A commission formed to create a public campaign financing system for New York elections reversed course this week, during a vote on how to structure a matching donor system.

One of the wildest, most challenging hikes in the Adirondacks is in the Tongue Mountain Range above Lake George. This time of year, the 13-mile circuit still offers amazing fall views. But it's also a serious climb, with roughly 3,000 feet of total elevation gain.

You can support a Canton food shelf and get a sneak peak at what's on the racks at the Second Chance Thrift Shop this weekend.

The Church and Community Program is hosting a Fall Fashion Frolic on Saturday at 2 pm at the Canton United Methodist Church.

Call it "sustainable style" as old duds will be given new life when local models sashay down a runway featuring clothing from the Second Chance Thrift Shop.

Todd Moe spoke with Fran Bailey, co-chair of the Fall Fashion Frolic, who says all the ticket proceeds will benefit the Church and Community Program's Food Pantry.

New York’s first ever early voting begins Saturday and runs through Sunday November 3. The new system is a little wobbly and a little confusing. Karen DeWitt sat down recently with the League of Women Voter’s Laura Ladd Bierman, to help explain how it will work.

Aside from their properties as biological dynamos, electric eels have other peculiarities; they are not true eels, but are a kind of fish - and a kind of fish that needs to breathe air. The South American predator of river bottoms can reach 40 pounds in size and deliver a fatal shock to humans.

The village of Potsdam will receive $10 million in funding as the North Country winner of the fourth round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative.