Essex County News

It's been nearly eight months since a pre-dawn fire swept through a group home here, killing four of nine residents and putting the state's vast system of housing for the disabled under a microscope.

The legalization of same-sex marriage in Maine is a ballot initiative that many New Yorkers are watching.

Two longtime town supervisors in Essex County lost by narrow margins in Tuesday's general election.

The race between the candidates for Essex County District Attorney is still too close to call after Election Day.::: Unofficial results reported after polls closed Nov.

ADDISON - Frustrated residents of communities near the Lake Champlain Bridge learned during a public hearing Tuesday it would likely take until at least next spring or summer to reopen the fragile span.

The friends and members of the First Congregational Church of Crown Point are planning their third annual Veteran's Recognition and Appreciation Sunday on Sunday, Nov.

An Essex County judge has refused an attempt to dismiss an indictment against a man who fatally shot a fellow hunter last fall.

The three men running for Essex County sheriff faced off Tuesday night over the new jail and its budget.

A Keeseville man has been charged with sexually abusing a 5-year-old child. State Police based in Keeseville arrested Warren Brant, 27, at about noon Wednesday and charged him with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

An absent election commissioner has county officials worried during the busiest time of year for the Essex County Board of Elections.

Final results from the Sept. 15 Republican primary in Essex County are showing a widened lead for the winning candidates.

Moriah assessors are all in full compliance with state regulations. Bernard Roy of the Essex County Real Property Tax Office, delivered that message at the Sept.

A Plattsburgh-area businessman's lawsuit against the Adirondack Park Agency has been dismissed, another chapter in a legal saga dating back to 2004.

The Adirondack Medical Center along with health officials from Essex and Franklin counties teamed up Wednesday in a joint news conference unveiling how they plan to respond and vaccinate for influenza and the H1N1 virus.

Essex County has named a temporary director for its Public Health Department and promoted the staff of the agency's Women-Infants-Children Program to full time.

The Champlain Valley String Orchestra, under direction of Laurel Rule, will perform Crown Point Suite Saturday, Sept 19, on the main stage at the Lake Champlain quadricentennial event at the Crown Point State Historic Site.

Sheriff candidate Henry Hommes and District Attorney candidate Kristy Sprague celebrate their victories in the Essex County Republican Primary Sept.

A girls' basketball coach in Essex County, N.Y., has been indicted on charges she had sex with an underage boy.

Essex County's $8 million public-safety radio system replacement project is spending its first $1.5 million.

An Essex County, NY, woman was killed in a head-on crash in a construction zone.