LAKE PLACID — As North Elba Park District employee Lee Jopling was shoveling several inches of fresh snow off the ice slides near the top of the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute Friday morning, a woman standing on the Parkside Drive sidewalk shouted a question to him. "Are you guys going to be ...

LAKE PLACID — The ice on Mirror Lake is finally getting thicker after a long and unusually warm start to winter. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we were at 10.5 to 11 inches (by Thursday),” North Elba Park District Manager Matt St. Louis said on Wednesday, Feb. 7. He reported that ...

SARANAC LAKE — Although legislation was passed in 2004 that banned the sale of small lead fishing tackle in New York, the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation has continued to document Adirondack loons dying from lead poisoning after ingesting lead jigheads and sinkers that are still ...

TUPPER LAKE — Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory, the Adirondack Park’s only public astronomy-based organization, is preparing for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8. Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory will be hosting a series of community events from April 5 to 9. Activities ...

ALBANY — On Monday, Feb. 5, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the six designated Free Fishing Days in New York. The Free Fishing Days will be Feb. 17 to 18, June 29 to 30, Sept. 28 (National Hunting and Fishing Day) and Nov. 11. During these days, the fishing license requirement is waived for ...

LAKE PLACID — North Elba Park District Manager Matt St. Louis said Tuesday, Jan. 23 that the ice on Mirror Lake is thick enough for his staff to begin preparing to open the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute on Parkside Drive, but it probably won’t open by this weekend. “We’re still looking ...