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Two weeks of Lake Placid Horse Shows begin

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LAKE PLACID — The 55th annual Lake Placid Horse Show began on Tuesday, June 25 at the North Elba Show Grounds, kicking off two weeks of top horse show competition here. The Lake Placid Horse Show will continue through Sunday, and it will be followed by the I Love New York Horse Show from ...

Lake Placid native to play prep hockey in Minnesota

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LAKE PLACID — Despite being a Boston Bruins fan, Lake Placid native C.J. Ericson has always admired three-time Stanley Cup Champion and former Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. Even though one of Toews’s Stanley Cup victories was against the Bruins in 2013. “Although he is a ...

US bobsled names new head coach

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LAKE PLACID — Christopher Fogt will take over the head coaching position for U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation’s bobsled team, the organization announced on June 17. Fogt, a Major in the U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program, is a three-time Olympian and an Olympic Silver ...

Locals win first mini-tri race of season

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LAKE PLACID — The 40th annual High Peaks Cyclery Mini Triathlon race series kicked off on Monday, June 24 at the at the Mirror Lake Beach. Sam Boese, of Saranac Lake, and Elizabeth Izzo, of Lake Placid, were the top finishers in the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively. Both ...

2024 Lake Placid Horse Shows start next Tuesday

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LAKE PLACID — The 2024 Lake Placid Horse Shows are once again hosting two weeks of world-class equestrian competition starting on Tuesday, June 25. The action runs simultaneously in four show rings — the Richard M. Feldman Grand Prix Field, the E.R. Mische Jumper Ring, the Main Hunter ...

More than 300 take part in Wilmington Whiteface Whiskey Run

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More than 300 runners hailing from three countries and 13 states took part in the seventh annual Wilmington Whiteface Whiskey Run on Saturday, June 15. The event held two races, a 5 and 10-kilometer race. Awards were given to the runners with the best overall times and age-group times in ...