Many young people of our region have not had the opportunity to experience some remarkable assets of our area, be they hiking in the woods, attending a Lake Placid Sinfonietta concert, or visiting historic sites such as the John Brown Farm State Historic Site and Fort Ticonderoga, natural ...

You can’t make this stuff up. Well, actually, you can. My mother taught me that it is impolite to say that someone is wrong and to accuse someone of telling a lie is even worse. Instead, you might say, “I believe you are mistaken.” Small-town gossip is a common form of storytelling ...

May 10, 2022: 490 lbs. May 31, 2022 (surgery): 460 lbs. May 23, 2023: 386 lbs. Total lost: 104 lbs. - There’s been a lot of bird drama lately outside my home office window. When I say window, I mean the glass door next to my dining room table, which opens to the deck at the back of the ...

Lake Placid Public Library board members, Director Bambi Pedu and the staff would like to thank everyone who came out on May 9 to support the library on the budget vote. Our next big event is the Lake Placid Community Day, where we will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 4 at the North Elba ...

Memorial Day - A Memorial Day service will be held at the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument on the grounds of the Adirondack Community Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Participating will be the American Legion, the Legion Auxiliary and the Women’s Relief Corps. The groups will then attend ...

Saturday, May 13, featured two youth-led activities. One was a community pancake breakfast served by North Country School students, who also harvested the eggs used in making the pancakes, guided visitors throughout the campus, and helped paint faces and sell garden seedlings. The other was ...