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Editorials

ON THE SCENE: Recapturing the Miracle on Ice

On Thursday evening, Jan. 15, around 1,200 people, many having arrived from distant places across the United States, came to attend a holographic presentation of the iconic 1980 hockey game between the United States and the Soviet Union, presented and documented in the Olympic Center’s Herb ...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

(Editor’s note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper ...

Remembering the 1863 Thanksgiving Day proclamation

(The following is President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation from Oct. 3, 1863.) “The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to ...

Election letters due Oct. 24

We pride ourselves here at the Lake Placid News and Adirondack Daily Enterprise in allowing our readers a voice and a chance to be heard, especially during election season. We sincerely appreciate how engaged local voters are with not only our communities and local politics, but also this ...

Charlie Kirk and the unraveling of our democracy

I’ve been considering writing about the Charlie Kirk assassination for some time. I found the shooting deeply impacting, and writing about emotionally charged situations like this has always been my solace, my therapy. Nonetheless, for once in a very long time, I found myself at a loss for ...

Time to pick the Best of the Mountains winners

It’s time once again to pick the winners for the annual Best of the Mountains competition, and now it’s up to you. Voting starts on Saturday, April 26 and ends on Sunday, May 4. Inside this week’s Lake Placid News is a four-page publication announcing the nominees. The categories ...