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Affordable housing opportunity: 16 townhomes hit Lake Placid market

By Tim Rowland

Next phase of Homestead's Fawn Valley project moving forward after 10 month delay

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Takeaways from $57M World University Games

By James Odato

Report details funding, employment, housing challenges for the winter sports competition

Maple producers go with the flow

By Mike Lynch

Sap started flowing in early February in the High Peaks region.

A snowy portion of the Adirondack Rail Trail near where a proposed trailhead will be built in Lake Placid.

Adirondack Rail Trail access hub takes shape

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.

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World University Games: Highlights from Lake Placid

By Mike Lynch

Photos from the 2023 FISU World University Games taking place in Lake Placid and other communities throughout the North Country.

Despite warm weather, University Games organizers promise snow, ice

By James Odato

Ticket sales at 19% of goal for winter sports event opening Thursday

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Lake Placid ready to show off its Olympic village

By Contributing Writer

What to expect for the World University Games in Lake Placid

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In Lake Placid, short-term rental owners feel ‘vilified’

By Leigh Hornbeck

Tensions grow as community weighs options on updating STR regulations

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Lake Placid cooperative housing project seeks members

By Tim Rowland

Nonprofits team up to facilitate affordable housing opportunity

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Developer has right to build 7,600-square-foot boathouse, per state agencies

By Zachary Matson

Construction started in 2010 on grandfathered boathouse, but project's permit has since expired

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