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LAKE PLACID — Jamie Rogers wants to be this village’s mayor once again. Rogers, an independent, said Monday, Jan. 18 that he has enough signatures on his nominating petition to run for the mayor’s seat, which will be vacated in early April after Craig Randall gets done with his third and final four-year term. It was Randall who beat Rogers, the incumbent mayor at the time, and independent Peter Roy in the 2009 election. “When I was the mayor the last time, I really, really enjoyed it and I really loved working with this community,” Rogers said. “But it’s tough financially. So ...

aflynn@lakeplacidnews.com LAKE PLACID — It’s been almost two years since officials at the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism proposed using an extra 2% of Essex County’s occupancy tax for community development. And now — for the town of North Elba, at least — they are ready to explain how the program will be implemented in 2021. When ROOST CEO Jim McKenna and Chief of Staff Mary Jane Lawrence sat down with the Lake Placid News on Feb. 22, 2019, they said increasing the occupancy tax — known informally as a “bed tax” — from 3% to 5% was needed in order to improve communi...

aflynn@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID — There will be four open seats in the village of Lake Placid government in the spring election: mayor, two trustees and justice. Meanwhile, people can begin collecting signatures for independent nominating petitions today, according to Village Clerk Anita Estling. Fifty signatures from village residents are needed to get on the ballot as an independent. The first day to file independent nominating petitions is Feb. 2, and the last day to file is Feb. 9. The village election is Tuesday, March 16. After hitting his three-term limit as mayor...

North Elba Town Hall, Lake Placid (News photo — Carol Swirsky) LAKE PLACID — There will be four open seats in the village of Lake Placid government in the spring election: mayor, two trustees and justice. Meanwhile, people can begin collecting signatures for independent nominating petitions on Tuesday, Dec. 29. according to Village Clerk Anita Estling. Fifty signatures from village residents are needed to get on the ballot as an independent. The first day to file independent nominating petitions is Feb. 2, and the last day to file is Feb. 9. The village election is Tuesday, March 16. A...