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Tragedy averted on Lake Flower Avenue By KIM SMITH DEDAM DID YOU KNOW? You can view Legal Ads reprinted from the Press-Republican daily.

State appeals court dismissed a claim filed by former Saranac Lake Police Chief Donald Perryman challenging his 2007 termination.

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ITHACA - A Freeville woman with a drug-offense record has been sentenced to five years of probation and felony drug court for crack-cocaine trafficking.

Raymond Dora, who has taught at Lake Clear School for 36 of the school's 54 years, stands with some of the students in the final third-grade class: William J. Bentz III, Abraham Newton, Keegan Dukett, Sawyer Chase, Casey Sturgeon, Jeffrey Baker, Savanna Nicole Donaldson and Hanna Gochenay.

On June 23, 2009, the New York State Police along with other Members of the Essex County Drug Task Force, to include the Essex County District Attorneya TMs Office, the Essex County Sheriffa TMs Office, and the Ticonderoga, Lake Placid and Saranac Lake Police Departments, concluded a long term investigation into the illegal sale of drugs in the ...

He's seen worse. Which isn't exactly something you list on a resume. But in Kevin O'Neill's case, with everything in and around the USC men's basketball program colored and clouded by an ongoing NCAA investigation, that qualification is exactly what the Trojans needed most in their next men's basketball coach.

Douglas L. Hoffman's first job was pumping gas and fixing cars at Ed Dukett's Mobil station at Saranac Lake.

As they work to unravel the mystery of Air France Flight 447, aviation analysts and pilots are now urging investigators to focus attention on the plane's tail fin, known as the vertical stabilizer, in addition to the design of the Airbus's computerized flight controls.

The vertical stabilizer is one of the largest intact pieces of the plane recovered so far, and the Times of London reported this week that "one of the 24 automatic messages sent from the plane minutes before it disappeared pointed to a problem in the 'rudder limiter,' a mechanism that limits how far the plane's rudder can move."

Lillian Barrett, 91, of Tupper Lake, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

Our sound and tech guy, Joel Hurd, turned me on to the fact that Jake Shimabukuro is playing at Will Rogers in Saranac Lake on June 20th.

Charlyne M. "Cheri" Phillips, 75, of Cherry Street, Lake Placid, passed away Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

Felicia D. Manheim, 89, of Greenwood Street, Lake Placid, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

A local parochial school could be closed as soon as July 1. St. Agnes School Principal Anne Bayruns said the decision came after a meeting of the parish finance committee and the Rev.

New traffic signs at some intersections may be surprising and possibly confusing some drivers.

Eleanor K. Munn, 93, of 68 Leona Lane, Saranac Lake, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

A 26-year-old man has died while in custody at the Warren County Jail. Lawrence J. Landry of Saranac Lake appeared to have suffered some type of seizure while he was in the booking area, according to a statement from the sheriff's office.

A prisoner from Saranac Lake, N.Y., died while in prison Wednesday. Lawrence Landry, 26, was being held at the Warren County Jail after his conviction for an assault last year.

The Adirondack Council filed notice of lawsuit Wednesday against Saranac Lake, claiming the village sand/salt pile is polluting Lake Colby.

Okay, it's not quite Google Earth, but Dale Hobson -- NCPR's webgali -- has created an incredibly cool new feature.