The Enterprise Is Behind a Paywall. Tri-Lakes Town Square Is Not. Here Is What That Means for You.

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise is now behind a paywall. Readers visiting the paper’s website are met with a subscription prompt on local news stories. The change came after the Enterprise was acquired by Gazette News Group, a Schenectady-based media company, in early March 2026.

The Enterprise launched its new Gazette-designed website on April 13. Accessing local news now requires a subscription: $50 for the first year, then $19 per month. Print subscribers are included at no additional cost.

What Changed

The Enterprise was owned by Ogden Newspapers for 48 years before being sold to Gazette News Group. With the ownership transfer came a new website design and a paywall. The paper also reduced its print schedule from six days a week to five, cutting Monday editions. Printing operations were moved out of the Saranac Lake newsroom.

Gazette News Group is headquartered in Schenectady and owns several Capital Region newspapers. Owner John DeAugustine said at the time of the sale that he wanted to increase local coverage.

What This Means for Tri-Lakes Readers

Local news — school board decisions, municipal budgets, town board meetings, public safety — is now behind a pay barrier for anyone who does not subscribe. At $19 per month after the first year, that is $228 annually to read news about your own community.

For residents who cannot or choose not to pay, local news is simply unavailable through the Enterprise’s website.

Why Tri-Lakes Town Square Exists

Local news is not a luxury. It is how a community holds its government accountable, knows when to show up to a meeting, understands what is happening in its schools, and stays connected to the place it calls home. When that news disappears behind a paywall, it does not just inconvenience readers — it breaks something essential about how a community functions.

Tri-Lakes Town Square was built on a single premise: that the people of Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and Tupper Lake deserve to know what is happening in their own community without paying for the privilege. Every story here is free. No subscription. No account required. No ads. No corporate owner deciding what gets covered or how.

This platform is sovereign — it is hosted on a private server in the Adirondacks, costs almost nothing to run, and answers to no one but the community it serves. It was built to be impossible to shut down, difficult to subpoena, and free forever. That is not an accident. It is a design decision.

When you read a story here, share it with a neighbor, or submit a tip through the Report tab, you are not just consuming news. You are keeping it alive. That is what community-powered journalism looks like.

Speak without fear. Stay informed without a paywall.