×

Columns

ON THE SCENE: Lake Placid Classic celebrates 50 years of running

One of the late Dr. Robert “Doc” Lopez’s most enduring legacies is getting people in the North Country to run for the sheer joy and health benefits. The results of that effort were on full display Saturday, Oct. 9, when more than 400 people took to the streets to run in the Lake Placid ...

MARTHA SEZ: ‘Nobody knows how the ghost system works’

Long ago, in a distant land (Lansing, Michigan), I used to gather with other Michigan State University students in the communal Brody Complex television-viewing area to watch “Star Trek,” starring William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Starship Enterprise. After ...

HISTORY IS COOL: 98 years ago

Theater approved - Louis Wetmore of Glens Falls, architect for Lake Placid’s new theater building, was in town Wednesday and brought a final approval from Albany for the foundation plans of the building. Excavation on the new building site is going on pace and, according to a ...

LIBRARY NEWS: Readers go on a leaf hunt on Main Street

The leaves are beautiful, the air is crisp and yes, our Main Street is still under construction. However, we are busy at the Lake Placid Public Library making sure patrons and visitors alike are getting the services they need. - StoryWalk - Leaf Hunt on Main Street - For the past week, ...

ON THE SCENE: We are losing birds in the Adirondacks

On Tuesday, Sept. 28, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced more than 20 extinctions — including 11 birds, eight freshwater mussels, two fish, a bat and a plant — and a million more species are at risk. The cause is a result of human activities such as the draining and paving ...