Keene Valley
GOVERNMENT
Village gets earful on parking
LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees fielded questions and comments on the proposed extension of parking enforcement hours in the village during a half-hour-long public hearing on Monday, July 1. The board did not vote on the changes that evening due to the absence of...
July 4th events set for region
LAKE PLACID — Events to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday are planned for the Olympic Region on Thursday. In Lake Placid, the festivities begin in the afternoon at Mid’s Park on Main Street, where there will be live bluegrass music with Nubble from 1 to 4 p.m. This is a free concert.
Elizabethtown Town Council Meeting Scheduled for July 1, 2024
The Elizabethtown Town Council will hold its regular meeting on Monday, July 1, 2024, at the Elizabethtown Town Hall at 805 W. Broad Street. The day’s events will begin with a Noon Work Session, followed by the evening meeting starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber. A key...
Adirondack Land Trust awarded $3M for accessible trail development
The Adirondack Land Trust got a big financial boost this week. The group was awarded a $3 million grant from the Northern Border Regional Commission to build 3.5 miles of accessible trails in the Tri-Lakes area. Those trails will be built so that people in wheelchairs or with strollers or...
Lake Placid officials talk Main Street parking
LAKE PLACID — A planned rise in some parking rates, discussion of extended parking enforcement hours and stories of overzealous parking enforcement in Lake Placid last month triggered a flood of community feedback — and pushback — about the village’s parking situation. The Lake Placid Village...
Finding solutions to Main Street parking is ongoing
The proposed new parking changes along Lake Placid’s busiest parts of Main Street are not settling well with year-round residents. Making sure all parking is the same at $2/hour — instead of giving a $1/ break at less busy locations — and extending the parking enforcement hours from 6 to 8 p.m. every day of the week (and from 9 to 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday), locals will feel the effects the most.
New, large-scale EV charging station running in North Country
NORTH HUDSON, N.Y. (WCAX) - What’s being billed as the largest electric vehicle charging station between Albany and Canada is now up and running. We first told you about the charging site off Interstate 87 Exit 29 in North Hudson last November. Now, eight Tesla chargers and four New...
Ironman Lake Placid community liaison returns
LAKE PLACID | The 25th Ironman Lake Placid will take place on Sunday, July 21, its course following roads through Lake Placid, Keene, Jay, Upper Jay, Au Sable Forks, and Wilmington. Ironman Lake Placid organizers have once again established a community liaison to assist businesses and community members with questions related to race training and travel throughout the region, along with addressing specific race-day issues.
‘A Lively Radio War in Upstate New York’: Radio Pioneer George Bissell (1904-1976)
The 13-month-old, 10-watt radio station went on the air on January 15, 1929 with a two-hour broadcast from 3 to 5 pm from station owner George F. Bissell’s electrical appliance store in Tupper Lake, playing borrowed Victrola records on “crude but workable broadcasting equipment” rigged up by Gordon Bisson, superintendent of lights and water in Tupper Lake.
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