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Paul Smith’s College to host Jingle Bell snowshoe race this Saturday

The Paul Smith’s College Striders will host the 29th annual Jingle Bell 5K Snowshoe Race at 1 p.m. this Saturday. The event will be held at the Paul Smith’s Visitor Interpretive Center as a snowshoe race if the conditions allow. If there isn’t enough snow, the race will become a ...

Local doubles luge duo ready to slide into new season

USA Luge National team members Chevonne Forgan of Chelmsford, Massachusetts and Sophie Kirkby of Ray Brook are preparing for their first-ever FIL World Cup in Lake Placid. The World Cup will take place on Dec. 8 and 9 at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The duo now live in the Lake Placid area and ...

Barfly raises $10K for humane society

LAKE PLACID — The golf season in the Adirondacks is long over, but many area players will not forget the record-breaking effort that happened during the 2023 Barfly Open Golf Tournament at the Lake Placid Club Resort. A total of $10,038 was raised for the Tri-Lakes Humane Society in Saranac ...

Lake Placid chosen to host 2024 bobsled, skeleton, luge congresses

LAKE PLACID — The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and the International Luge Federation announced last week that they have selected Lake Placid as the host city for their 2024 Congresses. “Hosting the IBSF and FIL Congresses in Lake Placid is an amazing way to showcase the ...

Skating sessions planned at Saranac Lake Civic Center

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Civic Center announces Hudson Headwaters Health Network will sponsor a total of 30-public-skating sessions, provided free of charge. Ten of those sessions will be reserved for children ages 5 and under with their caregiver. The children’s series — ...

Lake Clear’s Jackie Garso named to US Biathlon’s World Cup team

NEW GLOUCESTER, MAINE — Lake Clear’s Jackie Garso — a 2016 graduate of Saranac Lake High School — was named Monday, Nov. 20 to the U.S. Biathlon Association’s roster of official World Cup athletes for the first trimester of the season. “It’s all super exciting. I am really ...