LAKE PLACID - Visitors and locals will still be able to have a peak experience with fall foliage, although in many spots in the High Peaks, it is past prime time for leaf peepers.Vibrant colors are still visible in many spots in the Olympic Region, but in some areas, leaves are falling and ...

ALBANY - Access to approximately 11,600 acres of lands and waters on the Essex Chain Lakes tract in the center of the Adirondacks is now open to the public for outdoor recreation for the first time in more than 100 years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced today. Under an interim plan ...

LAKE PLACID - At its peak, Howard Johnson's operated more than 1,000 restaurants across the U.S., but now, only two remain: in Lake Placid and Bangor, Maine.A Boston-area author has written a book recounting the history of the restaurant chain that was released this summer."A History of Howard ...

LAKE PLACID - The town of North Elba is abandoning plans to build a trail next to railroad tracks in the corridor between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake, and the town board is asking the state to get rid of the rails.Town Supervisor Roby Politi explained at Tuesday night's town board meeting that ...

LAKE?PLACID?- The Lake Placid Ski Club has announced its 31st Annual Olympic Car Show and Parade will be held Sunday, Sept. 1 on the Olympic Speed Skating Oval in Lake Placid. The show is sponsored by Hoffman Auto of Lake Placid, Egglefield Ford or Ray Brook and Dragon Benware CPAs PC of Lake ...

WILMINGTON - Winter is right around the corner in the Olympic Region - believe it or not - and the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center will be giving skiers and snowboarders something to look forward to in the form of a new expert glade trail.The glade is the first new trail added to Whiteface in ...