Saranac Lake Problem Properties
In a document obtained by Adirondack Independent News, the Saranac Lake Housing Work Group has identified 59 properties it has deemed as problem properties. Click on each balloon to see …
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The Cost of Ironman: Over $400,000 in Public Funds Spent Annually for Ironman and 70.3 Events
A recent Freedom of Information Law request submitted by AIN to New York State Police (NYSP) revealed that troopers from the Troop B barracks in Ray Brook have provided significant …
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AIN Asks: Should Saranac Lake Give $37,500 to ROOST?
On the agenda for the village of Saranac Lake’s upcoming meeting on Monday, June 28, there is a proposed $37,500, 3-year contract with the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST). This is the first time a 3-year contract for tourism marketing has been proposed to the village. If approved, the contract will exceed the terms of three current board members: Mayor Clyde Rabideau, who sponsored the bill, and trustees Kelly Brunette and Melinda Little.
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Saranac Lake’s First Farmers Market of the Summer
Saranac Lake’s First Farmers Market of the Summer
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Saranac Lake to Begin Accepting Applicants for Citizen Police Interface Committee
Monday’s brief and mostly uneventful village board meeting ended on a positive note for the people of Saranac Lake, as Trustee Melinda Little announced the village would soon begin accepting letters of interest for the new Citizen Police Interface Committee.
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Fact Check: Mayor Rabideau says DRI data “wrong, wrong, wrong”
In a discussion about affordable housing on his government Facebook page “Citizen Clyde Rabideau,” village of Saranac Lake Mayor Clyde Rabideau claimed a data point submitted in the village’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative Strategic Investment Plan was “wrong, wrong, wrong.” The plan was released in March 2019.
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Saranac Lake Seeks New Police Chief
The Village of Saranac Lake posted a job opening for a police chief on May 7. Former Police Chief James Joyce will become sergeant, and Sgt. Leigh Wenske will be …
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Q&A: Saranac Lake School Board Candidates
Four candidates are running for three open seats on the Saranac Lake school board. Two of the candidates—board President Aurora White and board member Nancy Bernstein—are running for reelection. The two challengers are Zachary Randolph, a program director at St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers, and Justin Garwood, an assistant professor at the University of Vermont.
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Village Postpones STR Public Input Sessions
Two public input sessions on short-term rentals in Saranac Lake have been cancelled until after the village’s Housing Work Group makes public its draft recommendations in June. The meetings were scheduled for May 13 and May 26.
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Recap: April 28 Short Term Rental Public Input Session
The village of Saranac Lake hosted a “public input session” on the issue of short term rentals (STRs) on April 28, from 5–6:30 p.m. in the Harrietstown town hall. Trustees Rich Shapiro, Melinda Little, and Kelly Brunette, and Community Development Director Jamie Konkoski, were in attendance. Mayor Clyde Rabideau and Trustee Tom Catillaz did not attend.
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