LAKE PLACID — Hiking the High Peaks is hard enough as is. Gritty trails, long distances and steep pitches make it an all-day endeavor that often leaves even those in peak physical condition utterly exhausted when they get back to the trailhead. One intrepid crew took it a step further: ...

LAKE PLACID — The Bookstore Plus will host 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic gold medalist, retired New York Islander player and author Ken Morrow for a book-signing event from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19 to autograph copies of his book, “Ken Morrow: Miracle Gold, Four Stanley Cups, ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Center for the Arts has been making it work for years, even if it means making do without equipment or amenities that would improve the operations of its varied programs. However, saying “yes” without proper infrastructure takes its toll. “We were ...

LAKE PLACID — The Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks will hold its summer concerts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 at Saranac Village at Will Rogers in Saranac Lake and 6 p.m. Thursday, June 19 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. There will be a guest performance by a young ...

LAKE PLACID — As the school year comes to a close, the Lake Placid Center for the Arts will celebrate its dance students with the Lake Placid School of Dance Spring Recital at noon Saturday, May 31. Each year, about 100 students (ages 3 to 18) take part in the LPSD programs, developing ...

SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Center for Writing is now accepting submissions for its 12th annual Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency — a fully funded, two-week residency at the Lodge on Twitchell Lake near Big Moose. Submissions are due by May 19. Each fall, ACW welcomes six poets, ...