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US-Canada illegal border crossings surge – and those migrants are heading to NYC
CLINTON COUNTY, N.Y. - Mountain Mart, a gas station in the small city of Plattsburgh, New York, was once an unassuming pit stop before a trip to the nearby Adirondacks, or perhaps a stay near Lake Champlain. Thanks to its proximity to the northern border, it’s now better known as an outpost for migrants, the penultimate stop on their long journeys from home.
Developers Seeking Demolition of D’Andrea’s PizzaUnion Coach Works, with New 6-Story Building Construction in Caroline Street Redevelopment
SARATOGA SPRINGS —Developers are seeking approval from the city Design Review Commission for the demolition of two long-standing single-story structures on Caroline Street and proposing to replace them with a new, single, multi-story mixed-use structure likely to house retail and/or restaurant on the ground floor with multi-unit residential use on floors 2 through 6, according to documents filed with the city.
Little League NYS All-Star 11s baseball: Never-say-die South Shore rallies for 3-2 win vs. Massapequa to cop state title
All-Star tournaments are a battle of attrition. It’s a test of which team has the will to bounce back in the most pressure situations -- especially in a double-elimination format. South Shore Little League, winners of the District 24 and Section 3 South title earlier this summer, had run...
At a quiet Craftsbury pond, rowers become Olympians
Six Green Racing Project team members will make history for their Craftsbury-based program as they compete in rowing and sculling at the Paris Olympics starting Saturday. Read the story on VTDigger here: At a quiet Craftsbury pond, rowers become Olympians.
'A problem we can solve:' More affordable housing is coming to Buffalo
NEW YORK — More high-quality, affordable housing is coming to Buffalo. State Senator Sean Ryan announced the first step of ‘The City of Good Neighborhoods’ plan to build safe and affordable rental units statewide. $40 million in the state budget was established in New York’s Vacant Rental Improvement Program to create more affordable rental properties for low-income families, notes the Senator’s Office.
Essex Experience to build workforce housing for the first time
ESSEX TOWN — The Essex Experience is exploring a new venture. Amid a housing shortage across the Green Mountain State, the retail, restaurant and recreation complex in Essex Town is now adding apartments to its lineup of offerings. Essex Experience owner Peter Edelmann founded the complex back in 1995,...
VTDigger launches 2024 primary election guide
This year’s voter guide includes almost 300 candidate profiles, a campaign finance database, details on how to vote, county-by-county explainers and more. Read the story on VTDigger here: VTDigger launches 2024 primary election guide.
From the Colchester-Milton Rotary: Save a life this summer, at Aug. 13 blood drive
Team up with the Rotary Club of Colchester-Milton and the American Red Cross to save a life!. To make an appointment to donate, go to redcrossblood.org and fill in the sponsor code, CMROTARY or use this link:. Hosting a blood drive coincides with Rotary’s core values of giving back to...
Nearly $18M repair project begins on Callicoon Bridge
A $17.8 million project is under way to rehabilitate the Callicoon Bridge, which spans the Delaware River and links the Town of Callicoon, N.Y., with Damascus Township, Pa., New York State officials announced. The project will enhance public safety, improve resiliency and ease travel along a key connector that provides...
10th Cavalry Apartments to bring 65 affordable units of housing to Colchester
COLCHESTER — Sixty-five new apartments are coming to the historic Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, in an effort to combat existing pressures to find affordable housing in Vermont. These rentals, 10th Cavalry Apartments, are brought to the area by Northern Vermont nonprofit Champlain Housing Trust, through a partnership with...
Affordable housing in Keene ready for applicants, aimed at moderate-income families
Housing organization building four new homes on Both Meadow Trail. Adirondack Roots will build four new, single-family homes in Keene aimed at moderate-income families, and is accepting applications from potential homeowners. Homes in the Both Meadow Trail development will cost about $160,000 each and be reserved for families that meet income qualifications based on family size: Someone in a single-person household, for example, would qualify if they earned up to $72,480, while total income for a six-person household could go as high as $120,120.
Kelly Brush Foundation sending two athletes to Paralympic Games in Paris
CHARLOTTE, Vt. — Next month, the Paralympic Games will get underway in Paris, and a foundation based in Charlotte, Vermont, is helping two athletes fulfill their dreams to compete there this year. For nearly two decades, the Kelly Brush Foundation has helped athletes with spinal cord injuries reach their...
Lake Placid bids to host 2026 Winter Olympics sliding events if Italy falters
It's been a while since Upstate New York hosted the Olympic games — 44 years to be exact. Salt Lake City will host the Winter Olympics in 2034, but Upstate New York may have part of the games as soon as 2026. Lake Placid has submitted a bid to host the sliding portion of the games if Italy fails to improve its track by March of next year. If selected, Lake Placid would have three sports and 450 athletes participating.
Small Adirondack community rallies to change racist hill name
Name-change petition circulates for renaming hill in Franklin County after historic Black settlers. Earlier this month in the small Adirondack community of Bloomingdale, several dozen people packed the Hex and Hop Brewery’s wooden picnic tables to participate in a crusade. They listened to a presentation on the history of...
Potentially Deadly Veggies Sold In New York Stores
A voluntary recall has been expanded due to the potential health threat it poses in New York State. Wiers Farm Inc. of Willard, Ohio, is expanding its July 12, 2024, recall. The recall was initiated by findings reported by the Michigan Department of Agriculture. The vegetables at the center of the recall may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
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