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eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID — Three people have been chosen as finalists in the search for Lake Placid’s new school superintendent. The new superintendent, who will be chosen and appointed by the school’s Board of Education, will replace Roger Catania, who is retiring at the end of this school year. Catania has been Lake Placid Central School District’s superintendent since 2013, though he worked at the high school as a counselor for several years before that, starting in 1997. The three candidates who are being considered as his replacement are Timothy Seymour...

Robert Rizzo ROYERSFORD — With little warning, and no mention on the agenda, the Spring-Ford School Board voted 8-1 Monday night to halt its search for a new superintendent and negotiate a contract with the man doing the job right now. The motion was made in the middle of the solicitor's report by school board member Tom DiBello, who said Acting Superintendent Robert Rizzo has done an outstanding job in difficult circumstances. - Advertisement - Spring-Ford School Board President Colleen Zasowski. Image from screenshot School Board President Colleen Za...

Chocolate Festival Autumn Bouchard (right) of the Relay for Life Pictures of Hope team assists Verna Espling (left) and Vera Langley of Caribou with choosing chocolate treats during Relay's Chocolate Festival. (Melissa Lizotte | The Star Herald) Autumn Bouchard (right) of the Relay for Life Pictures of Hope team assists Verna Espling (left) and Vera Langley of Caribou with choosing chocolate treats during Relay's Chocolate Festival. (Melissa Lizotte | The Star Herald) Chocolate festival proves successful for Relay for Life teams The Aroostook Centre Mall quickly filled with hundreds of pe...

Andre Hayward at the Skylark Lounge with the late Margaret Wright’s piano (Photo by David Brendan Hall) Standing onstage with saxophonist Elias Haslanger's local quintet, Andre Hayward preps for his moment. As the two men finish a harmonized riff on the bandleader's "Smiley's Stairs," Hayward lifts his bell to the microphone to take the first solo. The trombonist sticks close to the melody at first, adding slight variations, before scattering flurries of notes that belie their creator's relaxed state. At the point it all threatens to veer too far outside, Hayward brings it...

By Ryan Shepard This year, Kamala Harris made history as the first Black woman to be sworn-in as Vice President of the United States. As she was sworn in, Kamala Harris donned an all-purple outfit in a nod to Shirley Chisholm, one of the first Black women to run for President. In four to eight years, Harris may try to finish what Chisholm started in 1972. As Vice President, Harris is positioned to make a serious run to become the first Black woman to serve as President of the United States. Before the day comes for Harris to decide whether or not to run for President again, let's look back...