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Politics

Some Lake Placid sewer rates to increase

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees voted on Tuesday, Sept. 5 to increase sewer rates. This is the second sewer rate hike in two years for the village. Village treasurer Mindy Goddeau said that the rate increase is meant to cover the new debt that resulted from recent ...

Sen. Gillibrand tours Olympic Center, Lake Placid Olympic Museum

LAKE PLACID — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) paid a visit to the Olympic Center and Lake Placid Olympic Museum on Wednesday, Aug. 30. “It’s (the Olympic Games) part of our legacy, it’s part of New York’s history, it’s part of Lake Placid’s history and it’s something that ...

Olympian Ashley Walden is new ORDA CEO

LAKE PLACID — Ashley Walden has been named the new president and CEO of the state Olympic Regional Development Authority and will take over from current ORDA CEO Michael Pratt starting Sept. 11. Walden, 41, is a former Olympic luge athlete and a current resident of Lake Placid. She will ...

Review board backs rezoning for Lake Placid condo plan

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-North Elba Review Board voted Wednesday, Aug. 16 to recommend that a rezoning request from the developers of a tract of land on the shore of Lake Placid be approved. Though the application was the only item on the board’s docket for the meeting, the board spent ...

Wilmington STR committee suggests new regulations

WILMINGTON — Wilmington’s short-term vacation rental committee presented its recommendations for new STR regulations, including a suggested cap on the number of permits the town should issue, at a public meeting Wednesday, Aug. 9. As dusk fell on Whiteface Mountain, concerned citizens of ...

North Elba backs APA headquarters move to Saranac Lake

SARANAC LAKE — The North Elba and Harrietstown town councils and the village of Saranac Lake are backing the Adirondack Park Agency’s proposed move from Ray Brook to this village. The North Elba Town Council called a special meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 9 to discuss the APA move and to ...