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Saranac Lakeâs wastewater treatment plant is seen in November 2018.
(Enterprise photo â Jesse Adcock) SARANAC LAKE The village board on Monday agreed to borrow $11.5 million for an ultraviolet light disinfection system to be added to its wastewater treatment plant. This project, mandated by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, will be funded through an $11.5 million, zero-interest loan from the state Environmental Facilities Corporation, according to village Manager John Sweeney. The village has secured $3.7 million in grants, and the rest of the cost will be paid off through a $120 annual $10 per month addition to each of the village’s 2,030 wastewater ratepayers’ bills for the next 30 years.
acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com SARANAC LAKE One village board seat will be up for election in the March 16 election. Zelda Newman, who currently holds that seat after being appointed in August has not announced if she will run for it yet, according to village Mayor Clyde Rabideau and village Clerk Kareen Tyler. Newman was not able to be reached by publication of this article. When Patrick Murphy resigned from his trustee position in July to devote more time to his work as executive director of the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Rabideau appointed Newman to fill the vacant seat. The March election will only be for a one-year term, until the end of the two-year term limit. The seat will be open for election again next year, Tyler said.
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Kindergarten teacher Temnit Muldowney and Nicky Hylton-Patterson pose with a basket filled with donations from local businesses to welcome a new family in Saranac Lake. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
On Dec. 2, 2019, Nicole Hylton-Patterson was hired as the Adirondack Diversity Initiative’s first director. A year later, she’s now providing a bundle of gifts gathered from area shops to an African American family that’s recently settled in Saranac Lake. This is one of many initiatives she’s launched to make the region more welcoming to visitors of diverse backgrounds and, in this case, a family that’s taking up residence.