Travel and Leisure Magazine tells nearly 1 million readers to visit Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID — “Lake Placid is almost coyingly beautiful — the kind of place that makes you angry other people get to live here year-round.” So says writer Clark Mitchell to a circulation of almost 970,000 in the September issue of Travel and Leisure Magazine. In a piece entitled, “6 Easy Long-Weekend Getaways,” Mitchell leads his account with the two-time Winter Olympic site. He mentions the 1980 Miracle on Ice, Whiteface Mountain and the ski jumps, venues managed by the state Olympic Regional Development Authority. Mitchell also takes the reader on a tour of the village, featuring several hotels, restaurants, pubs, attractions and activities. The magazine devoted four color pages, including text and photos, to the Lake Placid experience. This marks a significant advertising equivalent that would be difficult for any one organization to budget, ORDA said in a press release. ORDA added that, as leaves are in the middle of changing colors, the Travel and Leisure coverage is well ti
» Full StoryTupper sporting goods and DVD rental and sales store approved
TUPPER LAKE — Meeting outdoors to take advantage of the good weather, the Tupper Lake Planning Board unanimously approved Bob Fletcher’s proposal to open a sporting goods and DVD rental and sales store in the former LeBoeuf’s Corner Market building.
» Full StoryAdirondack Harvest events to kick off this weekend
Adirondack Harvest events will begin this weekend and run through October across upstate New York.
The events will kick off Sunday, Aug. 31 with the first ever Great Adirondack Rutabaga Festival in Keene and continue with farmers’ marke
Saranac Lake regulates big stores (for now), outdoor wood boilers
SARANAC LAKE — The village board passed a 12-month moratorium on large retail development and a local law regulating outdoor wood boilers at Monday’s meeting, both with little comment from the roughly 20 people who attended.
The retail
Community Store advances toward its goal of $500,000
SARANAC LAKE —The new investment total for the planned community department store in Saranac Lake is up to $311,500 after an event held Wednesday.
“We had a really nice turnout of current and potential investors,” Community Store Presid
Nearly $108,000 in grants awarded to help Tri-Lakes small businesses
The Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce has been awarded a grant of $107,688 by the New York State Health Foundation for a special project: “Overcoming Tri-Lakes small business barriers, to offer employee health coverage.”
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Route 30 work finished
Heritage Museum Opening
Champagne at town board
obesity conference
Envoye a Maison
plaque from Gov. Paterson
Melted Down
30-Miler