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HISTORY IS COOL: 95 years ago

Olympic committee - Organization of the Lake Placid executive Olympic committee was completed last week. The following officers were chosen: Dr. Godfrey Dewey, chairman; Supervisor Willis Wells, vice chairman; William J. O’Hare, treasurer; John F. White, president of the Kiwanis Club of ...

ON THE SCENE: Community dines on flapjacks at North Country School

North Country School’s annual “Flapjacks on the Farm” community pancake breakfast featured its largest public turnout, estimated at 250, and a food drive to benefit the Lake Placid Ecumenical Food Pantry. In addition, the breakfast featured a miniature farmers market along with new ...

MARTHA SEZ: ‘I thought he didn’t notice anything family related’

So begins “The Wasteland,” by T. S. Eliot: “April is the cruelest month, breeding/ Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing/ Memory and desire ...” I think the meaning is pretty straightforward, even without my CliffsNotes study guide. The effect of spring on a person living in a ...

GARDEN CLUB NEWS: Garden Club hosts May Day program about pollinator plants

The Garden Club of Lake Placid members began their 91st program year on May Day with their traditional first meeting at the beautiful Mirror Lake Inn. It is with much gratitude that we thank Lisa Weibrecht, a Garden Club “honorary member,” for her generosity and the attentive staff for ...

ON THE SCENE: Lake Placid Village Cleanup is in good hands

A new team seamlessly took over the Lake Placid Village Cleanup on Saturday, May 5, with many core volunteers still very much in place. Their flexible approach enabled many to attend beloved Ruth Hart’s funeral and still give their all to the cleanup. Volunteers could propose sections ...

MARTHA SEZ: ‘We both stood looking at the ruins of the kitchen’

The Logging Truck Incident! A major life event for my daughter, Molly, and me. I was reminded of the Logging Truck Incident recently when I visited the Keenan Family Rustic Furniture showroom in Keene, because it was there, years ago — 1993? Thereabouts — that Molly and I lived in this very ...