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Lake Placid Central School fields fake bomb threat

LAKE PLACID — A bomb threat made against the Lake Placid Middle-High School Tuesday morning, April 4, was deemed not credible, according to the Lake Placid Police Department, who investigated the threat with assistance from New York State Police. Lake Placid Central School District ...

Decker Fund available for journalists, students

SARANAC LAKE — The Charles B. Decker Memorial Scholarship Fund at Adirondack Foundation is currently accepting applications from aspiring and working journalists. The scholarship fund — founded in memory of Charles B. Decker — was established in 1991 to provide financial assistance to ...

Everyone has a story at the Lake Placid High School craft fair

LAKE PLACID — When the coronavirus pandemic prompted mass industry shutdowns in March 2020, Keela Grimmette picked up a paintbrush. Grimmette had never really painted before. A Lake Placid resident, Grimmette is a stay-at-home mom, and she’d spent the last several years taking care of ...

LPHS crowns Winter Carnival king, queen

LAKE PLACID -- This week marked 80 years of Winter Carnival activities, costumes and crowned royalty in the Lake Placid Central School District. During the coronation at the high school on Wednesday night, March 15, students and teachers chose seniors Alex Wright and Grace Carlson as this ...

Three Lake Placid Central School board seats on May ballot

LAKE PLACID — Three seats on the Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education will be up for election on May 16. The person who gets the highest number of votes in the election would earn the seat that currently belongs to Douglas Lansing, who was appointed to the board in ...

PSC students, staff may have had personal information stolen

PAUL SMITHS -- About 10,000 students, staff and potential students of Paul Smith’s College are being put on alert that some of their personal information may have been stolen by hackers who hit the college with a cyber attack during the fall semester. According to a letter from interim ...