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Sports council takes over the Lake Placid Village Cleanup

LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Sports Council is taking on another beloved local sport this spring: Picking up litter. The 61st annual Lake Placid Village Cleanup is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, May 4 with familiar prizes and a new coordinator. Managed in past years by the Lake Placid Garden ...

Lake Placid’s Cobble Hill trail closed weekdays until May 3

LAKE PLACID — Professional trail work at Cobble Hill in Lake Placid resumed Monday, April 15 and is expected to continue for three weeks while Tahawus Trails focuses on making major improvements to the steepest section of trail, including the rock slab. The work will entail moving large ...

Adirondack Mountain Reserve parking system starts May 1

ST. HUBERTS — The state Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Mountain Reserve this week announced the parking reservation system to promote safe access to trails in the state Route 73 corridor will resume May 1, following a successful season in 2023. Since the launch ...

St. Bernard’s School brings back newspaper

SARANAC LAKE — St. Bernard’s School students are resurrecting their newspaper — The Clarion — and will be publishing their first issue after spring break in April. The newspaper club, with student writers and photographers from grades 2 through 5, is expected to publish issues in ...

LPCA hosts Asbury Short Film Concert Friday

LAKE PLACID — Asbury Shorts USA, New York City’s longest running, non-competitive short film exhibition and touring show, will present its 43rd Asbury Short Film Concert on Friday, April 19 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. The first film will start at 7 p.m. This short film ...

3 stops on Lake Placid’s Historic Walking Tour

LAKE PLACID — The village of Lake Placid was incorporated in 1900, and the town of North Elba was formed in 1849 when it broke away from the town of Keene. Native Americans spent time in this region before the first European settlers began arriving around 1800, setting up farms around ...