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North Elba gives over $371K in LEAF grants

LAKE PLACID — Town of North Elba officials announced Friday that they are awarding more than $371,000 to several local organizations through its North Elba Local Enhancement and Advancement Fund (LEAF). These Round 6 projects were approved at Tuesday’s Town Council meeting. Among the 12 ...

John Brown Farm to host Christmas events

LAKE PLACID — The John Brown Farm State Historic Site will host Christmas in the Adirondacks tours of the farmhouse this month. A mid-day craft program will be offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 16 in the Barn Meeting Room. Holiday greeting card stamping and paper snowflake-making will ...

Solar facility in northern Franklin County approved

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday announced the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting has issued a final siting permit for Brookside Solar LLC to develop, design, construct, operate, maintain, and decommission a 100-megawatt solar energy facility in the towns of Burke and ...

Will Lake Placid host a third Olympics?

LAKE PLACID — Salt Lake City, Utah, may be the International Olympic Committee’s preferred host city for the 2034 Olympic Winter Games, but Olympic competition could actually be coming back to the Adirondack Park in just over two years. New York state and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic ...

Christmas movie starts filming in Tri-Lakes

LAKE PLACID — Shortly after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, Bill Duffy of Queensbury arrived at the Lake Placid Public Library on Main Street. He was told to be there by 8 a.m. to be an extra for a scene in the Hallmark-style movie — “A Jar Full of Christmas” — being shot on Main ...