Welcome to 2025! At the end of 2024, the village was buzzing with excitement as visitors from various destinations arrived to celebrate the holidays and partake in the festivities. The LPPL was visited by many who sought a moment of calm, while others used the time to work in the computer ...

Many of the U.S. FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup team members received early training in Lake Placid; thus, participating in the Jan. 17 1o 19 event was very much like a homecoming. That feeling was especially true of New Yorker and Buffalo Bills fan Chris Ellis who hails from Rochester. ...

Legendary dogs of the Adirondacks. Famous dogs of the Adirondacks? No, that’s not right either. The kind of dog I’m thinking of is not heroic, or even particularly useful. In our daily lives opportunities for heroism are few, and it is much the same for dogs. Most, perhaps all, of the dogs ...

Lake Placid and Keene's recently reorganized food pantries address a growing need; increased living expenses make it difficult for many families to put nourishing meals on the table. While the approaches to addressing food insecurities in the two towns are slightly different, the goals are ...

The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven— All's right with the world! —Robert Browning, Romantic poet, “Pippa Passes,” 1841 I read on Facebook recently that “some people will not be comforted by the mention of God.” The mention of God, in fact, ...

Launched 18 years ago by Scott Renderer, the January Jams are off to a great start at the Upper Jay Art Center's Recovery Lounge. While the weather was cold outside and initially a bit chilly inside, the old Ford assembly plant quickly heated up as the people poured in, the stack of blankets ...