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Laura Chapot won both featured jumper classes at Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y.--Laura Chapot won both of Wednesday’s feature classes as the Week 2 jumper classes began at the 55th annual Lake Placid Horse Shows on Wednesday,, July 3. In Wednesday’s 1.40m Jump-off class, Chapot on Ginola was one of two entries to qualify for the jump-off, and she won by going clean in tin 30.585 seconds.
New York State ‘Tourist Trap’ Found To Be Crawling With Bed Bugs
Many New York State residents and out-of-towners are expected to flock to this destination that's crawling with bed bugs. AAA projects over 70 million people will travel 50 miles or more for the July 4th holiday. That number sets a new record. Officials also say one location in New York...
Schumer announces $40M to make I-90 a 'semiconductor superhighway'
New Yorkers can start call I-90 the "semiconductor superhighway." Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer already is after announcing a $40 million investment through the CHIPS Act that is coming to the state. “In a few years, a quarter of all the chips manufactured in the United States will be along...
State acquires 600-acre ‘Four Peaks Tract’ in Jay for forest preserve
Conservation easements for Follensby, Raquette River tracts completed, pushing state closer to conservation goals. The state Department of Environmental Conservation purchased nearly 600 acres in the town of Jay for $575,000 to add to the forest preserve, it announced on Wednesday. The acquisition pushes the state closer to its conservation...
2 new accessible trails coming to Adirondack region
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) - Federal funding will help pay for two accessible trail projects in the Adirondacks. The Adirondack Land Trust got about $3 million from the Northern Border Regional Commission to create accessible trails on more than 400 acres of land. The funding will go toward two trails --...
Keene native operates national business from home town
KEENE VALLEY — When Emily Reynolds Bergh is not at her home office, you can find her at Old Mountain Coffee Company, sipping a drink and running her award-winning, nationwide PR firm. Reynolds Bergh is the CEO and founder of R Public Relations, a mostly-remote PR firm with offices...
Texas native rides to LP grand prix win
LAKE PLACID — It’s safe to say that Brian Moggre’s first-ever trip to Lake Placid has been pretty good so far. On the final day of the Lake Placid Horse Show on Sunday, June 30, Moggre, of Flower Mound, Texas, rode his horse MTM Vivre Le Reve to a first place victory in the $75,000 Lake Placid Horse Show Grand Prix at the North Elba Show Grounds.
July 4th events set for region
LAKE PLACID — Events to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday are planned for the Olympic Region on Thursday. In Lake Placid, the festivities begin in the afternoon at Mid’s Park on Main Street, where there will be live bluegrass music with Nubble from 1 to 4 p.m. This is a free concert.
ADL demands state attorneys general investigate anti-Israel groups
EXCLUSIVE — The Anti-Defamation League is pressing state attorneys general in New York and Arizona to investigate the tax-exempt statuses of two anti-Israel groups linked to protests in support of Hamas, according to sets of letters obtained by the Washington Examiner. The letters, which the ADL sent Tuesday to New York Attorney General Letitia James […]
The Adirondack Council at Fifty: An Interview with Rocci Aguirre
At the Adirondack Council’s annual Forever Wild Day, to be held this year on July 13 at Heaven Hill Farm in Lake Placid, the Council will record the oral histories of those who have fought to protect the Adirondack Park over the past fifty years – including, perhaps especially – those who have fought with, for and on behalf of the Adirondack Council.
Janet Sung on The Meadowmount School of Music's 80th Anniversary!
Founded in 1944 by Ivan Galamian, the Meadowmount School of Music offers a 7-week summer program in the Adirondack Mountains of NY for young violinists, violists, and cellists. The Violin Channel recently caught up with Janet Sung, Artistic Director of The Meadowmount School of Music located in Westport, New...
Multiple departments responded to a home fully engulfed in flames in Saranac, NY
SARANAC, N.Y. — Multiple fire departments in the area responded to a home fully engulfed in flames late Wednesday night. Officials told NBC5 it happened at home on Hardscrabble Road, near the intersection of Duquette Road. As of 3:30 a.m., Clinton County Dispatch reported that all departments had been...
‘The Gilded Age’ to film in Schenectady’s Stockade neighborhood
The HBO series “The Gilded Age” is coming back to the Capital Region to film. While the production previously filmed in Troy, Albany, and Cohoes, the series is filming in Troy, Albany, and Schenectady to film its third season this summer.
‘I thought the new cart felt weird’ Walmart customer agrees after shopper points out flaw – she even has picture-proof
A WALMART shopper shared picture proof as to why she disliked shopping at the retailer. Jayne Jones Sullivan explained why the store’s new carts made it uncomfortable to do her shopping. The shopper said she typically does not visit Walmart but recently had a few reasons to go in-store. “I hate shopping at Walmart and […]
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