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North Country dancers win big at Irish dance nationals

PLATTSBURGH — Karli Hall was five years old when she slipped on her first pair of ghillies, seven years old when she performed her first on-stage jig and 17 years old when she curtsied on stage for the last time. The 2021 Beekmantown Central School District graduate, who will attend the ...

‘Pride and Prejudice’ outdoors for weekend

KEENE VALLEY — The Book and Blanket Players, sponsored by East Branch Friends of the Arts, has been producing youth musicals-in-a-week summer theater for 11 years in Keene Valley. This year, the theatrical adventure continues with an emphasis on flexibility and outdoor rehearsals and ...

Lake Placid Ski Club marks 100th anniversary

LAKE PLACID — Part of the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society’s “Sign/Design” exhibit at the History Museum (242 Station St.) is the Lake Placid Ski Club sign, circa 1940s. The Lake Placid Ski Club, which celebrates its centennial this year, is a nonprofit organization whose ...

Small Town Cultures makes pitch

SARANAC LAKE — Point Positive Inc., an angel investor firm based in Saranac Lake, held a virtual pitch session on Wednesday, June 23, with 10 investors and entrepreneur Cori Deans, founder of Small Town Cultures. Small Town Cultures is a woman-owned, family-based fermentation company located ...

Adirondack Garden Club announces grant awards to area groups

KEENE — After a record number of grant requests, the Adirondack Garden Club recently announced the following Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund grant awardees for 2021. ¯ Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation for the creation of a series of photographic murals depicting a year in the ...