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Whiteface Club hosts The Longest Day fundraiser

LAKE PLACID — The Whiteface Club and Resort’s second annual The Longest Day Alzheimer’s fundraiser saw a large number of participants in tennis and golf events over the course of the day-long event, held Wednesday (Aug. 6). It benefited the Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern New ...

Paul Smith’s College, U.S. Biathlon announce scholarship partnership

PAUL SMITHS — Paul Smith’s College and U.S. Biathlon announced on Tuesday a groundbreaking partnership that will provide scholarships for qualified biathletes to attend Paul Smith’s College while continuing their pursuit in biathlon. The new scholarship program recognizes the unique ...

Summer mini-tri season wraps up

LAKE PLACID — The Mirror Lake Beach was packed Monday as more than 100 people turned out for the final High Peaks Cyclery mini-triathlon of the season, wrapping up its 41st year. Lake Placid native Colin Delaney posted the fastest time overall, winning the men’s race in a time of 58 ...

US collegiate, U18 hockey teams named

LAKE PLACID — USA Hockey announced the players selected for both the U.S. Collegiate Women’s Select Team and the Under-18 Women’s Select Team on Sunday. Both squads will face Canada in a three-game series on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday here. Those series games will take place at ...

Whiteface Club yields another ace

LAKE PLACID — The elevated par three, 11th hole was the scene of yet another hole-in-one Thursday, Aug. 7, at the Whiteface Club and Resort Golf Course in Lake Placid. Club member C.C. Sloan used a 7-iron from the blue tees to record his first career ace. The 11th plays downhill and ...

Lake Placid ski jumping World Cup is canceled

LAKE PLACID — One of this village’s most well-attended events, the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, which was scheduled for mid-December, has been canceled and relocated, due to needed repairs to the Olympic Jumping Complex’s HS128 observation deck. This comes following a recent ...