A letter to the editor from Cali Brooks, Executive director of the Adirondack Community Trust, announces a scholarship that is available to a student from Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton or St. Lawrence County entering medical school who is willing to return to the North Country or another rural area to practice medicine. (more...)

Hudson Headwaters Health Network has received a $460,000 grant from the Charles R. Wood Foundation to purchase a new digital mammography system for the Warrensburg Health Center. (more...)

This week's Web Poll question is answered: "Do you think the process of approving the Adirondack Club and Resort project is taking too long or is a necessary precaution?" (more...)

A staff report notes the new members of the Adirondack Park Agency Board. Brief biographies are noted on new members: Curt Stiles, Richard Booth and Frank Mezzano. (more...)

Reporter Heather Sackett reports that Lake Clear homeowner E. James Hickey, at the center of multiple violations of state Adirondack Park Agency regulations, has announced he will bring his home into full compliance. (more...)

Reporter Denise Raymo reports that a $15,000 line item in the 2008 Franklin County budget will go to streamline and better promote economic-development projects in Tupper Lake, Malone and Saranac Lake. (more...)

Reporter Pat Bradley reports that while many, including Senator Betty Little, were hoping that temporary cell towers would be in place along the Adirondack Northway by December 1, it appears that that it is unlikely. (more...)

The AP reports that the state Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed a 140-mile trail from Forestport on the western edge of the Adirondacks to Crown Point on Lake Champlain. (more...)

Reporter Lee Coleman reports that plans are being made to have portable cell towers installed at three locations this winter in the cellphone 'dead zone' along the Adirondack Northway. (more...)

Reporter Charles Fiegl reports that the proponents of building a 700-acre ATV and motocross park in parts of Johnsburg and Thurman withdrew their APA application last week. (more...)