This is the second of two parts. Following my escape from the Nazi slave labor camp, and after encountering my brother-in-law ...

Behind every international sporting competition is an army of local volunteers working behind the scenes to make it happen.

If you think you know the Cinderella story, think again. This week, Lake Placid High School’s theater class will present, ...

ORDA’s Mount Van Hoevenberg staff and volunteers have hosted an array of back-to-back and — at times — simultaneous events, often under very trying conditions. Taking days off is, at times, ...

The blackbirds should be showing up any day now. I’m on the lookout. When the blackbirds are back in town it means spring is coming. Or at least the blackbirds seem to think so. I watch for them every ...

I knew it was going to be a cold start to a long day of hiking, but when I glanced down at the car thermometer to see it was ...

In reviving a summer exchange program, Lake Placid High School French teacher Cara Atkinson and the students in her language ...

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Championship have officially kicked off and will begin racing today ...

Feb. 28, the Mount Van Hoevenberg and Ski Jump crew installed a 10- by 15-foot mural representing the U.S. flag on the ...

The Sara-Placid Lakers 14U girls team won their division of the Lake Placid International Youth Hockey Tournament on Saturday ...

I’m not watching the news,” people say. “I can’t stand it. If I have to hear about” — say, for example — “the radioactive wild boars of Fukushima one more time, I’ll take the bridge!” Then, all at ...

This is the first of two parts I am allergic to birthday celebrations. Nevertheless, my Williamsburg friends organized an elaborate gathering on my 99th birthday. In fact, if they had followed the ...