HIGH-FLYING ACTION
The Flaming Leaves Festival, featuring blues, brews and barbecues, will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12 at Lake Placid’s Olympic ski jumping complex. For more information, visit the calendar section of this Web site.
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School acts on playground concerns
LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid Central School officials are taking steps to address the issue of the wooden castle-style playground at the elementary school that may be leaching arsenic, a potentially harmful chemical.
Elementary sch
Village to open street parking in wake of lost parking lot
LAKE PLACID — In response to the closure of a large private parking lot on Mirror Lake Drive two weeks ago, the village board voted 4-1 Monday to open up street parking along a section of Mirror Lake Drive. Trustee David Jones voted against opening
» Full StoryLP school officials analyze declining enrollment trend
LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid Central School District officials are trying to get a handle on their school’s declining enrollment by analyzing why students are leaving the district.
“I would say that declining enrollment in the last
Outdoor rink site proposed, tennis court plan undecided
LAKE PLACID — After months of deliberation among town and village officials, a $400,000 outdoor rink that was donated to Lake Placid by North America Sports (owner of Ironman USA) in June may now have a building site.
“We have c
The Cottage ‘back to normal’ after fire
LAKE PLACID — According to the Cottage and Mirror Lake Inn owner Ed Weibrecht, the Cottage cafe is back to normal after a fire three weeks ago damaged a downstairs storage area.
Although the popular restaurant on Mirror Lake re-opened


