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Village closes on rail trail land

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LAKE PLACID — The village of Lake Placid has closed on a 1.77-acre plot of land on Station Street that will function as a new trailhead for the Adirondack Rail Trail. The $249,000 purchase and additional associated fees were funded by $300,000 from the 2023 state Environmental Protection ...

Picnicking across the Olympic Region

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LAKE PLACID — What is the most quintessential summer activity? Picnicking! And what’s a picnic without a view? The Olympic Region is full of beautiful sights with many picnic spots to match. I visited a few locations to see what they had to offer. - Lake Placid - Starting at ...

Lake Placid school district considers cellphone ban

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LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education set a public hearing for August on changes to the student code of conduct, including a proposed cellphone ban for high school students and tweaks to dress code language. The board also named Colleen Locke its new ...

CrowdStrike strikes county services in Essex, Franklin

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SARANAC LAKE — The global Microsoft outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike security update led to government departments in Essex and Franklin counties having their services disrupted Friday, July 19. Dispatcher Julia Coffman of the Saranac Lake Police Department said that when she came ...

Adirondack Mountain Club director resigns

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LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Mountain Club Executive Director Michael Barrett stepped down on Wednesday, July 17 following almost five years at the helm. Julia Goren, ADK’s deputy director for around three years, was appointed to serve as interim executive director while the nonprofit’s ...