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Meyers Taylor wins Olympic monobob title

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Elana Meyers Taylor has won World Cups, won world championships, already was the oldest woman to win an Olympic bobsled medal, recruited dozens of people to the sport and twice pulled off comebacks after becoming a mother. There was only one thing ...

State Police release name, cause of death for Marcy hiker

KEENE — State Police released the name and cause of death of the person who died while hiking Mount Marcy on Thursday, Feb. 12. Brianna L. Mohr, 21, of Brick, New Jersey, was found near Mount Marcy’s summit the night of Feb. 12 by state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ...

New York DOT sticks with Cape Air at Lake Clear airport

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Regional Airport is keeping Cape Air as its commercial airline. The U.S. Department of Transportation has decided to continue its federal contract with the airline. The Harrietstown town board had recommended that the DOT contract with SkyWest Airlines at SLK ...

Whiteface skier death from blunt force trauma to chest

WILMINGTON — The authorities released the cause of death for the skier who died at Whiteface on Wednesday, Feb. 4. An autopsy conducted on Michael E. Vacek Jr. determined his death was caused by blunt force trauma to the chest, presumably from a tree, given where he was found. Vacek, 44, ...

State court delays lawsuit seeking to axe howitzer hearing

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Article 78 proceeding against the Adirondack Park Agency’s adjudicatory hearing for a proposed howitzer testing range in the town of Lewis has been delayed two months. The proceeding, which seeks to nullify the APA board’s vote to hold the hearing, was initiated by ...

Lake Placid High School annual ice out benefit underway

LAKE PLACID — Although spring may feel like it’s eons away, it’s coming, at some point. And in Lake Placid, one of the classic harbingers of its arrival is a chair falling through the ice. For decades, the community has had some fun guessing exactly when the ice will melt, or at least ...