LAKE PLACID — It was unlike any other race at Mount Van Hoevenberg’s sliding track as 1,447 “competitors” raced down the ice at the same time. There’s a catch, though. These weren’t people, or even animate objects. They were lacrosse balls. The stakes may not have been as ...

LAKE PLACID — Sophia Kirkby is not only hoping to qualify for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games in February, but she’s looking to bring her off-ice passion for ceramics with her as well. The Ray Brook native, who competes in doubles luge, crafted thousands of handmade and ...

SARANAC LAKE — North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik made a sudden announcement on Friday, Dec. 19 that she was suspending her campaign for New York governor and would not seek reelection to her NY-21 Congressional seat. The surprising decision came a week and a half after Long Island ...

SARANAC LAKE — “You could spend days in here,” Mike Delahant said as he showed state Assemblyman Michael S. Cashman, D-Plattsburgh, around the Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage Museum on Thursday, Dec. 18. Members of the Stevenson Society of America board had heard the newly elected ...

WILMINGTON — Skiers and snowboarders at the Whiteface Mountain ski area were treated to an early Christmas present on Sunday, Dec. 21, as the new Little Whiteface Chair opened to the public for the first time. As is often the case at the tallest ski center in the Northeast, Mother ...

LAKE PLACID — The SUNY Oswego men’s hockey program has had hundreds of men’s hockey players in its more than 60 years of existence. But there’s only one player whose jersey hangs from the rafters. During an Oswego State men’s hockey game on Nov. 15 against Skidmore College, ...