SARANAC LAKE — The meeting room of St. Bernard’s School rang with the sound of dozens of students screaming “USA! USA! USA!” as the kids had a watch party for the USA women’s hockey team’s gold medal game against Canada on Thursday, Feb. 19. They also had a special Olympic ...

LAKE PLACID — The village of Lake Placid is warning residents that next month’s energy bills will be even higher than usual, due to a variety of factors including cold weather, increased demand and market prices of energy. “The cost is astronomical,” said village treasurer Mindy ...

JAY — Adirondack Life magazine recently named the winners of its annual photography contest, which will appear in the publication’s first issue entirely dedicated to regional wildlife. To honor the theme, this year’s contest spotlighted the Wildlife category—with the grand prize ...

(Editor’s note: Richard Rosentreter is a former editor at the Lake Placid News, and currently the editor at the Malone Telegram.) LAKE PLACID — The 2026 United States men’s Olympic hockey team on Sunday, Feb. 22 beat Canada 2-1 in an overtime thriller and captured its first gold ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Elana Meyers Taylor has won World Cups, won world championships, already was the oldest woman to win an Olympic bobsled medal, recruited dozens of people to the sport and twice pulled off comebacks after becoming a mother. There was only one thing ...

KEENE — State Police released the name and cause of death of the person who died while hiking Mount Marcy on Thursday, Feb. 12. Brianna L. Mohr, 21, of Brick, New Jersey, was found near Mount Marcy’s summit the night of Feb. 12 by state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ...