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Adirondack Health debt refinancing OK’d
May 16, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — The Franklin County Legislature and the Franklin County Civic Development Corporation have signed off on Adirondack Health’s plan to refinance millions of dollars in debt it incurred... more »»
Whistleblowers at Sunmount, other facilities fault plan to protect disabled
May 15, 2012 ALBANY - Three former whistleblowers who worked in state-funded institutions caring for the disabled said Tuesday that Gov. more »» 
Pins of pride
May 11, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Nursing is one of North Country Community College’s most prominent programs, and on Thursday night, friends, family and faculty packed the Sparks Athletic Complex gymnasium to honor... more »» 
What really happened at Trudeau Institute
May 10, 2012 (Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part investigative report on the ongoing crisis at Trudeau Institute, one of Saranac Lake’s most important employer. more »» 
More benefits for 5-year-old undergoing chemo
May 5, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Three more fundraisers are planned to help the family of young Mason Stanton pay for mounting hospital bills. more »» 
Support flows in for boy undergoing chemotherapy
May 3, 2012 The mother of young boy undergoing chemotherapy says the Saranac Lake and Lake Placid communities have helped to make a difficult situation easier for her family. more »» 
Rally: Ban synthetic pot
May 1, 2012 ELIZABETHTOWN — More than 200 people, mostly teenage students, gathered on the lawn in front the Essex County government complex Monday morning to support a ban on synthetic marijuan. more »»
North Country gets good grades for air quality (update)
April 27, 2012 Essex County ranks among the best in the nation when it comes to pollution particles in the air, according to a report issued by the American Lung Association. more »»
Police host prescription drug take-back events
April 27, 2012 Police departments in the Tri-Lakes will participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday. more »»
CSEA to bring 1,000 members to Lake Placid conference
April 26, 2012 LAKE PLACID — Nearly 1,000 members of the state’s largest public employee union will renew their commitment to on-the-job safety at the Civil Service Employees Association’s Statewide Conference on... more »»
New health insurance plan starts with Lake Placid police
April 24, 2012 LAKE PLACID — Police officers here are now covered by a new health insurance plan that village officials hope will eventually be offered to all employees. more »» 
Local boy prepares for chemotherapy
April 23, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — An energetic young local boy will begin six weeks of chemotherapy today as doctors hope to treat a baseball-sized tumor near the top of his leg. more »»
Not home yet: Veterans' respite group struggles
April 14, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — It was billed as a project that could transform the community and bring hope and healing to veterans and their families. more »»
Adirondack Health hosts session on advance directives
April 14, 2012 SARANAC LAKE – In observance of National Health Care Decisions Day, Adirondack Health will host an education session Monday about advanced health care planning. more »»
Adirondack Health seeks to refinance debt
April 13, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Health is asking the Franklin County Civic Development Corporation to help refinance debts the hospital and nursing home provider incurred from a series of building... more »» 
Essex County receives final nursing home bids
April 11, 2012 Essex County has received final offers from two of the three parties who want to purchase the Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown. more »»
No bid award for Horace Nye sprinklers, for now
April 10, 2012 As the Essex County Board of Supervisors continues to debate whether to sell the Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown, lawmakers are trying to figure out how to meet a requirement that the... more »» 
Lawmakers weigh in on abortion, birth control
April 6, 2012 Reproductive health is on the minds of many candidates running for office this year, and it could become a topic of conversation among lawmakers in Albany in the coming month. more »» 
Scozzafava: Nursing home a moral obligation
April 3, 2012 ELIZABETHTOWN — One of Essex County’s most outspoken lawmakers says government has a moral obligation to take care of the elderly. more »» |
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