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Toboggan chute to open for season on Jan. 17

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LAKE PLACID — One of the community’s most iconic winter staples, the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute, is set to open for the season on Saturday, Jan. 17. It’s scheduled to open from noon to 4 p.m., then again from 7 to 9 p.m. The toboggan chute will have the same hours of operation for ...

Statue of legendary Herb Brooks to be unveiled

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LAKE PLACID — The legend of the late hockey coach Herb Brooks continues to reverberate some four and a half decades after his young, upstart United States squad shocked the world by defeating the Soviet Union in the Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games. The victory was punctuated two days later ...

Cascade Acres mobile home park makes history

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LAKE PLACID — For the first time in New York, the residents of a mobile home park have stopped the sale of their land they rent to a private equity firm, formed a homeowners association to purchase the park themselves and assigned the purchase to a local housing developer and ...

King, Queen nominations sought

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SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee is currently seeking nominations from the public for the 2026 Winter Carnival King and Queen. The king and queen selection is based upon volunteerism within the community. Candidates should demonstrate a long-term and broad-based ...

Aerials World Cup on Sunday, Monday

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LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Freestyle Cup, the fourth and final stop on the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle World Cup aerials tour, will take place here at the Olympic Jumping Complex on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 11 and 12. The two-day World Cup in Lake Placid features ...

USA Luge’s Britcher takes home more World Cup gold

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SIGULDA, Latvia — USA Luge’s Summer Britcher won her second race of the season and assumed the lead of the overall World Cup, despite missing the first event of the season. The 31-year-old slider secured gold after posting back-to-back elite results in the International Luge ...