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Student film summit recipients announced

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Film recently announced this year’s recipients of the Lake Placid Film Festival Student Summit Program. College students and recent graduates from across the country applied for entry to the 2024 program. As part of the scholarship, recipients will attend the ...

Living history at the Mirror Lake Inn

LAKE PLACID — The Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa is celebrating its centennial this year. The history of the inn dates back to the early 1920s, when Climena Alford, a 1917 graduate of Lake Placid High School, married William Rufus Wikoff of Massachusetts. Their first son John, later known ...

Plein air fest winners announced

SARANAC LAKE — From Aug. 12-17, this year’s Adirondack Plein Air Festival in Saranac Lake drew 40 plein air artists. The closing exhibit in the Harrietstown Town Hall drew hundreds of visitors. The organizers of the festival, Saranac Lake ArtWorks, announced the festival’s award ...

APIPP director retiring this month

KEENE VALLEY — Tammara Van Ryn is retiring Aug. 30 after almost five years as director of the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program. APIPP’s roots go back to 1998, when The Nature Conservancy partnered with the state Department of Transportation, state Department of Environmental ...

Christmas in July

TUPPER LAKE — The Wild Center in Tupper Lake hosted the premiere of “A Jar Full of Christmas,” a movie filmed in the Tri-Lakes region, on July 25-26. The sold-out events featured director and writer Candy Cain, along with the cast and crew of the film. Cain shared her excitement ...

Women’s College Scholarship Club announces scholarship recipients

SARANAC LAKE — The Women’s College Scholarship Club recently announced the 10 recipients of the of the club’s $2,000 scholarships. Five scholarship winners were Saranac Lake Central High School graduating seniors; five were non-traditional continuing education adults from Franklin and ...