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Editorials

Inspired. I-N-S-P-I-R-E-D. Inspired.

St. Bernard’s School third-grader Ryan Scollin climbed up on a step stool to reach the microphone on a tabletop podium in the cafeteria, where his teacher and principal were setting up for a spelling bee on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 1 in Saranac Lake. His job was to test the microphone, so ...

After 100 years, Lake Placid still important to the Olympic movement

As we reflect on a century of Olympic Winter Games, we remember that successful experiment in the winter of 1904-05 at the Lake Placid Club on the shores of Mirror Lake. That’s when the club opened its doors to winter visitors for the first time, and it’s where this village’s Olympic ...

Butch Martin is a tough act to follow

A “Who’s Who” crowd — many of the movers and shakers from the village of Lake Placid and town of North Elba — braved the snowy driving conditions on Thursday evening, Jan. 11, and headed to the Craig Wood Golf Course, where they lauded retiring North Elba Park District Manager Eugene ...

Time to nominate a volunteer of the year

Hundreds of functions in the North Country depend on volunteers. People are fed and clothed, the ill and injured are cared for, fires are extinguished, artists’ work is promoted, libraries are maintained, events are planned and the natural environment is curated by volunteers. In March, as ...

Newspapers’ 2024 New Year’s resolutions

As the Adirondack Publishing Co. — home of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Lake Placid News — begins 2024, we continue to build upon our foundation of trusted local journalism and a commitment to the residents and visitors of the Tri-Lakes region. The ADE and LPN, founded in 1895 and ...