LAKE PLACID — Community event organizers are encouraging Adirondack residents and visitors to support the region’s small businesses by shopping locally this holiday season. Small Business Saturday will take place on Nov. 29. The day is dedicated to supporting small businesses and ...

LAKE PLACID — In the annual Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, the Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa received a pair of notable distinctions. The publication’s readers voted the Mirror Lake Inn as the best resort in the Northeastern United States and second overall in the combined ...

LAKE PLACID — With tourism responsible for so much of the Olympic Region’s economy, the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism wants to hear from residents and business owners here on how they feel it impacts them. Now in its fourth year, the annual survey aims to gauge perceptions, ...

LAKE PLACID — If you have an early-stage business idea, the Adirondack Community Foundation’s Adirondack Innovation Initiative wants to hear it. The group is currently accepting idea submissions for its Adirondack Launch Pad. The program is meant to match people with new services, ...

Nice work if you can get it. Ashley LeClair owns and operates The Local Scoop, her own ice cream cart catering business. Who else can boast so many smiling customers? At this year’s Teddy Bear Picnic, which took place Sunday, Sept. 28 at St. Agnes School in Lake Placid, The Local Scoop, ...

LAKE PLACID — Employees at the Starbucks location on Main Street found out on Thursday that, in two days, they would be out of a job. The location officially closed on Saturday, as part of a national wave of Starbucks closures. For many in the community, the only heads-up was a note on the ...