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ROOST, North Elba hiring an economic development director

LAKE PLACID — A branch of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism is searching for a full-time economic development director to help diversify the economy and housing options in Lake Placid. The town of North Elba and the village of Lake Placid already have a community development ...

Saxophonist Kovalev to appear with Sinfonietta July 9

LAKE PLACID — The first Lake Placid Sinfonietta Symphony Series Concert: “Hot Magic” will be at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 9. This concert features award-winning and internationally acclaimed virtuoso saxophonist Valentin Kovalev performing Erwin ...

John Brown Farm hosts equity and justice talks

LAKE PLACID — The John Brown Farm State Historic Site will host a series of talks at the farm this summer titled “Nine Conversations about Equity and Justice,” starting on Thursday, July 6. The conversations will all be held in A Memorial Field (in the traffic circle). All are welcome ...

Aguirre is new Adirondack Council director

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Adirondack Council’s Board of Directors announced Wednesday that it had hired the council’s current Deputy Executive Director Raul “Rocci” Aguirre to be the new executive director of the organization, effective immediately. Aguirre, 51, of Keene, is the ...

Lake Placid Institute announces summer events

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Institute will open the summer season on Tuesday, July 11 with its summer fundraiser. It’s Summer — The Party will be held at the Whiteface Club & Resort Moose Lodge from 6 to 8 p.m., and will include an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent ...

ORDA rededicates Whiteface to 10th Mountain Division

WILMINGTON — It looked like an invasion — without the military hardware — but it was more like a family reunion on Friday, June 23 at Whiteface Mountain. Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division’s headquarters at Fort Drum occupied the ski center for the annual rededication ...