Temperatures in the high 40s and low 50s and occasional showers were far from desired or ideal conditions for holding an international ski jumping event or a weekend festival of ice climbing and backcountry skiing. Still, both were successfully held from Feb. 9 to 11. The 2024 ...

I hope you got a lot of valentines. By the time this newspaper goes to press, Valentine’s Day will be safely over and February will be halfway over, since it is a short month, technically, even though it’s a leap year. Every year I claim to rake in a plethora of valentines, so many that ...

Passing the flag - The Olympic flag, which had been kept safe in Lake Placid for four years since the 1980 Winter Games, was passed to its new four-year owner, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, at the opening ceremony last week. In the photo, at left, is Mayor Robert Peacock, center is IOC President ...

Nestled in the heart of the Adirondacks, surrounded by High Peaks and premier skiing mountains, the village of Lake Placid is a draw for avid hikers everywhere. But not all hiking opportunities end above 4,000 feet. Just across Mirror Lake from Main Street, Cobble Hill offers itself as a ...

Have you ever had a big dream, something audacious? Vermont dairy farmer Doug Butler dreamed of racing in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the famed 938-mile, 20-day race between Anchorage and Nome. First, though, he had to breed a team of dogs with the right mix of abilities, ...

As I write this, Groundhog Day has just come and gone, leaving many in the North Country confused and slightly discombobulated. But only slightly, because Groundhog Day is after all merely a minor holiday. People have other, more pressing, concerns and perplexities to ponder as they get on ...