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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SARANAC LAKE — Models waved swords, pulled bows and sashayed at the Garagery on Tuesday night. It was the first Winter Carnival fashion show, hosted by Tori Vazquez, who owns Main Street Exchange — and she was holding court. Attendees dined on cheeses and fruits as godesses, soldiers, ...

SARANAC LAKE — A first grade field trip to the Ice Palace on Wednesday could have ended disastrously if it weren’t for the quick actions of a teacher leading the trip. Local parent Jason Minnie said Emily Doyle-Shubert, a teacher at Petrova Elementary School, saved his daughter ...