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Demolition begins on Lake Placid 7-Eleven (Robo-Mart)

LAKE PLACID — The 7-Eleven gas station and convenience store — known for many years as Robo-Mart — is no longer. The former gas station, located at 2792 Wilmington Road, was seen being ripped to shreds on Wednesday, Dec. 7 as construction crews with Clayton-based company Bach and Co. ...

Bob Miller Real Estate opens new Main Street office

LAKE PLACID — Realtor Bob Miller has opened a new real estate office at 2505 Main St. in Lake Placid. Previously, he held a broker’s license at Merrill L. Thomas, Inc., where he worked for 10 years. “At this point in my career, opening my own office makes great sense,” Miller said ...

UP CLOSE: Still teaching after all these years

LAKE PLACID — When Bob Schiller began his new job as the Lake Placid High School principal in the summer of 1988, his theme was, “We’re good, but we’re getting better.” You could say the same about Schiller today — and about his students at Placid Martial Arts, based at the ...

EYE ON BUSINESS: Discover your Scotts Cobble

LAKE PLACID — On a cold, blustery night last winter, High Peaks Cyclery owners Brian and Karen Delaney set out for a nighttime ski at the town of Tupper Lake’s cross-country ski trails on Mount Morris. They were the only people at the ski center that night. With headlamps showing the ...

Mayor sells historic Art Devlin’s Olympic Motor Inn

LAKE PLACID — Art Devlin’s Olympic Motor Inn, a Lake Placid staple for nearly 70 years, has officially changed hands. Though the hotel’s ownership no longer bears the Devlin name, the new owners say they plan to carry on the hotel’s family legacy. Mayor Art Devlin has called the ...

STR owners seek softened regulations in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — A coalition of around 40 short-term vacation rental owners in Lake Placid is reemerging with a new name and a goal to loosen village officials’ restrictions on day limits and unhosted STR permits in their newly proposed STR regulations. Members of the coalition, formerly ...