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Next week, two communities in the Adirondacks will decide whether to move forward with a proposed merger of their schools.

Westport Central and Elizabethtown-Lewis Central districts in Essex County are both facing serious budget challenges. A study commissioned by the districts found that consolidating would save money, bring in lots of state aid, and could ease the burden on taxpayers. But it's contentious, and the proposal faces an uphill battle.

Bats are remarkably agile in flight, even more so than birds. How do they do that? Martha Foley and Curt Stager discuss the aerobatic anatomy of bats.

We're a month away from the mid-term election. Beginning today we're going to look at some of the major issues shaping the North Country's fiercely contested House race starting with the environment.

News outlets in the Capital Region reported recently that the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, is moving registered sex offenders into its group homes. Families of the other disabled people living in those homes have raised protests - so have some lawmakers - but this particular practice is old news in Tupper Lake, home of the state’s Sunmount developmental center.

It is now illegal to build a stand-alone mausoleum in New York State.

The new law is designed to prevent what happened to the Whispering Maples mausoleums in Clinton County, which weren’t making enough money and fell into disrepair.

An independent budget watchdog group agrees with an idea that Republican candidate for governor Marc Molinaro has to help bring down local property taxes. But it also says there is a tradeoff to any potential savings.

A new exhibit at the Art Museum at SUNY Potsdam includes several works by international artist Simon Redington. The centerpiece of the show, titled "The Grand Charade," is a series marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

It was a big day for voters north of the border in Quebec.

The province's Liberal party was swept from power yesterday. The once-influential Quebec Party which led the sovereignty movement also saw its number of seats cut sharply.

State Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers are increasingly busy with searches and rescues, mostly in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, and throughout those emergencies, they maintain a frame of mind similar to the Boy Scouts. They're prepared.

The North Country's economy dodged a major disruption late last night when U.S. and Canadian negotiators agreed to a new comprehensive trade agreement.