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Bumps and jumps at Whiteface’s Apple Butter Open

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WILMINGTON — The Whiteface Mountain ski resort rounded out last weekend on a sweet note. On the heels of the International Pond Skimming Competition on Saturday, April 12, the following day featured the Apple Butter Open, a no-pressure all-for-fun moguls and jump competition that ...

Splish splashing into spring at Whiteface

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WILMINGTON — Between the light drizzle, thick clouds and temperatures hovering in the mid-30s, it wasn’t quite the iconic spring day for the Whiteface Mountain ski resort’s International Pond Skimming Competition — yet there were those who loved it. Over 90 jubilant competitors ...

Lake Placid school board approves $23.1M budget

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LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Central School District board voted unanimously on Tuesday, April 8 to approve the district’s budget for the 2025-26 school year. This budget is an increase of about 3% from last year, and will be beneath the tax cap. Although some costs are projected to ...

Winter Speaker Series sets final speaker

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LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society will hold the final program in the Society’s 2025 Winter Speaker Series: Celebrating Filmmaker Ken Richter and His Short Film Adirondack Holiday. First released in 1960, Adirondack Holiday showed Essex County as a four-season ...

Library lists free upcoming events

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KEENE VALLEY — The following events are coming up at the Keene Valley Library at 1796 Route 73. — On April 19, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, there will be a Fly Fishing 101 seminar and demos led by Rich Redmen, John Braico and John Spissinger. — On April 27 from 2 to 3 p.m., there will be ...

Spelling it out

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Provided photo — Martha Allen The Visibility Team, a newly formed local group, demonstrated at the Intersection of State Route 73 and Route 9N to Elizabethtown on April 4. Members held individual signs to spell SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY, with an American flag and a Canadian flag at either end. ...