Tax levy to stay the same in Franklin County

by Adirondack Daily Enterprise

MALONE - The Franklin County Board of Legislators unanimously passed the county's 2009 budget Thursday afternoon. The county's total property tax levy will stay at $11,405,109, the same as it was this year. Due to a 2.8 percent increase in the county's overall assessed property value, the ta...

Lake Placid plans community garden

by Adirondack Daily Enterprise

LAKE PLACID - Imagine a field where anyone can grow their own vegetables, a cooperative gathering place buzzing with gardeners, both young and old, planting, cultivating and harvesting affordable local produce - this is the vision for a community garden being planned for this spring in Lake Placi...

Tucker will decline Brighton position

by Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Despite publicly announcing he didn't want the job, Steve Tucker was elected supervisor of the town of Brighton. On election night, Tucker's contender, and the man who wanted the position, David Knapp, was ahead by two votes, but following the final count of absentee ballots, Tucker outnumbered...

Morgan purchases Casa Del Sol

by Adirondack Daily Enterprise

SARANAC LAKE - Dreams do come true, at least according to Bryan Morgan now that he has become the new owner of Mexican restaurant Casa Del Sol. For the past 16 years, Morgan lived in Park City, Utah, first working in the ski industry and eventually owning and operating a restaurant, Prime Steak...

Red Storm heads to Kingston for state semifinal

by Adirondack Daily Enterprise

SARANAC LAKE - For the first time in a decade, Saranac Lake football will play in the Class C state semifinals when it lines up to take on Croton-Harmon Saturday at Dietz Stadium in Kingston. The Red Storm are fresh off a 14-7 overtime thriller against Watervliet while Croton-Harmon downed Ell...

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The arts and healing in Potsdam

by NCPR Daily RSS: 11/21/2008

The healing power of creativity will be celebrated at the St. Lawrence County Arts Council this winter. Todd Moe talks with St. Lawrence County Arts Council Executive Director Hilary Oak about the upcoming "Arts for Healing" exhibit in Potsdam.

SUNY board votes for tuition hike

by NCPR Daily RSS: 11/21/2008

The SUNY Board of Trustees voted for a tuition hike this week. Martha Foley has more.

Lawmakers focus on state spending habits

by NCPR Daily RSS: 11/21/2008

Governor David Paterson has been warning for months that the state has been spending too much money, and that those practices have finally caught up. But others say the projected $15 billion deficit is the product of commitments to new programs. And critics say lawmakers never found an adequate s...

A Fresh Start for Peace: "Sending a very different messag...

by NCPR Daily RSS: 11/21/2008

President-elect Barack Obama says he'll close Guantanamo Bay, ban torture, and begin a withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq. Peace and social justice activist Martha Swan, from Westport, says she welcomes those moves. But as part of our series, "A Fresh Start," Swan told Brian Mann t...