SARANAC LAKE — The 2024 “Creepy” Winter Carnival starts next weekend, and this year’s schedule features several new events, some transformed events and a couple event date changes. The traditions of Winter Carnival have been growing in recent years, with the additions of Blue Buns ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace weathered through the recent warm temperatures, and after the Ice Palace Workers 101 get a day of rest today, they’ll be back at it again on Saturday — cutting, slushing and carving. With the mercury currently reaching up ...

SARANAC LAKE — Saws sang. People wielding spuds smashed them into the ice. Blocks of ice floated listlessly in Lake Flower’s Pontiac Bay in the shadow of the Saranac Waterfront Lodge. To musician Gretchen Koehler’s fiddler’s ear, the noisy work of the Ice Palace Workers 101 was ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Rotary Club of Saranac Lake will host its Winter Carnival Show at the Harrietstown Town Hall on Friday, Feb. 9. For more than 90 years, Rotary has delighted audiences with this variety show, which includes local musicians, regional entertainers, Carnival Royalty and ...

SARANAC LAKE — This weekend, people of all ages will have their chance to catch the pike that will be displayed atop the Ice Palace in a brand-new ice fishing contest organized by Matt Pafundi, who supplied the Ice Palace with its pike for years when he was in middle and high school ...