LAKE PLACID — Shortly after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, Bill Duffy of Queensbury arrived at the Lake Placid Public Library on Main Street. He was told to be there by 8 a.m. to be an extra for a scene in the Hallmark-style movie — “A Jar Full of Christmas” — being shot on Main ...

SARANAC LAKE — A visit to the Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage and Museum here on Stevenson Lane became the impetus for the creation of a new musical theater piece premiering Saturday, Dec. 9 at the Saranac Lake Free Library. Full of intrigue, mistaken identities, humor and heart, this ...

LAKE PLACID — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer toured the Lake Placid Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 22 as a part of his annual official visit to Essex County. “When COVID occurred, the arts was threatened with a total shutdown, whether it was Broadway or much ...

LAKE PLACID — At the final dress rehearsal for the North Country School’s fall play Wednesday, Nov. 15, a door fell off its hinges, actors forgot props backstage, a rogue spotlight continuously missed its mark and two actresses were knocked unconscious. It was all going according to ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Singers will present their annual Winter Holiday Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3 in the First United Methodist Church on Church Street. The program includes traditional holiday songs from past decades, including selections from P.D.Q. Bach, Frankenpohl’s ...

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid Community School’s new “Learn from the PROS” series continued Thursday, Oct. 26 with a presentation by a documentary filmmaker to sixth graders at the Lake Placid Middle/High School. Michael Ien Cohen was in town promoting his “Humanity Stoked” ...