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(Editor’s note: This story is part of an “Olympic Legacy” series to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the III Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid in 19

As we reflect on a century of Olympic Winter Games, we remember that successful experiment in the winter of 1904-05 at the Lake Placid Club on the shores of Mir

As of noon Tuesday, the Quad Cities National Weather Service was reporting just over eight inches of snow in Davenport.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — This summer, Ron MacKenzie, with help, walked slow and steady along South Kingstown Town beach and, just like coming back from the edge of death, it wasn’t

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — This summer, Ron MacKenzie, with help, walked slow and steady along South Kingstown Town beach and, just like coming back from the edge of death, it wasn’t

Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee President J. Bernard Fell gave a passionate speech on Feb. 13, 1980, during the opening ceremony of the XIII Olympic Wi

A 52-year-old Highland tourism business with monster appeal is up for sale for the first time. Cruise Loch Ness has a star-studded past.

Researchers measured changes in people’s DNA after following a healthy lifestyle intervention, and showed that these habits really can slow the aging process.

Toboggan chute (A photo on page 1 showed the new toboggan run at Mirror Lake, as seen looking toward the top from the lake.) Not merely a run but a parkway or expressway or freeway or something big, because this is it. The toboggan chute is a great addition to this winter sports center. It has four lanes with the take-off 50 feet above the water and a 164-foot-long chute. The village of Lake Placid and town of North Elba are each contributing half to the $5,000 cost. — Ashworth’s crown J...

Blossoming snowdrop flowers (Galanthus) stand in Gador Credit:  Tibor Rosta These early flowering spring bulbs were probably the first flowers I identified. I was a very short-sighted child – and as a consequence was often flat on my face. My mother thought I was just extraordinarily clumsy. I will always love snowdrops but, as Anna Pavord points out, to be a snowdrop buff you need special qualities: “A circulation system of cast iron and brilliant eyesight.” Perhaps because I have neith...