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Education

EYE ON EDUCATION: Podium bound

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid High School seniors Alex Wright and Andrew Scanio are the Class of 2023’s valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. They rose to the top of their class of 40 students by working hard and achieving their goals one step at a time. Wright, 17, is originally ...

Lake Placid High School students to vote for Winter Carnival king, queen

LAKE PLACID — Who will be Lake Placid High School’s 2023 Winter Carnival king and queen? The school announced the candidates for king and queen on Friday, March 3, just over one week from the start of Winter Carnival, which is scheduled for March 14 to 16. The candidates — which ...

Paul Smith’s College to freeze tuition rate

PAUL SMITHS – Paul Smith's College is freezing its tuition rates for all current and incoming students starting in the fall semester as it aims to increase enrollment. Interim college President Dan Kelting said this decision took "careful consideration," but he is confident not raising ...

Lifting every voice

LAKE PLACID — One can’t help but make the correlation between the first three words of the Black national anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — and Yunga Webb’s job at North Country School. For the past six months, she’s been the director of diversity, equity and ...

‘The Addams Family’ musical at LPHS blends spooky with goofy

LAKE PLACID — Thirty-one Lake Placid Middle High School students are tapping into the gloomy, goofy and macabre to put on a live performance of the comedy musical “The Addams Family” from Thursday, March 2 to Saturday, March 4. Based on the spooky fictional family from the famous ...

Lake Placid Central offering free classes for adults

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Central School District is inviting adults in Lake Placid and surrounding communities to learn how to cook, dance and paint during the month of March. The school is hosting adult community classes, which will be held at Lake Placid’s elementary and middle ...