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New condo buildings in the works for Lake Placid shoreline

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LAKE PLACID — A local family planning to build new condominiums by the shore of Lake Placid is requesting that three of their properties be rezoned, which would allow them to build taller buildings and give them more flexible setback requirements. Rich Kroes and Katrina Lussi Kroes of Lake ...

Gillibrand promotes $50B Rebuild Rural America bill in Lake Placid

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LAKE PLACID — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, Friday visited the Mirror Lake Beach House to promote her recently introduced legislation — the Rebuild Rural America Act of 2023 — to invest $50 billion in rural economic development, infrastructure, schools, hospitals and ...

Marcy Field in town of Keene vandalized

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KEENE VALLEY — The town of Keene’s Marcy Field was vandalized early Saturday morning, July 15, leaving elected officials, law enforcement and residents searching for answers as the town prepares to piece together a plan to repair the damage. Where there was once pristine grass over a ...

Russell Banks remembered

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KEENE VALLEY — A service in memory of novelist and poet Russell Banks filled the Keene Valley Congregational Church on Saturday. He had requested a Buddhist memorial, and the service was officiated by Monastics Yukon Grody and Hokyu Aronson, from Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, ...

Keene Public Library begins a new chapter with reopening

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KEENE — The Keene Public Library is reopening this Saturday after being closed for nearly two years as the historic building’s roof was repaired and its floors replaced. Three generations of librarians — retired librarian Ann Sayers, Keene Library Director Aaron Miller and future ...

Fishing on Mirror Lake … without a license

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While taking photos of a swimmer on Mirror Lake at Mid’s Park in Lake Placid — shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday, July 15 as he was reporting on the New York Annual Loon Census — Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn captured images of an osprey swooping in, splashing down, and snatching a ...