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North Elba board backs Quality Inn grant amid backlash

LAKE PLACID — Despite opposition from several local residents and hoteliers, the North Elba Town Council is supporting a developer’s second ask for state funding to renovate what remains of the former Quality Inn on Saranac Avenue and turn it into workforce housing. Bhavik Jariwala, on ...

Ward Lumber supports community donations

JAY — Every year, Ward Lumber matches donations made at its stores up to $2,000 in support of local charities. This year, customers at the Jay location donated $1,383.96 from rounded up transactions, Ward Lumber donated $2,383.96, split between the town of Jay Food Shelf and the Jay ...

FISU festival fizzle?

LAKE PLACID — The usual sound of people talking, laughing and shopping along Lake Placid’s Main Street was replaced with the sound of music echoing throughout the otherwise quiet business district on Thursday, Jan. 19, one week after the 11-day FISU Winter World University Games ...

Some hotels booked for FISU Games, some not so booked

LAKE PLACID — Many Lake Placid hotels are fully booked and bustling with FISU officials, athletes and workforce this week as the world arrives for the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, which officially began on Jan. 12. At many hotels on the outskirts of Lake Placid and elsewhere in ...

‘It’s never been like this’

LAKE PLACID — The usual sound of people talking, laughing and shopping along Lake Placid’s Main Street was replaced with the sound of music echoing throughout the otherwise quiet business district on Thursday. Despite a reported spike in pedestrian traffic this past weekend — the ...

Some hotels booked for FISU Games, some not so booked

LAKE PLACID — Many Lake Placid hotels are fully booked and bustling with FISU officials, athletes and workforce this week as the world arrives for the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, which officially began on Thursday, Jan. 12. At many hotels on the outskirts of Lake Placid and ...