Under a bluebird sky on Monday, Feb. 5, the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace stood tall in the midday sun. Families, school children, teachers, visitors and locals gathered inside and around the blue walls to soak up the sights and sun. “(It’s) pretty amazing,” said Dennis ...
Bid group returns - The Lake Placid bid delegation arrived home at 3 a.m. Tuesday after a 24-hour trip from Innsbruck, Austria. With them were area residents who took advantage of the Adirondack Bobsled Club charter flight to see the IX Olympic Winter Games. The general consensus was that ...
Each year the Educational Opportunity Fund of the Lake Placid Central School District accepts grant applications from teachers who present innovative ideas they believe will fulfill the mission of the Ed Op Fund. The grant applications require that each project be innovative, enhance ...
Growing up in the North Country can be challenging for many youths. It was in the early 1950s and 1960s, and, in many respects, it is even more so today. Back then, we had school bullies, high levels of employment, especially during the off-season, and poverty. We also had many assets; ...
My daughter, Molly, often sends me links to stories she knows will interest me. Last week she sent an article by Denise Chow, a reporter for “NBC News Science,” describing how two different broods of cicadas — one that lives on a 13-year cycle, the other on a 17-year cycle — will emerge ...
Lake Placid airport - Stressing the need of suitable airports for the continued development of commercial aviation and stating that Lake Placid will undoubtedly have a proper airport even earlier than now appears possible, Leighton S. Bowker of Malone outlined the story of aviation past and ...