Video game craze - You see them all over town during their lunch hour or after school, playing the machines. They range in age from 7 or 8 up to 18 or older. As they huddle over darting objects on a blackened screen, there is a common sense of determination — of inner quiet. Bumps, ...

Escape from the lake - A door which had burst open after impact with a boulder was probably responsible Wednesday night for saving the lives of Marion and Charles Estes of Keene, whose car left the road and turned turtle in Cascade Lake shortly before six o’clock. Miss Estes, a teacher ...

Lyman Epps Jr. dies - In the death at 102 years of Lyman Epps Jr. on Thursday, Nov. 19, Lake Placid lost the last member of a Black family which was instrumental in the early cultural development of this community. His father, Lyman Epps Sr., was one of the trustees guarding the standards ...

Teenager draft - The first 18- and 19-year-old youths from this area who registered for military service last June will probably be called shortly after the holidays, as orders were received from Washington to immediately mail questionnaires to teenagers already registered. All ...

Village dissolution - A draft report on the effects of dissolving Lake Placid’s village government has received criticism from Mayor Robert Peacock and North Elba Supervisor Matthew Clark. The report, using 1981 figures, notes that village taxes would have decreased about 45% while town ...

Ragweed fires - In concurrence with the recommendations this summer of Professor Hodgson on hay fever conditions in Lake Placid, Supervisor Willis Wells has taken steps to eliminate the small amount of ragweed and golden rod growing here. Town highway forces have burned over the roadside ...