Keeseville News

A local man was killed and his wife injured in a fire that destroyed their Silver Lake Road home Sunday afternoon.

The Essex County district attorney's decision to drop drunk-driving charges against a former town supervisor could become an issue in her campaign for re-election. In 1984, then-Essex Town Supervisor James R. Morse Jr.

Like, oh my Quad! Quadricentennial, that is. After a long build-up, the massive celebration on account of Samuel de Champlain's arrival here 400 years ago is finally upon us, and we can hardly contain the puns.

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Five people were cited for selling alcoholic beverages to minors during a sting operation Saturday night in eastern Essex County.

Officers from the Essex County Sheriff's Department charged workers from five area businesses for allegedly selling alcoholic beverages to minors.

A former trooper who was involved in a 2007 official-misconduct investigation has been arrested again.

Nearly 1,000 Champlain Valley 7th graders are doing something special to celebrate Lake Champlain's Quadricentennial, but without some help, all their hard work could go to waste.

Roads Chesterfield The roads in Port Kent are in really grave need of repair since the water lines are being put in and some of the streets are worse than they were before. I took a ride down there and thought my front end was going to fall out of my car. Hopefully this issue will be repaired soon, because it is nice down there this time of the year and there are many people that go there just for a ride or golf and things like that.

A new wood-pellet plant will be coming to New York's Essex County. The Essex Box & Pallet Company, in Keeseville, has been granted a permit from the Adirondack Park Agency to expand its operations and build a new plant near its current location.

The Adirondack Park Agency unanimously approved a new wood-pellet manufacturing plant to be built in Keeseville.

New York parks officials have reversed earlier plans to close six upstate campgrounds, with four now scheduled to open for a shortened season.

A New Jersey dentist was killed Thursday afternoon when an Amtrak train full of passengers hit him as he fished off railroad tracks here.

Nearly 800 people have shown their support for a hardware store since Aubuchon Hardware abruptly closed in December 2008.

As part of the Lake Champlain Quadricentennial celebration, Adirondack Architectural Heritage is presenting a new tour series called "Architecture of the Champlain Valley." The series features half-day walking tours of eight towns along the lake, led by professional guides.

Beth Spaugh of Rehoboth Homestead in Peru looks over some of her young plants as she looks forward to the harvest season.

We were reminded the other day of the importance of family doctors - now and in the past - with the passing of Dr.

Confusion It is the TOWN of Chesterfield and the TOWN of AuSable. There are no such places as Chesterfield and AuSable.

On Thursday, April 23, the Anderson Falls Heritage Society will sponsor Dr. Gordon Pollard in his photo presentation: "Worth A Thousand Words? Historical Photos of Clintonville's Peru Steel and Iron Co.