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acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com There are 250 cases of COVID-19 in Franklin and Essex counties as of Friday, with Franklin County setting new record numbers of cases daily and correctional facilities in both counties seeing the highest rates of inmate cases ever. Essex County reported a COVID-19-related death on Friday. – – Franklin County again has a new highest number of active positive cases ever. With 38 new cases reported Friday, the total of 187 current cases includes many in...

acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com Franklin and Essex counties continue to see high numbers of COVID-19 cases, with large rates in inmate populations at state and federal correctional facilities across both counties. – – Franklin County’s number of active positive cases continues to be the highest ever, with 17 new cases on Thursday bringing the total to 160. Seventeen cases were resolved Thursday, bringing the total number of people who have recovered from the virus to 463. This i...

Dec 16, 2020 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New York State. In 2019, DEC Forest Rangers conducted 337 search and rescue missions, extinguished 74 wildfires that burned a total of 212 acres, participated in 29 p...

eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com The first group of Alice Center nursing home residents who agree to be vaccinated are expected to receive vaccinations against COVID-19 as early as next week. The first group of residents will receive their shots on Dec. 21, Alice Hyde Medical Center spokesman Phillip Rau confirmed Monday. Alice Hyde, which is part of the University of Vermont health network, oversees the Alice Center. Because the new Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is delivered in two shots, ...

Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY. Photo: Emily Russell. Dec 14, 2020 — The coronavirus is spreading among inmates at North Country prisons, with at least 77 confirmed cases between four facilities throughout the region. Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Malone has the most confirmed cases, with 33 inmates testing positive as of Dec. 11. Bare Hill, as of this summer, housed an estimated 1,000 incarcerated people. Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora has 28 active cases, ac...

Dec 14, 2020 — Coronavirus cases continue to climb across the North Country, with nearly 700 new cases reported across the region in recent days and 5 new deaths. Infection rates are rising in most North Country counties, including Clinton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence Counties. On Monday, health officials in Clinton County reported 95 new cases over the weekend. About a quarter of all new cases are among inmates at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, where 28 inmates ...

Adirondack hunter falls out of tree stand, gets injured: DEC Forest Ranger rescues Updated Dec 15, 2020; Facebook Share An Adirondack hunter fell out of his tree stand recently. He suffered undisclosed injuries and made his way back to his truck. He was unable, though, to get into his vehicle. Fortunately, a state Forest Ranger happened to be driving by, noticed him on the ground next to his truck and rescued him. That rescue was included in the state Department of Environmental Conservation�...

Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY. Photo: Emily Russell. Dec 14, 2020 — The coronavirus is spreading among inmates at North Country prisons, with at least 77 confirmed cases between four facilities throughout the region. Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Malone has the most confirmed cases, with 33 inmates testing positive as of Dec. 11. Bare Hill, as of this summer, housed an estimated 1,000 incarcerated people. Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora has 28 active cases, ac...

Debar Pond is seen in April 2017. (Enterprise photo – Justin A. Levine) The state Adirondack Park Agency board on Thursday voted 9-2 to advance a draft unit management plan for the Debar Mountain Complex, opening a 60-day joint public comment period that ends Feb. 12, 2021. Board members Chad Dawson and Zoe Smith cast the no votes. John Ernst, Mark Hall, Andrea Hogan, Art Lussi, Kenneth Lynch and Daniel Wilt voted yes, as did state agency designees Bradley Austin (Department of Economic ...

hjriley@roadrunner.com Jim had a birthday recently. I don’t know if he turned 50 or if he worked at the Enterprise for 50 years, or maybe I was remembering that we worked together at the Enterprise in the ’50s. Whatever … Happy birthday, Jim, I just hope I look that good when I get to be your age. Ha ha … The Enterprise headline Monday, Dec. 12, 1988, read: “The Big Chill! Tri-Lakes in a deep freeze.” Tell me about climate change: Remember we had to walk 8 miles to scho...