LAKE PLACID — After a pandemic-era hiatus, the Teddy Bear Picnic is once again returning to this village. The event was held Sunday, Sept. 29 at St. Agnes School. It started at 2 p.m., and the parade, led by Aggie the Bear, started at 2:15 p.m. This year’s theme is the Olympics, so ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid High School theater class will take to the stage Thursday night, Sept. 26 in their first performance of the season — a compilation of Broadway musical songs that give each student a chance to shine. Vocal music teacher Taylor Prosper said his main goal ...

LAKE PLACID — North Country School’s new Director of School Dr. Ashley Waldorf came to the Olympic Region from Cleveland, Ohio, where she was previously a faculty member at the Mastery School of Hawken while simultaneously pursuing a doctoral degree in education at Vanderbilt University in ...

LAKE PLACID — Middle and high school students will now be required to leave their cellphones in their lockers for the duration of the school day this year. The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education approved the school’s new cellphone policy on Aug. 13. This ban also ...

SARANAC LAKE — Enrollment at North Country Community College has again increased by 8% year-to-year — the fourth consecutive semester that the college’s enrollment has been on an incline, signaling a rebound post-coronavirus pandemic. Classes at the college started on Aug. 26 and NCCC ...