The Senate’s version of the Farm Bill Slashes $4.1 Billion in Food Stamps For Veterans, Seniors, and Food Insecure Families.. Gillibrand is speaking out....
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Lake Placid’s Library Welcomes Mountain Lakes Academy Art Show
Mountain Lakes art show at Lake Placid Library opens 10/11 An exhibition of artworks by students of Mountain Lakes Academy will open with a free reception at the Lake Placid Public Library on Thursday, October 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. Mountain Lakes art instructor Ann Bayruns and her students, aged 12 through 18,...
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Talk of the Town – Thursday October 11th, 2012
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K&J – Baby Steps for The Lake Flower Beach Committee
The Lake Flower Beach Committee June 2012 will no doubt mark the beginning of the newest effort to bring the beach back toLakeFlower.. It started with a facebook site called “Lake Flower Beach Return” and in less than 19 hours, brought in over 3,000 members… Shawn Boyer.. He’s leading a group of residents who...
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Governor Cuomo Tours North Country Regional Economic Development – Checks Progress
Gov. Cuomo tells aNorth Countrygroup of residents that he believes they are the perfect example of how the Regional Economic Development Council program should work. “There is noNew Yorkstate economy. It doesn’t exist,” “There are regional economies that, as an aggregate, wind up being the state economy,” The governor visits the region Wednesday touring Regional...
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Credit Unions Reporting Growth in All Categories
LOCAL CREDIT UNIONS ARE SHOWING FINANCIAL GROWTH New York’s credit unions continue to show across-the-board growth in all fundamental categories, including membership, lending, assets and savings through the 2nd quarter of 2012. In so doing, they have exceeded the national averages in each of those areas as well. Membership growth atNew Yorkcredit unions over...
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Statewide Lifetime Service Award goes to Dr Paul Reiss
The New York State Wide Senior Action Council has awarded Dr. Paul Reiss of Lake Placid its first Community Service Award for a lifetime of service to the community, particularly for older persons and children. StateWide’s Executive Director Maria Alvarez says ”Dr. Reiss was selected because of his exemplary way he leads his life...
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Catillaz Suspends Campaign
The Campaign for Town of Harrietstown Supervisor is a little quieter today following an announcement from his campaign that Saranac Lake Village Trustee Tom Catillaz is Suspending his “Active Campaign” 101012 – Catillaz Suspends Campaign In a statement emailed to WNBZ, The Catilliaz campaign noted a serious family medical situation out-of-state as the reason for...
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Montreal Earthquake felt in Tri-Lakes
A small earthquake was felt in The Tri Lakes Region early Wednesday Morning… Canada’s CBC TV reports the epicenter about 23 miles North Northeast of the Montreal region.. Allison Bent is a seismologist for Natural Resources Canada .. She says it was a magnitude 4.5 quake with no reports of damage, although it did...
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K&J – Child Safety Seat Check Wednesday 4pm
New York State Police, Troop “B”, along with the Adirondack Medical Center and North Country Home Services will be hosting a child safety seat clinic at the Troop “B” Headquarters, Ray Brook, New York on Wednesday October 10th, 2012 from 4:00PM to 8:00PM. KJSHOW – 101012 – Biran Goetz on Child Safety Seat Program...
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New Fire Contracts for the Village of Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department
The Village of Saranac Lake honored Bob Pettee and Susan Neal from Pendragon Theater for their work in the region since 1980… Pendragon began in a local school auditorium before moving to theLake PlacidCenterfor the Arts and eventually to their current location inSaranacLake, in a former ice cream warehouse, behind Kids R Us.. 101012...
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NBT Bank Announces Merger with Alliance Financial
NORWICH, N.Y. and SYRACUSE, N.Y. – NBT Bancorp Inc. (NBT) (Nasdaq:NBTB) and Alliance Financial Corporation (Alliance) (Nasdaq:ALNC) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Alliance will merge with and into NBT. The merger is valued at approximately $233.4 million and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013 subject to customary closing conditions, including...
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HMOs on Vacation
NEW YORK – Some health maintenance organizations in New York are getting what amounts to a “13-year vacation” from having to comply with the American with Disabilities Act, say advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities who have presented their findings to the Department of Health. Susan Dooha, executive director of the Center for Independence...
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Talk of the Town – Tuesday October 9th, 2012
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Lake Placid’s Brewfest a First Annual Success
One thing is for sure, the weather was kind to some over the weekend and not so kind to others… but for the most part, a little rain early on Saturday helped to fuel attendance at the first annual Brewfest which was held in the 1932 Rink at the Olympic Center here in Lake...
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Harrietstown Budget is Under 2% Tax Cap –
The Town of Harrietstown steps into Round One of their Budget Work-Sessions Monday night with a presentation from Budget Officer Mike Kilroy… Tax Rates are divided by “Division” and only certain residents are required to pay portions of the assessment – Village Residents, for example, will only pay the assessment on the General Fund...
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NFIB September Report shows Low Expectations
The National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Optimism Index is released at 7:30am Tuesday.. Low expectations and pessimism summing up the NFIB report (released just a few minutes ago) for the small-business community. The Small Business Optimism Index loses 0.1 points and falls to 92.8. The report suggests the reading was pulled down...
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Saranac Lake Village Board Honors Pendragon Founders
The Village of Saranac Lake will honor Bob Pettee and Susan Neal, co-founders ofSaranacLake’s renowned Pendragon Theater. Pettee and Neal moved toSaranacLakein 1980 and started what became the Pendragon Theater in a local school auditorium before moving to theLake PlacidCenterfor the Arts and eventually to their current location inSaranacLake, in a former ice cream...
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Pottery Classes Begin Wednesday at BlueSeed Studios –
Artist Joanna Merry will guide the beginner potter though the basic maneuvers of creating a piece of pottery on the wheel. Hand Building skills are also introduced as well as glazing and glazing techniques. Through demonstrations and planned projects, the student is able to accomplish goals and gain the necessary confidence needed to finish...
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Freedom for Technology – at least for now…
An Internet, “If You Can Keep It” Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is said to have answered a question about what kind of rule the Constitutional Convention of 1787 had created by saying, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Advocates working to keep the Internet free from restrictions and regulations say, in effect, the...
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Lake Placid’s Elementary School Playground Reopens Wednesday
The Lake Placid Elementary School Playground will open again on Wednesday thanks to the help of a committed group of Volunteers who spent the afternoon Friday and most of the day on Saturday working on the final touches to the newly designed playground.. By mid afternoon Saturday, the ominous pile of woodchips are disappearing...
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New York Pharmacists Go Postal on Medicaid Drug Policies
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Pharmacists Society of the State of New York (PSSNY) and several pharmacies have filed a legal challenge in State Supreme Court against state Medicaid policies that force certain beneficiaries to receive some of their medications by mail. Pharmacists charge that blocking access to local pharmacies and the additional support they ...
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Assemblywoman Janet Duprey Debates challengers
Incumbent Republican Assemblywoman Janet Duprey is seeking a 4th term in the New York State Assembly. She faces a challenge from 2 opponents in November in the newly redrawn 115th Assembly District that covers all of Clinton and Franklin Counties and 4 towns in St. Lawrence County in Northern New York. Conservative Party candidate...
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Three Keeseville Murder Suspects Arrested in August Death of Robert Rennie
Six weeks ago 45 year old Robert Rennie was murdered and Three Keeseville men are now in custody facing chrages of Second degree murder and Manslaughter. The three men were alegedly involved in a gang assault which left Robert Rennie Dead and according to State Police this assault was pre-meditated. 39 year old Paul...
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Fire Prevention Week Begins Today
MORRISONVILLE, N.Y. Oct. 3, 2012 – This October 7-13 the American Red Cross is helping families and businesses learn how to protect themselves and others from fires in observance of National Fire Prevention Week. Last year, the Red Cross responded to about 63,000 home fires across the country by providing comfort and basic necessities...
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Obituary – Bertha Paquin
Bertha E. Paquin, age 84, of Overlook Apartments, Bloomingdale, died Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. Born in Gabriels, New York on March 06, 1928, she was the daughter of Fred and Helen (Otis) Lester. Bertha married Robert Paquin on June 24, 1948 in St. John’s Catholic Church...
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Langton defends his title as fastest push athlete in the nation
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (Oct. 6, 2012)- Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.) defended his title as the fastest push athlete in the nation by claiming his fourth U.S. National Men’s Bobsled Push Championship title in Lake Placid, N.Y. today. Langton led a field of 39 athletes in one of the toughest battles for the victory in...
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K&J Show Encore – A Focus on Bullying
In a recent K&J show during The Morning News we spoke with teachers and advisers in the Tupper Lake Central School District. The Link Below will take you to the audio of the program.. Bullying is, “a repeated oppression, psychological or physical, of a less powerful person by a more powerful person or group of persons.”...
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Talk of the Town – October 5, 2012
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Empire State Sports Foundation Re-Lights the Summer Torch!
Let the Games Begin….. Again… The Son of Governor Hugh Carey joined a host of athletes, sports dignitaries, and local elected officials to announce plans to bring back the Summer Empire State Games through the creation of a new not-for-profit foundation, the Empire State Sports Foundation – Empire State Games organizers held joint press...
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Activists and Coporate CEOs Together at Last!
“Oil and Water” Meet on Wall Street What happens when social activists and corporate executives are thrown together in a conference setting over two days in a Wall Street meeting place? The people who put together Commit!Forum2012 say good things happen, and that the world moves a little bit toward a better place. The...
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