“... Yet this I ne’er shall know, but live in doubt “Till my good angel drive my bad one out.” (William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”) - OK, we’re really into it now. It all seems so sudden, but, as I write this, it’s almost Christmas. It happens the same way every ...

With the end of the year around the corner, we find ourselves looking back. It’s been a successful but challenging year and winter’s early nights give us a bit more time to assess. This year, we’ve come face to face with a simple contradiction. On the one hand, the Ausable River ...

50 below - The mercury Saturday night was reported to have dropped to 50 degrees below zero and early church goers Sunday morning braved the 44-below temperature. The thermometer stood at 22 below at noon. Even the natives, accustomed to low temperatures, were apprehensive to stir out ...

The newly reconfigured and updated Lake Placid Olympic Museum on the first floor of the Olympic Center’s Miracle Plaza is a wow. The size has doubled and has been reimagined, leading visitors through the history of the Olympic Winter Games interwoven with the history of winter sports ...

Right now in my mind’s eye I see a cartoon I want to draw. A woman is smiling proudly to herself as she gazes at her latest creation, a tiny Christmas tree ornament that dangles from a string in her hand. Her cat watches the ornament too, probably considering making a lunge for it. Woman ...

As the year winds down and the start of 2023 is just weeks away, the Lake Placid Public Library is reflecting on all the good that has happened in 2022 and all that is expected in the coming year. We wish all our friends and patrons the happiest of holidays and appreciate your many well ...