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Lake Placid mayor to attend Olympic cities event in Greece

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid Mayor Art Devlin and Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism Chief Operating Officer Mary Jane Lawrence will fly to Athens, Greece to celebrate the World Union of Olympic Cities’ 20th Anniversary from May 22 to 24. Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees members ...

U.S. Biathlon National Championships returns to LP

LAKE PLACID — The site of the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Winter Gameshas had a biathlon drought since 2004 when the Biathlon World Cup event was held. In the interim, some extensive renovations have taken place. The U.S. Biathlon National Championships returned to the venue March 25-27 to ...

Short track speedskating competes in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The Jack Shea 1932 Rink was host to the USS Short Track Age Group National Championships from March 31 to April 3. Speedskaters from all over the country at the event practiced and competed. The distances competed were 500-meter, 777-meter, 1000-meter and 1500-meter. ...

SLP laxers falls in season opener

SARANAC LAKE — Despite having limited practice time outside due to the weather, the Saranac Lake Placid girls lacrosse team had a solid outing in their season opener, but ultimately lost 10-6 to the Potsdam Sandstoners playing on the road Tuesday night. Seniors and SLP captains Alex ...

Belshaw, Schumann lead USA in Lake Placid COC

LAKE PLACID — It was a great weekend for two USA Nordic Sport athletes, who earned a combined three medals in the International Ski Federation Continental Cup for men’s Nordic combined and women’s ski jumping in Lake Placid. Annika Belshaw, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, earned a ...

Adrian wins national hockey championship

LAKE PLACID — One play can change the tone of everything in a hockey game and that was the case for the Adrian College Bulldogs on March 26. Adrian defeated the SUNY Geneseo Knights at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid by a score of 5-2 to claim the school’s first National Collegiate ...