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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...
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.
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...
‘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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