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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 ...

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 ...

Eclipse engagement

SARANAC LAKE — Photographer Jordan Craig — widely known for his drone shots — was grounded Monday, April 8 here at the Lake Colby village beach taking photos of his client, Jacob Platt, who planned on proposing marriage to his girlfriend during the solar eclipse. Platt’s idea was ...

Thousands converge on region to watch April 8 solar eclipse

SARANAC LAKE — Thousands of visitors arrived in the Tri-Lakes on Monday, April 8 in hopes of experiencing more than three minutes of darkness as the sun was completely eclipsed by the moon. A solar eclipse of this scale has been called a once-in-a-lifetime event, especially in the ...

ADIRONDACK LIVING: Reconnecting with outdoorsy roots in town of Keene

KEENE — Recently appointed the executive director of Little Peaks Preschool and Early Childhood Center, Pam Hummel has been traveling to the North Country for 38 years, since her honeymoon. Her husband vacationed in Keene with his family as a child, and after their marriage, the couple ...