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aflynn@lakeplacidnews.com Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department member Mathieu Castonguay, kneeling, joins other firefighters from around the region on the roof of the former Adirondack Medical Center building in Lake Placid during a training exercise in October 2020. (Provided photo — Art Devlin) Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department member Mathieu Castonguay, left, climbs a ladder to the roof of the former Adirondack Medical Center building in Lake Placid during a training exercise ...

Staff Writer and Editor news@lakeplacidnews.com Parking meter in the municipal parking lot on Main Street near the post office, as seen on Tuesday, April 20. (News photo — Andy Flynn) The sign at the Main Street municipal parking lot near the post office is seen here Tuesday, April 20. It shows the old parking fees. The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees Monday, April 19 approved a rate increase of 75 cents per hour, up from 50 cents per hour. There will also no longer be a day rat...

Staff Writer, Lake Placid News A sign pointing to the upper municipal lot across from NBT Bank is pictured here Monday. (Enterprise photo — Elizabeth Izzo) LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees has made some changes to the Main Street parking rules, including a slight increase in the hourly rate at the municipal parking lot across from the post office. More changes, like extending the hours the village will collect parking fees, could be on the horizon. Village trus...

Marijuana buds (Provided photo — Efiks, via Wikimedia Commons) LAKE PLACID — North Elba Town Council members are mixed on whether to opt out of allowing marijuana sales. “My personal opinion on marijuana and drugs is I’d do anything to keep it out,” town Supervisor Jay Rand told the Lake Placid News on Monday. Rand said he’s against the sale of marijuana in the town of North Elba right now; however, as the board discusses it in the future, he is not ruling out changing his mi...

eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID — North Elba Town Council members are mixed on whether to opt out of allowing marijuana sales. “My personal opinion on marijuana and drugs is I’d do anything to keep it out,” town Supervisor Jay Rand told the Lake Placid News on Monday, April 12. Rand said he’s against the sale of marijuana in the town right now; however, as the board discusses it in the future, he is not ruling out changing his mind. He said having marijuana for sale...

To the editor: Back on March 16, the village of Lake Placid went to the polls to choose a new mayor, two new trustees and a village justice. I went into Election Day not only hopeful, but also thankful and grateful to the people of the village that took the time to hear me out. As a young person running for the board, I’m sure it was a different sight for most. Being only 20 years old, running for office was a completely different challenge and a very new set of skills was required for me ...

Cars drive down Main Street, Lake Placid, on March 22. (Enterprise photo — Andy Flynn) LAKE PLACID — Suggested alterations to the local land-use code were presented to the North Elba Town Council and Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees during a joint meeting on Friday. The local land-use code hasn’t been substantially reviewed and rewritten since 2011. Dean Dietrich, representing a committee created by lawmakers last May to review the town-village code, outlined a few different id...

Staff Writers Cannabis bud (Photo provided via Wikimedia Commons) Lake Placid officials are mixed on whether to opt out of allowing the sale of marijuana in their village. In Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake, boards have not discussed the topic yet, but mayors say they do not expect to opt out. A new state law legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 years old and over includes a provision that allows towns, villages and cities to ban dispensaries, decline to offer on-site consumption lice...

eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID — On the topic of whether to opt-out of allowing the sale of marijuana in Lake Placid, village officials are mixed. The new state law legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 years old and over includes a provision that allows towns, villages and cities to ban dispensaries, decline to offer on-site consumption licenses to businesses and impose civil fines for violations, although consumption of cannabis will still be legal. “We have...

Peter Holdereid (Enterprise photo — Elizabeth Izzo) LAKE PLACID — Village Trustee Peter Holdereid was appointed Lake Placid’s new deputy mayor on Monday. The new appointment was made during the village’s annual organizational meeting, the first meeting led by recently elected Mayor Art Devlin, who was sworn in that day. Holdereid has been a village trustee since 2011. He and his family own and operate the Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort on Main Street. He is a graduate of Lake Placi...