There are a number of watershed moments in Lake Placid’s history, and we’re living through one of them right now — the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games. For years — as promises of new affordable housing were made and millions of dollars gushed from New York ...

Hundreds of functions in the North Country depend on volunteers. People are fed and clothed, the ill and injured are cared for, fires are extinguished, artists’ work is promoted, libraries are maintained, events are planned and the natural environment is curated by volunteers. In March, as ...

In Lake Placid, the school colors of blue and gold have been a great source of pride for more than 90 years. And as the blue-and-yellow flags of Ukraine were being installed on Main Street light poles in March, pride in this color combination took on new meaning for residents and visitors of ...

(Editor’s note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper ...

The Firefighter’s Association of the State of New York is reminding people about fire safety this holiday season — a time when home decorating includes candles, trees and lights. “The holidays bring cheer, love and joy to New Yorkers each year,” FASNY President Edward Tase Jr. said ...

It was more than three years ago when former North Elba town Supervisor Roby Politi said, in a public meeting at the North Elba Town House in Saranac Lake, that the town was exploring ways to shield residential neighborhoods from short-term vacation rentals that aren’t owner-occupied. On ...