Adirondack Independent News

16/03/2022

UPDATE: The final totals, in-person and absentee, are in. These results have not been certified.

Mayor

Jimmy Williams 599
Melinda Little 415
Jeremy Evans 207

Trustee

Kelly Brunette 982
Matt Scollin 679
Susan Waters 522

09/03/2022

09/03/2022

Tonight from 7-9 at the Hotel Saranac is a live village of Saranac Lake mayoral debate. If you can't be there in person, you can watch the livestream on this page.

Adirondack Independent News is proud to be the media sponsor for this event, which is hosted by High Peaks DSA and Tri-Lakes Neighbors for Good Government.

15/02/2022

Police policy manuals in Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and Tupper Lake legitimize "excited delirium" as a medical diagnosis, even though the diagnosis is not accepted by major health organizations.

Health organizations including the American Medical Association and American Psychiatric Association reject "excited delirium" due to its vague definition and disproportionate application to Black men who die in police custody.

https://adirondackindependentnews.com/index.php/2022/02/15/medical-racism-in-tri-lakes-police-policy/

PolicingMedical Racism In Tri-Lakes Police Policy February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 - by David Lynch In August 2020, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Executive Order (EO) 203, which required every locality in New York state to develop and adopt a police reform plan by April 2021.  In response ...

13/11/2021

A recent Freedom of Information Law request revealed more than $400,000 in public funds are spent annually for Ironman and 70.3 events. This year, New York State Police sought $179,366.12 in compensation to cover their costs for providing supplemental traffic control and security for the event.

Read the story here: https://adirondackindependentnews.com/index.php/2021/11/12/records-obtained-from-ny-state-police-show-public-pays-over-400000-every-year-for-ironman-and-70-3-events/

NewsThe Cost of Ironman: Over $400,000 in Public Funds Spent Annually for Ironman and 70.3 Events November 12, 2021November 13, 2021 - by Jacob Vennie-Vollrath A recent Freedom of Information Law request submitted by AIN to New York State Police (NYSP) revealed that troopers from the Troop B barrack...

12/11/2021

Check out the guest commentary from Chip Moeser of Lake Placid:

Please Fix Lake Placid

Adirondack Independent Views / CommentaryPlease Fix Lake Placid November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 - by AIN Volunteers Public Comment from Chip Moeser, Lake Placid Submitting as public comment on the ongoing situation in Lake Placid. 1) It was discussed recently in the candidates forum, that the dec...

05/07/2021

Check out the guest commentary on Saranac Lake's Citizen Police Interface Committee. Thanks to Police Review Committee member Chris Morris for the submission.

https://adirondackindependentnews.com/index.php/2021/07/05/citizen-police-interface-committee-an-important-step-for-saranac-lake/

CommentaryCitizen Police Interface Committee an Important Step for Saranac Lake July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 - by AIN Volunteers Submitted by Chris Morris The Saranac Lake Village Board of Trustees has issued a call for letters of interest to join its new Citizen Police Interface Committee. Having had t...

29/06/2021

Thanks to an AIN reader for sending us this photo of the village's Department of Public Works crew in action! By the time we got there, the DPW workers were gone, and so was the basketball hoop. The hoop was featured in a recent AIN video that outlined a variety of issues with parks and roads around the village, none of which are included in the village's capital improvement plan.

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29/06/2021

BREAKING: The village board approved the $37,500, three-year ROOST contract.

Mayor Clyde Rabideau and trustees Melinda Little, Rich Shapiro, and Tom Catillaz all voted in favor of the contract. Trustee Kelly Brunette was absent.

The proposed contract was included in the meeting agenda packet, which was posted to the village's website late Friday afternoon. The cutoff for submitting public comment for a village meeting is the Thursday before the meeting, meaning the public did not have the opportunity to weigh in on the $37,500 contract before it went up for a vote.

The marketing organization provided no detailed budget outlining how the taxpayer money would be spent. A story will follow.

28/06/2021

Tonight's Village of Saranac Lake board meeting begins at 5:30 in the Harrietstown hall.

The agenda includes authorization of a three-year, $37,500 contract with the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, a request for NYS DOT for no parking in front of DeChantal Apartments on Church Street, and the authorization of several capital improvement projects throughout the village.

See the full agenda here:https://saranaclakeny.gov/corecode/uploads/document6/uploaded_pdfs/corecode/2021-6-28_1355.pdf

See our video and story on the ROOST contract here: https://adirondackindependentnews.com/index.php/2021/06/28/ain-asks-should-saranac-lake-give-37500-to-roost/

NewsAIN Asks: Should Saranac Lake Give $37,500 to ROOST? June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 - by Shaun Kittle 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 t...

28/06/2021

Saranac Lake: Should We Give $37,500 to ROOST on Monday?

09/06/2021

Tomorrow from 10:30-11 a.m., the New York Committee on Open Government is hosting a free virtual training on the Freedom of Information Law. AIN has used FOIL in gathering documents for upcoming stories. It is a powerful tool and we encourage everyone to learn more about it.

Register for the event here:

https://opengovernment.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/05/coog-virtual-foil-training_061021.pdf

05/06/2021

Today is the second Saranac Lake & Lake Placid Farmers' Markets of the summer season. Check out our photo gallery of the first market and head on down!

https://adirondackindependentnews.com/index.php/2021/06/05/saranac-lakes-first-farmers-market-of-the-summer/

26/05/2021

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.

Read more here: https://adirondackindependentnews.com/index.php/2021/05/26/saranac-lake-to-begin-accepting-applicants-for-citizen-police-interface-committee/

NewsSaranac Lake to Begin Accepting Applicants for Citizen Police Interface Committee May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 - by David Lynch 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 ...

22/05/2021

Earlier this month, Saranac Lake Mayor Clyde Rabideau took to his mayoral page to claim data presented in the village's Downtown Revitalization Initiative Strategic Investment Plan was “wrong, wrong, wrong.” Meanwhile, the village's Housing Work Group is using that same data to inform its soon-to-be released recommendations on short term rentals and affordable housing. Is Rabideau correct? Is the Housing Work Group using inaccurate data? We contacted people at the state and village level to find out.

https://adirondackindependentnews.com/index.php/2021/05/22/fact-check-mayor-rabideau-says-dri-data-wrong-wrong-wrong/

NewsFact Check: Mayor Rabideau says DRI data “wrong, wrong, wrong” May 22, 2021May 22, 2021 - by Shaun Kittle The claim In an early-May discussion about affordable housing on his government page “Citizen Clyde Rabideau,” village of Saranac Lake Mayor Clyde Rabideau claimed a data po...

19/05/2021

A tourism marketing plan was presented by representatives of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism at the last Saranac Lake village board meeting. It was met by praise from some trustees.

ROOST is an organization that relies almost exclusively on public funds. We're taking a look at what village taxpayers are getting for the $12,500 contract, starting with this website audit. The current contract expires July 31.

Read AIN's review of saranaclake.com here:
https://adirondackindependentnews.com/index.php/2021/05/19/saranaclake-com-needs-new-management/

CommentarySaranacLake.com Needs New Management May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 - by David Lynch Last March, the Regional Office Of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) published its 2021 marketing plan for Saranac Lake. Being a professional content marketer, I gravitated toward the portion of the plan dedicated to....