Winter Carnival
Gala Parade photos
Roman holiday: Rip-roaring weekend closes Winter Carnival
SARANAC LAKE — The weather was warmer the second week of Winter Carnival — too warm for the Ice Palace on some days — but the Colosseum remained standing and the village was buzzing with countless events The Rotary Show returned on Friday for the first time in three years due to the ...
Skillet strongwomen of Saranac Lake
SARANAC LAKE — The temperature was around minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the time the skillet throwing began at Riverside Park last Saturday, Feb. 4. It had warmed up; it had been minus 30 around 8 o’clock, according to Weather Underground. The Ladies Fry Pan Toss has been an annual ...
Eight hardy Fun Runners brave -20
SARANAC LAKE — The temperature was minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit as the Ice Palace Fun Run began at 10 a.m. last Saturday, Feb. 4. Perhaps needless to say, it takes a dedicated runner to run a race at this low temperature. Risking frostbite and irritated lungs, eight runners lined up at the ...
A Roman connection
SARANAC LAKE — With this year’s Winter Carnival theme, “Roman around Carnival,” the Eternal City is on everyone’s minds, but the Roman Empire at one time occupied all of Europe and beyond — including Saranac Lake’s French sister city, Entrains-sur-Nohain — where Roman artifacts ...