Lake Placid News

Posted November 17, 2009, 2:09 p.m. Looking for Nuclear-Plant design?. The top builders are Areva SA of France and a U.S. -Japanese consortium of General Electric Co.

From the plucky upstate New York local, The Gouverneur Times : Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party congressional candidate in New York's 23rd district, leaves the voting booth at the town hall in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Tuesday, Nov.

Our Trip Pick of the Week is Lake Placid, a destination that's located "upstate" but worlds apart - and about 6 hours away - from the city.

Police say Russian figure skater Andrei Lutai stole a car and drove it while drunk after finishing 10th overall in the Skate America competition in Lake Placid.

Kim Yu Na was not infallible. She still was a winner at Skate America. Reigning supreme: Kim Yu Na greets fans after winning her second straight Skate America title on Sunday in Lake Placid, N.Y. AP PHOTO Not stumbling at all were Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, who swept all three portions of ice dance.

Eds: APNewsNow. WILL be UPDATED. AP Photo NYMG113 By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer LAKE PLACID, N.Y. World champion Kim Yu-na has won her second straight Skate America title despite losing the free skate Sunday to American Rachael Flatt.

Canadian pair Meagan Duhamel and Craig Buntin withdrew from Skate America on Saturday when she fell hard to the ice and reinjured her right leg.

Thomas Bunton, who belongs to Boy Scout Troop 482, has chosen a timely subject for his Eagle Scout project.

If you've been planning one of those sight-seeing helicopter tours around New York, you might want to wait a couple more weeks.

Both candidates for the 23rd Congressional District Special Election are on the road today, first voting, ideally for themselves, and then traveling the district in hopes of connecting with as many undecided voters as possible before heading to their home towns to await the results with bated breath.

Democrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party .

The mayor of Watertown, New York, one Jeff Graham, is a blogger, and this is his report on the District 23 race.

One thing we learned from the case of the Philadelphia woman accused of trying to trade sex for Phillies tickets is that the underground ticket game is hard .

A day after Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of the NY-23 special election, the Watertown Daily Times -- the biggest newspaper in the district -- backed Democrat Bill Owens.

DeeDee Leng, the 2009 U.S. junior champion, announced today that she will sit out the remainder of the 2009-10 competitive season because of a back injury.

An Essex County judge has refused an attempt to dismiss an indictment against a man who fatally shot a fellow hunter last fall.

The New York State Association of Family & Consumer Sciences celebrated 100 years in Lake Placid, NY, October 16 and 17, 2009.

Voters across New York will be asked next week to pull the lever on a land swap for a power line in the northwestern corner of the Adirondacks.

On Wednesday, September 30, at approximately 7:28 PM, DEC Dispatch received a call reporting an overdue hiker from Mount Marcy, Table Top and Phelps Mtn.

The Honeybee Community Fund has awarded grants to the following organizations during its fall funding cycle: Youth Programs in the villages of Keeseville and Wilmington, Families First of Essex County Food Shelf, Mill Pond Neighborhood Association in Lake Placid, Westport Library Association, Essex VITA Volunteers, Arts Council for the Northern ...