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ADIRONDACK FILM: Kilbourn to talk about cinematography at the film festival

Laela Kilbourn is patient. Behind her lens, she waits to capture what is withheld, the gap between the spoken and the unspoken. The existential attentiveness is necessary for Kilbourn’s work as a cinematographer, a job that creates space for the subject, the actor and the scene to reveal its ...

ON THE SCENE: Shoulder season has changed in the Adirondacks

When I was a kid, the “shoulder season” lasted nine months interrupted by winter weekends when skiers arrived to hit the slopes of Whiteface and Whitney, and in the fall, for those who had professional guides in the family as we did, by hunters seeking the wily deer. Today, ...

GARDEN CLUB NEWS: Lake Placid Garden Club hands out Green Thumb Awards

As this garden season draws to a close, Garden Club of Lake Placid recognized several residential gardeners with a Green Thumb award for brightening their neighborhood with colorful flower displays. Recognizing the efforts and time which goes into gardening, four home owners were ...

ON THE SCENE: The other ‘Miracle on Ice’

The other “Miracle on Ice” is the impact that Sonja Henie had not just on the United States during the 1932 Winter Olympics, but through the media, on people the world over. In Lake Placid, the then European phenom took our country by storm, lifting the spirits of so many beaten down ...