SCHOOL CLOSURES / DELAYS
Closed; Saranac Lake and Lake Placid are both closed today
Delays; Tupper Lake Central School - 2 hour delay (No Morning Pre-K)
  Ausable Valley Central School - 2 hour delay
  Paul Smith's College is on a two hour delay
Ice Palace; No work on the Ice Palace today (1/27) but work should resume Saturday

 
 

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PICTURE OF THE DAY

Toboggan Championships in Lake Placid Saturday at 4pm!
Dont miss the Adirondack international Toboggan Championships - They'll take place Saturday at 4pm - with the Mayor's Cup.. following that you can race for great prizes and have fun at the Toboggan Chute on Mirror Lake in Lake Placid while supporting USA Luge...   The weather might not be that great right now, but it's looking good for the Toboggan chute tomorrow and we'll look forward to seeing you there with the Mayor's Cup - 4pm...

Bobsled Skeleton at Empire State Plaza

The USA Bobsled and Skeleton National Team is back on home soil, having returned from the FIBT World Cup tour, where they will be training for three weeks in preparation for the 2012 World Championships held Feb. 17 – 26 in Lake Placid, N.Y. This weekend, members of the USA Bobsled and Skeleton National Team will definitely be back on the ice again - only they will not be in their sleds sliding at 80 to 90 mph down the track.  USA team members including John Napier (Lake Placid, N.Y), 2010 Olympian with local ties to the Schenectady area, and 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Elana Meyers (Douglasville, Ga.), will be at the Empire State Plaza Skating Rink Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. to meet, greet and even skate with fans. Come to the Empire State Plaza Skating Rink to skate and have your picture take with U.S. bobsledders John Napier, Elana Meyers, Jazmine Fenlator (Wayne, N.J.), Brittany Reinbolt (Searcy, Ark.) and Katie Eberling (Palos, Ill.). By simply joining in with all this winter fun you will not only earn a “gold medal”, you can also win 2 for 1 Whiteface lift tickets, 2012 World Championship  event tickets, along with the chance to enter our awesome grand prize – a Winter World Championship Vacation Package that includes a 2 night, 2 day stay with Olympic Sites Passports and Whiteface lift tickets, for 4 people in Lake Placid during the Championships!

State of the Union - Motivation for Local Legislators

Congressman Bill Owens joined a bipartisan delegation of Upstate New York Members of Congress to sit together during the President’s annual State of the Union address.  Members of the delegation included Representatives Brian Higgins, Paul Tonko, Tom Reed, Chris Gibson, and Richard Hanna among others..  “While this is a small step toward bipartisanship, I believe Congress has a historic opportunity to come together and work for what is best for New York and the rest of the nation,” Owens said. “I hope to continue working with members of both parties to create opportunities for New York’s working families and small business owners.” Rep. Owens is a member of the Congressional Center Aisle Caucus, a bipartisan group of Members of Congress who have a strong interest in promoting civility and changing the tone in Washington. 

  
Neither Rain nor Sleet or Snow can slow construction..
Ok - Maybe wind and rain and temperatures above 40..
So far so good yesterday afternoon as Volunteers continued their work on the "Spacecraft" but the weather wasn't looking good this morning. That's Dean Baker in the USA helmet coordinating placement of blocks yesterday afternoon. Today's outlook may not be as good - Temps will be steady in the mid 30's and the wind continues to be a factor..
      
"All Good Things" come to those who wait - and Tupper Lake Waited!
It was an afternoon of celebration in Tupper Lake on Friday, as the community gathered for “All Good Things” at the Park Restaurant and it was one of the largest gatherings at the Park in as long as most in the crowd could remember.. Earlier in the day, APA commissioners finalized and thereafter approved the application by the Adirondack Club and Resort Project, issuing a group of permits all of which will allow the developers to move one major step closer to their goal of re-building Big Tupper for the community, Great Camps, a marina, and as many as 13 different neighborhoods on the property..

Environmental groups along with one lone commissioner were continuing to cite Undue Adverse Impacts on the  open space resources of the park among other issues, but the final vote was overwhelmingly in favor of approval by the APA.. 

 Now the Adirondack Club and Resort Project must apply to several additional organizations including the DEC, The Department of Health, The Army Corps of Engineers, and Tupper Lake’s Planning Board..  Most of these applications are more detail oriented and will not require as much subjective discussion as was the case with the APA - but they’ll still take a little time..

 Either way, the project is given the green light and it’s full speed ahead in Tupper Lake..   Now all we need is more snow because until the Adirondack Club and Resort Project begins it’s work, ARISE must depend on natural snow cover to open the mountain to skiers, and the weather hasn’t been kind to the North Country this winter..

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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