For a shoulder season weekend, the Olympic Regional Development Authority has been exceptionally busy, hosting the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series (Elite and Junior divisions), this time expanded to two venues and attracting over 14,000 attendees. Still, if that wasn’t enough, ...

You’ill find this hard to believe, but in Arizona scientists have discovered that at any given time a significant number of so-called “worker” ants are not working at all. These ants are slacking off, defying expectations by acting the part of the proverbial grasshopper instead of the ...

If you’re a struggling student interested in breaking into the film industry, the Lake Placid Film Festival from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 will offer a unique opportunity. The Student Summit is a program that aims to provide knowledge, inspiration, and a network for students who love film. “You ...

October is full of treats at the Lake Placid Public Library. We’re celebrating the season with a spooky community art show featuring eerie submissions from local teens, new after-hours game nights to laugh away the darkness and a regional Library Crawl to get us out exploring while the fall ...

Growing up in Lake Placid, I had four grandmothers: great-grandmother Effie Preston Alford “Gram”; her best friend, Grace Doty of Vermontville; Climena Alford Wikoff, “Grama”; and Grossmama, my mother’s mom, Else Schweitzer Gerstenberger, who lived most of the year in Shaker ...

Every year, from Labor Day right up until Columbus Day, I fret about peak leaf. For those unfamiliar with northern climes, the term “peak leaf” describes the all too brief moment in autumn when leaves are most colorful. Here in the Adirondacks, the yellows, reds and oranges of maples and ...