Nov 29, 2005 — Over the last two years, Wal-Mart has made a major push into northern New York. New stores are slated for Lowville and Malone. Another store planned for Potsdam sparked a lawsuit earlier this month by Wal-Mart opponents. Now, locals in Saranac Lake are reacting to rumors that the company hopes to build a new Wal-Mart on the outskirts of the village. Local officials have moved to re-zone a ten-acre parcel of village-owned land so that it could be sold for commercial use. Part of the development would also sit on private land. People with doubts about the big box retailer crowded a Village council meeting last night. In a straw poll taken by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, fifty-two percent of readers were in favor of Wal-Mart. Forty-seven percent were opposed. Editor Peter Crowley spoke with Brian Mann about the heated Wal-Mart debate.  Go to full article

Nov 19, 2002 — Senator Charles Schumer is courting Walmart for the heart of the Adirondacks. In a letter last week, Schumer encouraged Walmart's CEO to look at putting in store in Saranac Lake or in the nearby village of Tupper Lake. Like many North Country communities, the two villages were home to Ames department stores, which closed this fall. Martha Foley talks with Mark Kurtz, chair of SAGA, Sound Adirondack Growth Alliance.  Go to full article