The housing crisis in the Tri-Lakes region seems to be getting worse by the year, and sometimes, progress just seems too slow-moving. There are people in our community right now that need housing right now — it’s hard to see that again and again and not feel a little pessimistic about the ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation recently launched a paint recycling program is underway, and that’s great news for the environment. It’s also helpful to the many people who have leftover paint and don’t know what to do with it — so they collect the cans for years ...

The annual Lake Placid Community Day and Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 5, and you are all invited. It’s designed for those who work, live and volunteer in the village of Lake Placid or town of North Elba. Rain or shine, it will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the North Elba Show Grounds. ...

Lake Placid’s unofficial Ukrainian ambassador — Dmitry Feld — continues to show his true colors, not just the blue and gold of Ukraine’s flag but his unending devotion to the people of his native country as it’s currently being torn apart by the Russian military. Five years ago, ...

In case you missed it, this past week was National Nurses Week, an annual celebration of nurses that spans from National Nurses Day — May 6 — to May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, a legendary woman often credited as the founder of modern nursing. Ask anyone in the medical ...

Roll out the red carpet for your mother and make her queen for the day this Sunday, Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, created Mother’s Day in 1908, and it became an official holiday in the United States in 1914. It is customary to give greeting cards, flowers and ...