LAKE PLACID - The annual Flaming Leaves Festival is usually fun enough with athletes launching themselves off the 90-meter ski jump while on the ground below live blues bands play and ribs and burgers are being grilled. But this year, visitors will have an added treat - a salute to local ...

LAKE PLACID - As if 23 breweries weren't enough to try, the beer selection at the Lake Placid Brewfest is set to double this year.This is the second year of the event, and state Olympic Development Agency spokesman Jon Lundin said the number of breweries participating will grow to more than 40 ...

WILMINGTON - Organizers say Oktoberfest at Whiteface Mountain is a great celebration of the summer past, the autumn that is here, and the winter ahead."It's 22 years in a row of beer, brat and Bavarian culture," said Jon Lundin, spokesman for the state Olympic Regional Development Agency. "I ...

LAKE PLACID - Visitors and locals will still be able to have a peak experience with fall foliage, although in many spots in the High Peaks, it is past prime time for leaf peepers.Vibrant colors are still visible in many spots in the Olympic Region, but in some areas, leaves are falling and ...

ALBANY - Access to approximately 11,600 acres of lands and waters on the Essex Chain Lakes tract in the center of the Adirondacks is now open to the public for outdoor recreation for the first time in more than 100 years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced today. Under an interim plan ...

LAKE PLACID - At its peak, Howard Johnson's operated more than 1,000 restaurants across the U.S., but now, only two remain: in Lake Placid and Bangor, Maine.A Boston-area author has written a book recounting the history of the restaurant chain that was released this summer."A History of Howard ...