What a great Olympic 40th Anniversary Celebration we had this past month. Even though February seemed to be a short month there was a lot going on here at the Lake Placid Public Library. The meet-and-greet with Olympic speedskating medalist Dan Jansen on Saturday, Feb. 22, along with Olympic ...
I have been exploring the Adirondack backwoods for decades and much of that time has been spent off-trail, through the forest, thick and thin, bushwhacking. I originally took on the formidable task of bushwhacking the 46 High Peaks, and now I have advanced that horizon into a list of 2,500 ...
The Zonta Club of the Adirondacks invites the public to attend the third annual Recognition of Service and Excellence (R.O.S.E.) Awards Celebration Brunch in honor of International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 28 at the Hotel Saranac, starting at 10 a.m. This year’s honorees are ...
With some warmer temperatures this week, it’s time to start thinking about springtime activities. For Lake Placid, that means the annual Lake Placid Marathon and Half Marathon, which is set for Sunday, June 14. As the official newspaper of this race, the Lake Placid News is proud to say ...
To the editor: I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who participated in our 40th Anniversary Celebration of the 1980 Winter Olympics. It does truly take a village to pull off an event like this, and it takes a village to embrace the endeavor and savor the experience. Thank you to ...
To the editor: We would like to acknowledge the hard work and success of the 40th anniversary of the Lake Placid Olympics committee and all of the businesses, organizations and individuals that made this possible. Not only did this event highlight the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Olympic ...
To the editor, and Mike Eurizone: The captain didn’t know taking part in the rally, putting on the “Keep America Great” hat, being cheered by Trump’s base who were all there to show their support of his reelection would be considered “a disgrace” and would ignite controversy? Did ...
To the editor: Unfortunately what happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas. One thoughtless decision can make heroes into toads, as the onstage performance of the 1980 Olympic hockey team disappointingly points out. Writer Lou Reuter said it eloquently and painfully in his opinion piece ...
To the editor: I’ve enjoyed reading the many 1980 Lake Placid Olympic articles, especially the “Miracle on ice” in national publications. I was fortunate to have gone to all the U.S. hockey games and wish to share one little observation that the media missed. When the ...
Forty years ago right here in Lake Placid, a group of United States Olympians achieved a feat that probably the entire world at the time would have deemed impossible. That, of course, was the “Miracle on Ice” hockey victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Some say the Americans’ 4-3 win ...
Olympic memories remain The XIII Winter Olympics ended in Lake Placid Sunday in a poignant ceremony that reminded the world what the endangered games are supposed to be about. Lord Killanin said the friendly competitions the games espouse may help avoid the holocaust the world appears ...
The most-watched sporting event in the world is well-known, soccer. Ever wonder what’s in second place? It’s not American football, baseball, golf, tennis or cricket. It’s a sport a few local Olympians like Tim Burke and Annalies Cook excel at: biathlon. It has more than 900 million ...
The Olympic 40th Anniversary Committee — set up to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games — deserves a gold medal for its work in setting up and promoting more than a week’s worth of special events that highlighted Lake Placid’s Olympic legacy — past, present ...
To the editor: Our family lives full time at 15 Maple St. in Lake Placid. We have a lovely little cottage on our property that we rent to visiting guests. We’ve had hundreds of five-star reviews from those same travelers and have never had a complaint from our neighbors. We personally ...
All of the conversations I ever have about blue jays go like this: Me: Why do people always use the words raucous and jeering to describe blue jays? They use such a variety of calls to communicate with each other. Other Person: Well, they are not exactly melodious. Me: I feed them ...
That’s it! Bring out the asterisk! And put it at the end of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team — not because of gambling or doping or cheating — but because 14 of the 20 players had the nerve to stand on the same stage with President Donald Trump at a political rally in Las Vegas on ...
The freshwater that sustains all plant, animal, and human life — surface and groundwater — makes up less than 1% of the Earth’s water. One percent. Freshwater covers less than 0.4% of the Earth’s surface but is home to 10% of its species, including a third of all vertebrates. Watersheds ...
Northwood School and North Country School joined together to stage Paul Fleischman's play "Seedfolks" Feb. 11 and 12 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.Both performances drew large appreciative audiences, primarily from the two schools' extended communities. The joint presentation evolved ...
The Chinese Lunar New Year began January 25, 2020. We were ushered out of the Year of the Pig and into the Year of the Rat while I wasn't paying attention. The Year of the Rat will end February 11, 2021, making it 13 months long, which is unusual.By assiduous study of a placemat in a Chinese ...
It's that time of year to nominate the people you'd like to see recognized as the adult and youth Distinguished Volunteers of the Year for the village of Lake Placid and town of North Elba. Those awards will be announced this spring during the annual Community Day from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May ...