Allen’s last day – after spending 37 years working at the Olympic Center – was Friday, April 27. LPN Editor Andy Flynn sat down with him a week earlier to talk about his career and his family’s legacy in the community of Lake Placid.

Flynn also spoke with Lake Placid Outing Club board member Debbie Erenstone about the club’s final winter trip this past weekend to Tuckerman Ravine in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. She also gave details about the club’s annual meeting May 9 at the Lake Placid Elementary School, where parent leaders and board members will create a summer trip schedule for area youth.

Staff Writer Griffin Kelly stopped by the High Peaks Resort’s Lake House Monday, April 30 to report on the USA Luge party to watch Olympic silver medalist Chris Mazdzer compete on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” on TV. Mazdzer and his dance partner, Witney Carson, have moved on to the second week of competition.

On Wednesday, ORDA announced that the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center in Wilmington will open for one last day on Saturday, May 5, making it the longest season in the facility’s history.

For this month’s Adirondack Living feature, Griffin spoke with Wilmington resident Chelsea Walker about skiing 104 days at Whiteface Mountain.

In other news, the village of Lake Placid has begun a massive sewer project on Main Street, the Lake Placid and AuSable Valley central school districts have proposed budgets with tax levies that are under the state-mandated tax cap, three candidates are running for three positions on the LPCS school board, and the Adirondack Daily Enterprise’s recent job fair echoes labor shortage in region.

In addition to columns from Naj Wikoff (On the Scene) and Martha Allen (Martha Sez), we have an update from the Garden Club of Lake Placid.

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SPORTS

After a soggy, snowy start to the scholastic spring sports seasons, Lake Placid teams sprung into action last week with games, matches and meets whenever and wherever possible. This week’s Lake Placid News is packed with results and photos from the school’s baseball, softball, tennis and track teams.

Also on this week’s sports pages, readers will find information about the upcoming lacrosse and rugby tournaments as they prepare for their annual summer visits to Lake Placid.

Four-time Olympic biathlete Tim Burke, a Lake Placid resident, made the News this week after being hired for a position with the United States national team.

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OUTDOORS

Adirondack Expeditions columnist Joe Hackett was not deterred by last weekend’s snowstorm as he made his way out on the water in search of brook trout.

Justin Levine shares some disheartening news from the Centers for Disease Control, which reports an increase in tick and insect-spread diseases in New York.

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