Training Center - Town of North Elba officials are hoping a 293-acre plot of town-owned land at the horse show grounds can be transformed into a year-round sports training complex within the next three years. The facilities would be controlled and utilized by the United States Olympic ...

New hospital - On Monday, May 7, was launched the drive for $10,000 to make the first payment on the proposed new general hospital for Lake Placid. A short time before, a committee of five men from the Chamber of Commerce had made a contract for the purchse of the Dr. Proctor property near ...

Memorial Day - A Memorial Day service will be held at the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument on the grounds of the Adirondack Community Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Participating will be the American Legion, the Legion Auxiliary and the Women’s Relief Corps. The groups will then attend ...

100 years ago May 18, 1923 - Church archway - An ornamental arch is being erected at the entrance of the Adirondack Community Church grounds by William S. Benson of Passaic, New Jersey, in memory of Mrs. Benson, who died last summer. Pillars of natural stone are being erected over which ...

Brown monument - Dr. J. Max Barber, founder and president of the John Brown Memorial Association, members of which were here Tuesday in the 11th annual pilgrimage to the grave recommended that a committee be appointed to survey the possibilities of erecting the proposed monument to the ...

Railroad on track - The Adirondack Railway Corporation is on track to meet its Olympic time schedule for the beginning of passenger service from Utica to Lake Placid. Frank Menair, corporation president, said he expects to begin full passenger train operation by Aug. 31. That will provide ...