The new DON’T QUIT! fitness center at Saranac High School opened Friday, Oct. 4, with a visit from Jake Steinfeld, founder of the fitness training industry. Sun Community News reports Steinfeld has helped schools build fitness facilities with grant awards from his National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils. His efforts have provided state-of-the-art workout equipment … Read more
Roadies, groupies, stage hands and fans are setting the stage for a star-studded Saranac Lake Winter Carnival in February with the theme “Music Legends,” and the first carnival committee meeting of the season will take place tonight. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports committee chair Jeff Branch said it should be a short, low-key meeting at … Read more
The Lake Placid Central School District board issued a proclamation at a meeting Tuesday in recognition of National Bullying Prevention Month this October. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the proclamation said that bullying is widespread in-person and online, acknowledging that both targets, bystanders and perpetrators of bullying are impacted negatively by the issue.
The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) will host Sophie Morelli for the first reading from her debut collection of poems, Fathom on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at ACW, 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake. Fathom is inspired by one of Lake Placid’s most well-known ghost stories, “the Lady in the Lake.” A question and answer … Read more
Fresh from hosting its first World Cup mountain biking races, the Lake Placid region is adding another discipline to mix next year. The Adirondack Explorer reports Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that the Adirondack Park resort area would host downhill for the first time in addition to cross-country races … Read more
Investors with at least $550,000 interested in purchasing the former Big Tupper ski center and property around it in Tupper Lake will have a bidder’s chance on the wooded acreage on Nov. 7 in Malone. According to the Adirondack Explorer, the long-closed downhill facility, Cranberry Pond, a small marina and vacant land, a total of … Read more
The Adirondack Alliance Church held an ordination service Sunday afternoon for Dan Ockrin, who had been serving as the church’s interim pastor since December 2022, according to the church’s website. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the service, which Ockrin described as similar to a graduation ceremony, capped off a four-year period of work, study and … Read more
The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) is awarding an all-time record-high amount for the region it serves of more than $250,000 in regrants to locally based arts and cultural organizations, teaching artists and individual creative artists, including via a second round of funding, the application window for which is scheduled to open by … Read more
The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation (ACLC) invites everyone to celebrate common loons at the Paul Smith’s College VIC, 8023 NYS Rte. 30, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13. Thie mostly free, family-friendly event will feature loon-related activities throughout the day: More information is available at www.adkloon.org/events.
The 5th annual Tupper Lake Plein Air Festival culminates tonight with a reception that celebrates outdoor painting around Tupper Lake. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports after plein air painting all week, 27 artists — including 10 who are painting in the festival for the first time — will showcase their work at the Tupper Arts … Read more