7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1148+ words) Some people I know have an uncanny knack for hunting Northern New York black bear. Why Goony LaDuke seems to get a bear every year. The LaDuke family are still eating bear meat on the fourth of July every year....

6+ hour, 50+ min ago   (763+ words) The healthcare affordability crisis is crushing everyone, but it has become downright calamitous for small businesses. Survey after survey after survey shows that employers expect healthcare costs to rise nearly 10% on average in 2027, a figure that could be twice as…...

7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (516+ words) TUPPER LAKE — Among the various reports from elected officials aired at last month’s delayed town board meeting were some very positive comments from Councilman Owen Littlefield, who serves on the town board’s golf course committee. He said the recent Pro-Am…...

7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (326+ words) The Daily Gazette GOUVERNEUR — The Friends 4 Pound Paws Inc 2 issued a stark warning: the shelter is full, adoptions have slowed to a crawl and intake is now closed until enough animals find homes.Friends 4 Pound Paws, which serves…...

7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (145+ words) TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake Town Board accepted without comment Town Clerk Mary Kay Strack’s annual tax collector’s report for the period from Jan. 1, 2026 to Apr. 1, 2026. Total taxes collected by Strack this year was $5.181 million, plus total interest of interest…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1658+ words) Students in Homeschool New York’s Adirondacks/Albany Chapter take part in a group project. In June, police found the bodies of four children — Harper, 13; Hudson, 11; Gavin, 10; and Gracelynn Harmon, 10 — along with their grandmother, Amy Steadman, and mother, Sarah Myers, inside…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (799+ words) Dr. Aaron Mail, in purple sweatshirt in the middle of the back row, with the students from a Timbuctoo session. The Adirondacks Mountains, New York’s most important climate asset, is under threat from climate change. Warmer winters and reduced snowpack…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (554+ words) FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. AMSTERDAM — Two men were detained Wednesday morning by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Phillips Street in Amsterdam, according to city officials. Mayor Michael…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (978+ words) PETER R. BARBER Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy speaks at the ribbon cutting of the new M&T Center Thursday, August 14, 2025. This article was paid for by donations to The Community Journalism Fund. SCHENECTADY — Schenectady will face a major budget shortfall in…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (659+ words) Rep. Ley Says I-5 Bridge Project Must Be Scaled to Available Funding (The Center Square) - A lawmaker from Vancouver, Washington, who sits on the bi-state legislative committee for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project is calling for a reset of design and…...