By NAJ WIKOFF The first World Cup Ski Jumping competition in the United States that featured both men and women jumpers was in Lake Placid from Feb. 6 to 9. In another first on the international level, the women received parity in prize money with the men. As is true in many sports, male ...

The Lake Placid skating community took a double hit this past week with the death of former two-time Olympic champion Dick Button and the tragic air accident in Washington, D.C., that claimed the lives of many up-and-coming skaters, coaches and family members. Many of whom have trained and ...

An old friend once advised me to shake my wallet at the waxing crescent moon, just after the phase of the new (invisible) moon. Doing so will bring money, she said. Well, the sky was clear the other night, and I went outside and saw the crescent moon and shook my wallet at it, and it worked! ...

Dr. Edward Lozasky was a Soviet nuclear physicist who during the height of the Cold War became a dissident. Lozansky’s father-in-law was one of the Soviet Union’s top generals. To avoid embarrassment, he arranged for Lozansky to leave the Soviet Union and become an exile. He promised ...

The Chinese New Year, the “Year of the Snake,” began Wednesday, Jan. 29. Because the Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar, it doesn’t fall on the same date every year. This complicates matters for people born in January or February, who can’t assume they were born in the ...

On Friday, Jan. 24, a successful and well-attended fundraiser was held at the Twisted Raven in Wilmington to benefit the Whiteface Volunteer Ski Patrol, the highly trained people, who with the regular ski patrol, are out on the fabled ski center working long hours to keep the skiing public ...