The Essex County Fair is looking for sponsorship. The fair always welcomes monetary donations, but another important way to sponsor the fair is by donating a gift certificate to your business. Fair organizers raffle off the gift certificates to help finance the fair, plus it encourages people to visit your business - a win-win situation! Download a sponsorship form here: 2016 Sponsor letter & list. Return the form via email to fair Secretary Bertha Rand via email at countyfairfun@yahoo.com, and contact her there for more information. This year's Essex County Fair runs Aug. 10 to 14 and it's located at the Essex County Fairgrounds, at the corner of Route 9N and Sisco Street in Westport.

In coordination with a number of partner organizations and businesses, CV-TEC is excited to announce the offering of AIME 2.0 at CV-TEC in Mineville for graduating seniors and adults! The Assembling Industry: Manufacturing and Education class has been offered in Plattsburgh for the past six years and is currently in its 17th class. The job placement rate for completing participant’s is over 90 percent. The new class in Mineville is based on the same model as Plattsburgh, however, the curriculum has been adjusted based on input from: Pre-tech Plastics, General Composites, Crown Point Tel/Bridge Point, International Paper, Essex Industries, and North Line Utilities. Participants will attend an eight-week, 120-hour class beginning June 27. Instruction will be offered in Lean 101, Precision Measurement, Hand and Power Tool Use and Safety, Blueprint Reading, Intro to CNC Machining, Intro to Welding, Machine Maintenance and OSHA 10 Certification. Participants will also be prepared to take the National Work Readiness Credential test. This test measures Situational Judgment, Active Listening, Workplace Math and Workplace Reading. Soft skills are reviewed and integrated into every aspect of the program. Prior to the class starting, participants will participate in a tour of manufacturing businesses. At the conclusion of AIME 2.0 there will be an “Employment Seminar” at CV-TEC hosted by the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce. Students will have the opportunity to interview with several local manufacturing employers. AIME 2.0 is geared to graduating seniors and adults looking for a good job in manufacturing. Graduating seniors should talk to their school counselor for more information. All others, please call Patty at 518-561-0430 ext. 3004. AIME is a collaboration of the Essex County IDA, Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, Moriah Central School, Crown Point Central School, ETS, Inc., North Country Community College, Clinton Community College, CITEC and ACCES-VR. For more information, contact Cathy Snow at 518-561-0430 ext. 3079.

You are cordially invited to attend the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner! Tuesday, June 7, 5:30 p.m. at Nonna Fina Italian Restaurant Citizen of the Year will be awarded This award has been given annually for exemplary volunteer efforts demonstrating creativity, vision, leadership, and citizenship by providing service to programs and activities that positively impact the welfare of the Saranac Lake Area and beyond. Business of the Year will be awarded This award is based on business growth and improvement, good financial health, quality customer service, staying power, overall excellence in the marketplace, and Saranac Lake Area community contributions. ? Live music by Joe Dockery! Hits from the 60's, 70's, and also some jazz standards ? Tickets are $30, cash or check preferred Included in admission price is a buffet dinner, one drink ticket, live music, and a chance to catch up with our wonderful community business members and friends! Pay at the door!

Mike Beglin has been on the ROOST board for 10 years, and he’s in the midst of his third year as chairman of the board. After growing up in Long Island, Mike visited the Adirondacks, and he fell in love with it. He only returned home once before moving here for the rest of his life in 1971. He and his wife have run Beglin’s Lake Placid Jewelers and Gifts for 36 years, first in Saranac Lake and for the last 19 years on Lake Placid’s Main Street. Mike serves on the ROOST board because he loves the local community, noting that very few small towns are as full of life and have as strong downtowns as Lake Placid. He sees ROOST as being one of the main players in achieving that strength, and he looks forward to it continuing to help strengthen the entire Tri-Lakes area that includes Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake, as well as the rest of ROOST’s growing area of responsibility. Over his years on the ROOST board, Mike has seen the organization grow and change dramatically, and he believes all the change is for the good. The board is more active and stronger today, and the organization has the ability to promote the Adirondacks as a region rather than just each small town on its own. In the future, Mike looks forward to consolidation of the growth ROOST has taken on and he’d like to see the organization protect the ability to live and grow inside of the Adirondack Park, as this is one of the few parks throughout the country and world within which people live.

ROOST helped coordinate Adirondack Day, an annual event aimed at educating Albany stakeholders about the Adirondacks. This year's event, held Wednesday, June 1, included booths featuring local colleges, attractions and other Adirondack organizations. [gallery size="medium" ids="19068,19067,19066,19065,19064,19063,19062,19061,19060,19059,19058,19057,19056,19055,19053,19052,19051,19050" orderby="rand"]