Supervisor Jay Rand News Today

LAKE PLACID — The North Elba Republican Committee believes Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr.’s indictment of Donald Trump brings “shame and dish

LAKE PLACID — The North Elba Republican Committee believes Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr.’s indictment of Donald Trump brings “shame and dish

Jay Rand LAKE PLACID — As the town gets ready for the 2023 Winter World University Games, there are a number of issues facing the community, including short-term rentals, tourism, overuse of the High Peaks, the coronavirus pandemic and the state’s new law legalizing recreation marijuana use. North Elba town Supervisor Jay Rand touched on some of those issues during an interview with Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn on Monday, April 12. Below is part of that interview. – LPN: What are...

eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com The town of North Elba now owns the former Adirondack Medical Center building on Church Street in Lake Placid. (Enterprise photo — Peter Crowley) LAKE PLACID — The state Olympic Regional Development Authority’s board of directors is expected to vote on a proposal next week to demolish the old Placid Memorial Hospital, construct a new office building and modernize athlete housing at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center. On Friday, ORDA re...

Marijuana buds (Provided photo — Efiks, via Wikimedia Commons) LAKE PLACID — North Elba Town Council members are mixed on whether to opt out of allowing marijuana sales. “My personal opinion on marijuana and drugs is I’d do anything to keep it out,” town Supervisor Jay Rand told the Lake Placid News on Monday. Rand said he’s against the sale of marijuana in the town of North Elba right now; however, as the board discusses it in the future, he is not ruling out changing his mi...

eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID — North Elba Town Council members are mixed on whether to opt out of allowing marijuana sales. “My personal opinion on marijuana and drugs is I’d do anything to keep it out,” town Supervisor Jay Rand told the Lake Placid News on Monday, April 12. Rand said he’s against the sale of marijuana in the town right now; however, as the board discusses it in the future, he is not ruling out changing his mind. He said having marijuana for sale...

eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com It’s a local election year. Voters in many Essex County towns will elect town supervisors, clerks, councilors, highway superintendents and tax collectors this November. Two local towns, Jay and Keene, will have primaries in June, for both the Democratic and Republican parties. Independent candidates can circulate petitions to get on the ballot starting today. Independent candidates have until May 25 to file those petitions, according to the county Board o...

eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID — Some of the issues Lake Placid’s two mayoral candidates spoke about Sunday, at a forum hosted by the Enterprise and Lake Placid News, have been problems for the village for decades — such as parking and affordable housing. They also discussed regulation short-term vacation rentals, protecting Mirror Lake and bringing large-scale events back to Lake Placid this summer. The candidates for mayor are current Trustee and Deputy Mayor Art De...

The North Elba Town Hall (Enterprise photo — Griffin Kelly) LAKE PLACID — Members of the North Elba Town Council unanimously approved the hiring of Haley Breen as the town’s first-ever community development director on Tuesday evening. The next day, she was on the job. Breen was recommended by the Lake Placid/North Elba Community Development Commission’s ad hoc Development Director Group, consisting of Community Development Commission Chairman Dean Dietrich, town Councilor Emily Po...

North Elba Town Hall (News photo — Matthew Turner) LAKE PLACID — Members of the North Elba Town Council unanimously approved the hiring of Haley Breen as the town’s first-ever community development director on Tuesday evening, Feb. 9, during their monthly meeting. The next day, she was on the job. Breen was recommended by the Lake Placid/North Elba Community Development Commission’s ad hoc Development Director Group, consisting of Community Development Commission Chairman Dean Dietrich...