Saranac News

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Matt Medeiros and Morgan Kelly race against one another during a relay at the first annual All Comers Track and Field Meet held at Saranac Central School June 20.

There's no doubt when you picked up your copy of this week's Clinton County Free Trader Today that you took a second glance at the front page.

The town of Saranac has long been known to locals as the "Gateway to the Northern Adirondacks." Now, through the power of the Internet, local officials are hoping to broadcast the message of Saranac's small-town charm and beauty for all to see.

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted Middle With more windmills and cell towers popping up across the North Country, officials say, there's an increased chance for emergencies involving the massive structures.

Clinton County legislators are supporting incentives for volunteer firefighters in a move to keep departments properly staffed.

The lives of soldiers who died fighting in the Revolutionary War were among those honored as the town of Champlain hosted a special Memorial Day ceremony.

No one was home Monday afternoon when a house owned by Clarence J. Jeffries Sr. was destroyed by fire.

A popular Saranac restaurant was seized by the state Thursday for not paying sales tax.

In celebration of Earth Day last week, the New Land Trust gave away hundreds of trees to three area schools.

As walleye flood area waters for spring spawning, local environmentalists are warning about the dangers of poaching the popular sport fish.

State Police are continuing to investigate separate accidents that reportedly claimed the lives of at least two people in Clinton County Tuesday night.

State police say two high school seniors have been killed in a one-car crash on a northern New York road.

By ANDREA VanVALKENBURG Staff Writer SARANAC - Like their fellow classmates, Courtney Alexander and Stephanie Heath were looking forward to graduation and the endless possibilities for their futures.

Two separate car crashes claim three lives in Clinton County. Two teens were killed just before 8 p.m. Tuesday after their car went off Hugh Herron Road in the Town of Saranac.

Two teenagers were killed Tuesday night in a car crash on Hugh Herron Road in Saranac.

On March 31, 2009, at approximately 7:56 p.m., the New York State Police in Plattsburgh investigated a one car double fatal motor vehicle accident which occurred on Hugh Herron Road in the Town of Saranac, County of Clinton.

Sadie is a lively young beagle with big, brown eyes and long, floppy ears. She came to the Elmore SPCA in Peru almost three weeks ago, barely alive and pregnant with four dead puppies.

The Adirondack Park Agency has proposed making it easier for residents of the 6-million-acre park to build wind turbines for electricity.

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