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Ironman postponed; Lake Placid triathlon seeks alternate date

LAKE PLACID — The Ironman Lake Placid triathlon, originally scheduled for July 26, was postponed on Friday and is hoped to be held later in the summer season. In a 27-second video clip on the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism Facebook page Friday afternoon, ROOST’s Lake Placid ...

Construction to get in gear

Construction was one of the last business industries New York state restricted to slow the spread the COVID-19, and now it will be among the first to restart. Only one worker at a time has been allowed on a job site since March 27, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo added private-sector construction ...

Horse shows canceled

LAKE PLACID — A string of 50 years in a row has come to an end. On Thursday morning, the board of the Lake Placid Horse Show Association unanimously voted to cancel the two-week-long equestrian events that had been scheduled to take place at the North Elba Show Grounds from June 23 to ...

Dentists’ patients can’t wear masks, so extra safety steps are needed

Sitting in close proximity to another person and exposing one’s open, mask-less mouth to an instrument that will spray saliva into the air is likely not an experience people are happily anticipating in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. As businesses open back up and stay-at-home orders ...

ROOST releases ‘Politely Adirondack’ posters

LAKE PLACID — As some North Country businesses in New York begin to reopen their doors today, some of those doors may be adorned with new Adirondack-themed posters asking people to keep 6 feet apart from each other, wear face masks and wash their hands with soap and water. The posters ...

Here’s what can reopen in Phase 1

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday announced more details of the state’s plan to reopen the economy after giving several regions the green light to begin their reopening process after the New York State on PAUSE executive order expires on Friday. On Wednesday, the governor said the North Country ...