Whiteface marathon - In the Whiteface Mountain memorial marathon held Labor Day, Harold Boulton, 24, of Lake Placid and Luzerne, New York, defeated seasoned amateur and professional mountain climbers from various parts of the country in the remarkable time of 1 hour, 13 minutes and 25 2-5 ...
The Lake Placid Hall of Fame committee last week announced their class of 2022, and we’d like to congratulate them on this prestigious honor: Denice Fredericks, and Thomas and Doris Patnode. They will be joined by the class of 2020/21 — Larry Barney, Jack LaDuke and Howard Riley — at 6 ...
We disapprove of the methods used to fill a briefly vacant Wilmington Town Council seat. After a series of maneuvers that show a lack of respect for Wilmington’s voters and for the democratic process itself, a person was appointed to the seat in a hurried and contrived way. The speed ...
Have you ever dreamed of skating in the Ice Capades, the Saturday night ice shows at the Olympic Arena or some other ice show? Or perhaps skating in a parade of champions waving to audience members in their seats? Perhaps while wearing one of those imaginative and stylish costumes that ...
My mother taught me that even when you know that someone is lying to your face, it is not polite to say so. It is rude to say that someone is lying, and even to tell someone that he or she is wrong. This was part of my mother’s Southern upbringing, what I always thought of as the Rules of ...
During my daily morning walks in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area, my shoelaces often get loose. I need to retie them. I put my feet up on the stairs leading to a house, and bend down to do so. The moment, I do it, an image automatically pops into my mind. I am in Budapest, ...