Lake Placid News

Both candidates for the 23rd Congressional District Special Election are on the road today, first voting, ideally for themselves, and then traveling the district in hopes of connecting with as many undecided voters as possible before heading to their home towns to await the results with bated breath.

Democrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party .

The mayor of Watertown, New York, one Jeff Graham, is a blogger, and this is his report on the District 23 race.

One thing we learned from the case of the Philadelphia woman accused of trying to trade sex for Phillies tickets is that the underground ticket game is hard .

A day after Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of the NY-23 special election, the Watertown Daily Times -- the biggest newspaper in the district -- backed Democrat Bill Owens.

DeeDee Leng, the 2009 U.S. junior champion, announced today that she will sit out the remainder of the 2009-10 competitive season because of a back injury.

An Essex County judge has refused an attempt to dismiss an indictment against a man who fatally shot a fellow hunter last fall.

The New York State Association of Family & Consumer Sciences celebrated 100 years in Lake Placid, NY, October 16 and 17, 2009.

Voters across New York will be asked next week to pull the lever on a land swap for a power line in the northwestern corner of the Adirondacks.

On Wednesday, September 30, at approximately 7:28 PM, DEC Dispatch received a call reporting an overdue hiker from Mount Marcy, Table Top and Phelps Mtn.

The Honeybee Community Fund has awarded grants to the following organizations during its fall funding cycle: Youth Programs in the villages of Keeseville and Wilmington, Families First of Essex County Food Shelf, Mill Pond Neighborhood Association in Lake Placid, Westport Library Association, Essex VITA Volunteers, Arts Council for the Northern ...

New York Power Authority President and CEO Richard Kessel stood under new 46-kilovolt power lines here, urging New York voters to approve Proposition 1 on the Nov.

Every other year, The Associated Press holds a summit to analyze pressing issues facing the company - culminating in an executive strategy session in Lake Placid, N.Y. The most recent Lake Placid process focused on, per AP managing editor Kristin Gazlay, "two planks of enormous import to AP journalists - how our content gets used , and how the ...

An early morning fire has destroyed an apartment building and damaged another. Saranac Lake volunteers were called to the two-story building on Franklin Avenue at about 5:20 a.m. Saturday when they found smoke and flames tearing through the building.

Who knew that the final resting place of John Brown, who earned fame and infamy in Kansas and Virginia, was the rocky soil of North Elba, New York, an Adirondack hamlet just outside Lake Placid? I didn't. I assumed he was buried in Virginia, where he was hung after his trial and conviction on charges of murder, treason and conspiracy for the raid ...

With three weeks to go until voters head to the polls, the special election in the 23rd Congressional District has experienced a reversal of fortune.

The Mirror Lake Inn in Lake Placid is offering an overnight package for two, including dinner, for $195 from Oct.

Doug Hoffman , 59, is managing partner of an accounting firm with five offices across the North Country.

Walking into a hostile environment to face questions designed to embarrass or discredit you is not easy.

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