This week’s Visiting Lake Placid column needs no introduction. Boasting 3,430 vertical feet — the largest of any ski area in ...

In planning programs and events to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, Courtney Bastian and Lisa ...

The Lake Placid skating community took a double hit this past week with the death of former two-time Olympic champion Dick Button and the tragic air accident in Washington, D.C., that claimed the ...

An old friend once advised me to shake my wallet at the waxing crescent moon, just after the phase of the new (invisible) moon. Doing so will bring money, she said. Well, the sky was clear the other ...

Dr. Edward Lozasky was a Soviet nuclear physicist who during the height of the Cold War became a dissident. Lozansky’s father-in-law was one of the Soviet Union’s top generals. To avoid embarrassment, ...

The Conference Center at Lake Placid is set to host more than 22 conferences throughout 2025. These conferences are anticipated to bring an estimated 4,100 attendees to Lake Placid, accounting for ...

On Friday, Jan. 24, a successful and well-attended fundraiser was held at the Twisted Raven in Wilmington to benefit the Whiteface Volunteer Ski Patrol, the highly trained people, who with the regular ...

Provided photo — Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department About five dozen members from fire departments from around the region battled a blaze at an apartment building on Saranac Avenue Monday night.

The Chinese New Year, the “Year of the Snake,” began Wednesday, Jan. 29. Because the Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar, it doesn’t fall on the same date every year. This complicates ...

Entries for Poem Village are now being accepted through March 17. SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) is inviting North Country residents to participate in its tenth annual ...

In a July 2023 Gazette column, I have reported that William Walker, the retired Vice President for Public Relations at William & Mary College who became a noted historian, is now in the process of ...

LAKE PLACID — Who will be Lake Placid High School’s 2025 Winter Carnival king and queen? The school announced the candidates for king and queen on Thursday, Jan. 23, two weeks before the start of ...