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Opinion

LIBRARY NEWS: New library arrivals and programs

Columns

In recent weeks, our children’s summer and adult programs have enlivened our spaces with laughter and energy. As the sun-drenched days of summer slowly wane, we eagerly anticipate the vibrant activities and events that the fall season in Lake Placid will bring. Our dedicated staff is hard at ...

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY: Ed Op Fund preps for busy school year

Columns

This is an exciting time of year. The nights are getting cooler, and the autumn leaves are starting to change. The soccer fields are cut low and newly lined, and there is an unmistakable scent of freshly waxed floors coming through the open school windows. Teachers, parents and students are ...

HISTORY IS COOL: 100 years ago

Columns

LP Club turns 30 - The Lake Placid Club will celebrate its 30th birthday tomorrow, Aug. 16, with an all-day program of sports, speeches, music and fireworks. The Club was founded by Dr. Melvil Dewey 30 years ago this summer as a scholar’s club, a little university in the wilderness, ...

WORLD FOCUS: Inspired by Rockwell’s ‘Four Freedoms’

Columns

No doubt, Norman Rockwell’s extraordinarily popular and famous oil paintings, the “Four Freedoms,” would be part of the battle waged on the media during the 2024 presidential election campaign. In fact, the paintings, in support of leftist and rightist causes appeared on X and Twitter ...

Time to enter the Pet Photo Contest

Editorials

You still have one week to submit photos of your pets for the annual Pet Photo Contest, hosted by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Lake Placid News and sponsored by Hyde Fuel, based in Saranac Lake, and Man and Beast in Lake Placid. Visit the ADE or LPN websites and click the button to ...

One 96-year-old woman’s view: We are free

Guest Commentary

One viewpoint of a 96-year-old female voter on the past, the present and voting for the future: Long ago and far away our founding fathers, with great wisdom and thoughtfulness, cited in an historic document that they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in their dream to ...