The importance of open government and a free press is celebrated as Sunshine Week across the United States during the week of March 14. As part of Sunshine Week, the New York Coalition For Open Government is highlighting the need for enforcing the Open Meetings Law and the Freedom of ...

One of the best ways to die in a car crash is to get thrown from your vehicle. Three out of four ejectees are killed. How can we avoid that fate? Wear a seat belt. Only one percent of people wearing a seat belt gets thrown from a car. Obviously, most people do indeed wear seat belts, ...

When it comes to bobsled training in Lake Placid, John Napier has seen it all. He started training at the Mount Van Hoevenberg track at 8 years old and went on to qualify for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, in both the two- and four-man events. Over the course of his ...

Transgender Day of Remembrance occurs annually on Nov. 20. It is a day to memorialize people killed as the result of transphobia, (hatred or fear of transgender and gender non-conforming/non-binary people). We also remember those who died as a result of suicide. This day serves to bring ...

Just like the U.S. Postal Service, nothing could stop Adirondack Film from delivering the 20th edition of the Lake Placid Film Festival Oct. 21-24. Even with adverse weather conditions, COVID-19 restrictions and disruptive construction sites, this year’s festival was a return to the halcyon ...

(Editor’s note: The former Schulte’s Family Lodge on state Route 73 in Lake Placid is now being renovated by Peter Holderied. It had been sitting vacant for almost three years and has a long history as a lodging destination — dating from 1948 to 2018.) In 1948, there was a small motel ...