Lake Placid News

What do you do with a 141-mile stretch of rail bed that cuts through one of the nation's greatest parks? Revive the rail, or build a trail? Fans of each of those options have staked out their case, and could probably keep arguing until the moose come home.

Each Friday, the Adirondack Almanack takes a look at outdoor recreation conditions around the Adirondacks for this weekend.

A century and a half ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing more than three million enslaved human beings.

Adirondack Health will host the second of two public meetings tonight on a controversial plan to convert the emergency room at its Lake Placid hospital to an urgent care center.

Lawmakers in the northern New York county that's home to Lake Placid have approved a measure requiring bars to close an hour earlier.

This is John Warren from the Adirondack Almanack with your look at outdoor recreation conditions around the Adirondacks for this weekend.

Many nursing homes around the state are seeing big financial losses, and the situation is the same, if not worse, here in the North Country.

Winners: Eric Szlamczynski, Star Lake, won the New York State Youth Snowmobiler of the Year Award at the New York Snowmobile Association's annual meetingin April at Lake Placid.

There's been a lot of talk lately about North Country movie theaters that are struggling to convert to new digital technology.

TAP New York, the state's largest annual beer festival, awarded its top prizes this weekend to Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, Lake Placid Pub & Brewery in Lake Placid and Peekskill Brewing Co, in the Hudson Valley.

This is John Warren from the Adirondack Almanack with your look at outdoor recreation conditions around the Adirondacks for this weekend.

Construction begins Wednesday on a stretch of Route 73 between Lake Placid and Keene.

When driving from New York City to Lake Placid in the Adirondack Mountains, it's hard not to be struck by how green everything is compared the urban jungle of Manhattan.

This peaceful, 5.5-mile Adirondack out-and-back wanders through a maple forest to an overlook with views of Gleasman's Falls and a rocky gorge.