We are Lake Placid

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed Bill Morris, U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, about his service and being the historian at the American Legion Post 326 in Lake Placid.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed Jason Smith, owner/operator of Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters in Saranac Lake, about moving to the Adirondack Park and enjoying the great outdoors.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed stargazer David Craig of Keene at the town cemetery while he set up a telescope to look at the night sky in the Adirondack Park.

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Ranger Lt. Chris Kostoss about tools of the trade for search-and-rescue missions in the Adirondack Park.

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed three-time U.S. Olympic bobsled medalist Elana Meyers Taylor at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid about her career for North Country Public Radio's North Country at Work Project. Here is a small portion of the interview.

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed David Gillespie, a farmer from Quebec who is the leader of CANAMEX, the Canadian American Exchange group that is building the world's longest cuisine trail network. They spoke Oct. 17 at the St-Albert Market (cheese factory) in St-Albert, Ontario, during a CANAMEX Agri-tourism Tour in Canada with contingents from New York and Vermont.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed North Elba Christmas Fund organizers Britt Isham and Shannon Porter at the North Elba Town Hall in Lake Placid about their need for donations and volunteers.

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed Jay White, the Adirondack Cuisine Trail Association founder and vice president of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County board, on Oct. 5 at Tucker Farms in Gabriels, New York, before state officials announced the creation of six Adirondack cuisine trails in Essex, Franklin and Clinton counties.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed Jim and Amanda Grant, of Wilmington, about living in the Adirondack Park and opening a new business, Wilderness Van.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed New York State Adirondack Park Agency spokesman Keith McKeever, of Wilmington, about life in the Adirondacks, talking a lot about mountain biking and his volunteer work with the Barkeater Trails Alliance.