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Iconic building at Lake Placid’s Olympic Center to be torn down

By James Odato

Former bar, currently a gift shop to be razed to make room for expanded entrance to complex

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Inside New York state’s bid to host 2026 Olympic sliding events

By James Odato

Lake Placid still waiting for final answer from Italian committee about whether the village will be needed as backup site

Team Jamaica practices at Mt. Van Hoevenberg's Olympic Bobsled Run

Lake Placid’s chances of hosting Olympic events slide away, with successful test runs in Italy

By James Odato

Delegation reports successful test runs in Cortina in run up to 2026 Winter Olympics

Team Jamaica practices at Mt. Van Hoevenberg's Olympic Bobsled Run

Jamaican bobsled team trains for Olympics in ‘home away from home’

By David Escobar

Team members have been making annual trek to Adirondacks for 37 years

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Lake Placid advances as backup site for 2026 Olympic Winter sliding events

By James Odato

However, Italian efforts to build new facilities seem to be on track

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Lake Placid puts in bid to host 2026 Olympic sliding events

By James Odato

Organizers in Italy seek to farm out the competition to cut costs of hosting the Olympics

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Maddie Phaneuf: A biathlete and environmental advocate

By Jamie Organski

They say the resilient spirit of the Adirondacks has a way of seeping into one’s veins, and that certainly is the case for professional biathlete and environmental activist Maddie Phaneuf.

Billy Demong addresses hometown (video)

By Phil Brown

Hundreds of people lined the main street in the tiny village of Saranac Lake on Friday afternoon to welcome home gold-medal skier Billy Demong and other local athletes who competed in the Winter Games in Vancouver. Saranac Lake and nearby Lake Placid, which hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980, sent a dozen athletes…

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