LAKE PLACID — Since 2016, Lake Placid Elementary School has been home to a flock of nine chickens. They eat scraps from the cafeteria, serve as the focal point of some lessons and entertain the students at recess. But what happens to them when the weather turns “fowl,” like during ...

LAKE PLACID — Students and staff from North Country School and Camp Treetops delivered 48 dozen more eggs from their farm to the Lake Placid Ecumenical Food Pantry in the basement of St. Agnes Church on Thursday, Dec. 21. It was just in time; the food pantry is open from 9 a.m. to noon ...

LAKE PLACID — Every Friday afternoon, seven students from Lake Placid Middle/High School — six sophomores and a freshman — cross Cummings Road and head to the Olympic Center and Conference Center at Lake Placid. They’re not cutting class; this is their assignment, and their jobs, too. ...