Lake Placid to get new parking, restrooms By Gwendolyn Craig Funding is coming together for an Essex County trailhead for the new Adirondack Rail Trail, a 34-mile multi-use trail connecting the Lake Placid to Tupper Lake. In an update … [Read more...] about Adirondack Rail Trail access hub takes shape
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World University Games: Highlights from Lake Placid
The 2023 FISU World University Games kicked off January 12 with its Opening Ceremonies taking place in Lake Placid at the Olympic Center. Since that day, roughly 1,440 competitors from 46 countries have competed in a dozen sports ranging from … [Read more...] about World University Games: Highlights from Lake Placid
Despite warm weather, University Games organizers promise snow, ice
Ticket sales at 19% of goal for winter sports event opening Thursday By James M. Odato Despite weather closer to the kind found in mud season, ice and snow needed to host the World University Games in the Adirondacks will cover the tracks to be … [Read more...] about Despite warm weather, University Games organizers promise snow, ice
Lake Placid ready to show off its Olympic village
Organizers make final preparations for World University Games By Jeff Platsky Forty-three years after the Olympic flame was extinguished in an unconventional closing ceremony, a new collection of international athletes will compete throughout … [Read more...] about Lake Placid ready to show off its Olympic village
In Lake Placid, short-term rental owners feel ‘vilified’
Tensions grow as community weighs options on updating STR regulations By Leigh Hornbeck, Times Union Lake Placid has long been a happy place for the Gajda-Perdon family. Their trips started in the 1970s when there were just two of them, Jo-Ann … [Read more...] about In Lake Placid, short-term rental owners feel ‘vilified’
Lake Placid cooperative housing project seeks members
Nonprofits team up to facilitate affordable housing opportunity By Tim Rowland The Adirondack North Country Association is seeking a handful of individuals to oversee the design, financing and construction of the Lake Placid housing development … [Read more...] about Lake Placid cooperative housing project seeks members