Press-Republican A sign points the way to the Canadian border crossing near the Rouses Point United States Border Inspection Station. (Provided photo — Ben Rowe, Press-Republican) PLATTSBURGH — In the face of yet another expected extension of restrictions on nonessential travel across the U.S.-Canada border, North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas again called for a greater sense of urgency from both governments to come up with a plan for what reopening could look lik...

Guest Commentary The passage of the Randy Preston Road Salt Reduction Act marks the single greatest opportunity to combat road salt pollution since this problem was first discovered. It could not come at a more important moment. Recent scientific studies have demonstrated the prevalence of road salt pollution in our lakes, streams and groundwater across the Adirondacks. People are suffering from property damage, economic hardships and poor health, all because of our dangerous addiction to ro...

How the Adirondacks fared in New Yorks budget PUBLISHED 3:46 PM ET Apr. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:46 PM EDT Apr. 16, 2021 SHARE The Adirondack Park is home to one of the largest wilderness areas on the East Coast, as well more than 100,000 year-round residents. Balancing the human and natural concerns has never been easy.  In the Adirondacks, theres been two competing concerns: economic development and land preservation. Republican state Sen. ...

State Sen. Dan Stec speaks Monday at the Enterprise office. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone) SARANAC LAKE — Stopping into the Enterprise offices on Monday, state Sen. Dan Stec shared his thoughts on the type of senator he’d like to be, the recently passed state budget and COVID-19 vaccinations. After eight years in the state Assembly, the Republican from Queensbury moved to the Senate when he won election last November, replacing the longtime Republican legislator Betty Little as s...

Malone Telegram State Sen. Dan Stec, right, speaks Monday afternoon at Debar Lodge in Duane, alongside Malone village Mayor Andrea Dumas, who works as a liaison for his office. (Provided photo — Alexander Violo, Malone Telegram) DUANE — A state senator and officials from the town of Duane paid a visit to Debar Lodge Monday afternoon as the state Legislature mulls a constitutional amendment that could save the building. Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, visited the Duane fire station before ...