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Winter Carnival

Top 5 for 2025 Winter Carnival theme

SARANAC LAKE — A list of 85 suggestions was whittled down to five themes, which are now in the running to be the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival theme next year — “Music Legends,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” “Fire and Ice,” “Once Upon a Carnival” and “Steampunk.” The ...

Committee seeks ideas for 2025 Carnival theme

SARANAC LAKE — It’s time to consider theme ideas for the 2025 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. The Winter Carnival Committee is inviting the community to offer some ideas. All suggestions should be family friendly, not be trademarked and not used in the past 20 years. Suggestions can ...

Changing of the Ice Palace guard

SARANAC LAKE — After 18 years as the director of the Ice Palace Workers 101, Dean Baker is retiring from the position and passing the mantle on to Joe Plumb, who has been working with the IPW for the past decade. Last week, as the IPW met among the melting husk of the Ice Palace to ...

Winter Carnival committee talks ’24 pros and cons

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee met on Tuesday for a debrief on what members called an overall overwhelmingly successful event, which brought in huge numbers of visitors, provided many events and caused an influx of money into local businesses and organizations. As ...

Winter Carnival Gala Parade winners

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Creepy Carnival Gala Parade results are as follows for the winners of first and second place trophies in various categories, as well as the Louis Fobare Memorial Trophy for Best of Show. The parade was judged by Barbara Martin, Kathy Merrit, ...

Creepy Carnival comes to a close

See more photos from the Winter Carnival Rotary Show here and from live concerts throughout the weekend here.