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Enterprise, Lake Placid News to be sold to Gazette News Group

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SARANAC LAKE — The Gazette News Group Inc. will welcome the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and the Lake Placid News to its family of publications, the group announced Tuesday. “These newspapers exemplify the very best of community journalism, with a deep commitment to keeping residents ...

Howitzer hearing delayed again

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RAY BROOK — The start date of the Adirondack Park Agency’s adjudicatory hearing for a proposed howitzer testing range in the town of Lewis has been delayed again, from Feb. 25 to April 22. The APA had yet to issue a public statement on this as of press time Wednesday, although attorneys ...

Autopsy: Whiteface skier died from blunt force trauma to chest

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WILMINGTON — The authorities released the cause of death for the skier who died at Whiteface on Wednesday, Feb. 4. An autopsy conducted on Michael E. Vacek Jr. determined his death was caused by blunt force trauma to the chest, presumably from a tree, given where he was found. Vacek, 44, ...

Rangers brave brutal cold to find lost hiker on Gothics

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Forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to one call in the Adirondacks last week involving a hiker who was lost on one of the trails to Gothics, the 10th-tallest mountain in the state. The hiker was found in good condition, despite dangerously cold ...

USA Luge’s Ashley Farquharson wins Olympic bronze

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ashley Farquharson, a Park City, Utah native who lives and trains in Lake Placid, crossed the finish line, looked at the giant scoreboard at the end of the track and then immediately began to cry. A happy cry, at that. A very happy cry. USA Luge has its ...

Bitter cold takes a break

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SARANAC LAKE — After a mostly cold December, January and start to February for the Adirondacks and much of the eastern U.S., the switch appears to be flipping. The odds of such punishingly cold weather look to be much lower, at least for the next week or two. High temperatures will remain ...