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 ...

LAKE PLACID — Despite concerns about the economic cost of a dip in Canadian visitors, Lake Placid businesses are reporting a successful tourism season on-par with the average. At last week’s village board meeting, Trustee Marc Galvin, who is also the president of the Lake Placid Business ...

RAY BROOK — This Essex County hamlet is, for many Tri-Lakes residents, a place to simply pass through. It’s situated along a busy stretch of state Route 86, where commuters between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake whiz by. That’s part of the reason why Ana and Christian Rottner hope to ...