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Business

Local booksellers celebrate Independent Bookstore Day

LAKE PLACID — For Sarah Galvin, co-owner of The Bookstore Plus, owning an independent bookstore isn’t just about selling books outside of a corporation — it means being free to sell any kind of book to any person in a time when certain books are under scrutiny for their content. Book ...

EYE ON BUSINESS: Yoga teacher breathes new life into Lake Placid studio

LAKE PLACID — Gretchen Mills took a deep breath on Tuesday, April 25 in her new yoga studio on Main Street, High Peaks Yoga and Ayurveda, followed by a long exhale. She hopes to breathe new life into an old yoga business by breaking down common misconceptions that meditation, yoga and ...

After 10-week shutdown, Lisa G’s is cooking again

LAKE PLACID — A chilly spring rain fell over a quiet Lake Placid on Sunday, April 23, but inside the newly reopened Lisa G’s restaurant, the air was warm and buzzing with laughter, chatter and the clatter of silverware on quickly disappearing dishes. The Sentinel Road restaurant ...

Saranac Lake’s Aubuchon Hardware to rebuild after fire

SARANAC LAKE — Aubuchon Hardware is planning to rebuild a new home for its two cats, Harry and Lloyd. The hardware store burned down in a fire that broke out in the early morning hours of Jan. 25 at the Consolidated Electrical Distributors-Twin Electric Supply, MC Construction and ADK ...

Fledging Crow stops public sales with bankruptcy

KEESEVILLE — Ian Ater, the owner of Fledging Crow Vegetables, walked through a high tunnel at his farm on Tuesday, April 11. He stopped, plucked a bunch of fresh arugula from the ground, stuffed the leaves into his mouth and smiled. “I love arugula,” he said. Ater is a ...