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Saranac Lake completes annual financial report
The Village will begin its 2027-28 budget process in December with corrected accounting records, a filed AFR, and financial systems that are functioning as they should. SARANAC LAKE | The Village of Saranac Lake has completed its Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2026, and filed it with the New York State Office of the State Comptroller.
VTDigger
UVM and USDA researchers hope to improve local agriculture
The Food Systems Research Station is a long-term collaboration between the University of Vermont and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. Read the story on VTDigger here: UVM and USDA researchers hope to improve local agriculture .
WCAX
Surging diesel prices threaten North Country trucking businesses
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Site of failed Tupper Lake project sells for $9.9M
Stanley Rumbough was the sole bidder on 5,800 acres of forested land in Tupper Lake. The property sold for $9.9 million in a brief auction Friday afternoon at the Franklin County Courthouse in Malone. The property is the site of the failed Adirondack Club and Resort development. In 2019, Rumbough...
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Demand high for new Tupper Lake housing
The Northern Forest Center will celebrate completion of its Tupper Lake housing complex with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 4:30 p.m. at 179 Park St. For a number of people, the ribbon can’t flutter to the ground fast enough. “About 25 people have reached out to...
North Country Public Radio
UVM Health announces another round of layoffs
As it continues to work toward solvency, University of Vermont (UVM) Health announced Tuesday that it plans to layoff or restructure 199 positions across its facilities in Vermont and northern New York. According to a press release, 55 new roles will be created for a net reduction of 144 positions,...
AVweb
Neighbors Fight BETA CEO’s Airstrip
Residents in Lincoln, Vermont, renewed their opposition Monday to a proposed 900-foot private airstrip at the home of eVTOL company BETA Technologies CEO Kyle Clark. About 75 people attended a community meeting on the project, according to local WCAX. The strip is not a BETA Technologies project and is intended...
WCAX
UVM Health Network to cut nearly 200 jobs amid budget shortfall
Almost 200 people across the UVM Health Network will see their jobs eliminated by the end of next month. The cuts include 118 jobs at the UVM Medical Center, 24 at the Central Vermont Medical Center and 15 at Helen Porter.
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St. Armand residents speak on proposed solar farm
Several residents came out to hear more and express concerns about proposed solar farm. — BLOOMINGDALE | On Sept. 10, local residents of all ages crowded into the St. Armand Town Hall to hear more about and give their opinions on a proposed solar project. The evening started off...
WCAX
More job cuts by the University of Vermont Health Network to improve sustainability
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Nearly 200 people across the University of Vermont Health Network will have their jobs eliminated by the end of October. In a letter sent to employees Tuesday morning, UVM Medical Center President Dr. Stephen Leffler said the position cuts will impact staff across all the network’s health care partners.
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UVM Health to Eliminate 199 Positions Amid Growing Financial Pressure
UVM Health plans to eliminate approximately 199 positions in late October, the latest round of workforce reductions as Vermont’s largest health care provider confronts mounting financial pressure. Employees affected by the cuts are being notified Tuesday and Wednesday, according to an email that UVM Health chief executive officer Dr....
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Downtown Saranac Lake now sweeter thanks to Sugar Shack
Sugar Shack is located at 14 Broadway in Saranac Lake. — SARANAC LAKE | Thanks to Katrina Glynn, downtown has now gotten a little sweeter. The local resident recently opened the Sugar Shack on Broadway, a sweet new business venture filled with treats for people of all ages. Glynn...
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DEC moves to regulate ethanol emissions at Moriah facility, where whiskey fungus is growing
After years of watching a black fungus spread across a hamlet in the northeastern Adirondacks where a company is aging its whiskey, state regulators are intervening in a historic way. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation informed WhistlePig Whiskey, a spirits business based in Vermont with a bottling plant...