Staff Writer Griffin Kelly gives us two stories. He was at the public hearing for the proposed regulations Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Lake Placid Conference Center and he tries to answer the question, “Will vacation rental regulations be changed after packed hearing?”

Editor Andy Flynn presents a public service story on recycling household batteries in the Olympic Region. Not many places offer this type of recycling, but the village of Lake Placid’s program is gaining popularity.

Griffin spoke with Kathy Ford, who is retiring this week after being with the Adworkshop marketing firm in Lake Placid for the past 40 years.

On the Arts page, we have a story about Lake Placid High School students who are studying the history of Alexander Hamilton and will eventually see the hit musical “Hamilton.”

In other news, a propane delivery driver recently died in Keene after being pinned under a truck, the Empire State Winter Games will be welcoming video gamers this week, and our local representatives in the New York State Legislature voted against most gun control measures that were passed by the Senate and Assembly earlier this week.

In addition to columns from Naj Wikoff (On the Scene) and Martha Allen (Martha Sez), we have a Lake Placid Diet update from Editor Andy Flynn.

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SPORTS

Emily Sweeney, who owns a home in Lake Placid, has had a long road of recovery since she was injured in a bone-crunching crash at last year’s Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. Her hard work and dedication to getting back to top form paid off last week when she captured the bronze medal at the Luge World Championships in Winterberg, Germany.

In other World Cup action last week, Elana Meyers Taylor turned in another solid performance after capturing gold in the women’s bobsled race in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Closer to home, Lake Placid News correspondent Christie Sausa provides readers with an in-depth summary of the Charles Jewtraw speedskating races that took place at the Olympic Speedskating Oval last weekend. The meet featured a rare mass-start format in several of the events.

New York Ski Educational Foundation athletes from Lake Placid made their mark at a ski jumping competition in Andover, New Hampshire. This includes a couple hill records.

The village of Lake Placid will be filled to the brim this week as the Empire State Winter Games returns to the area. With winter sports events taking place throughout the North Country, the ESWG offers amateur athletes a chance to compete for medals in an Olympic-like atmosphere.

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OUTDOORS

Adirondack Expeditions writer Justin A. Levine breaks down the 8.25-mile Bloomingdale Bog Trail into five manageable chunks that can be skied, snowshoed or snowmobiled without much of a challenge.

Columnist Joe Hackett recalls his boyhood days when he and his friends flung snowballs from the side of the road.

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