We are Lake Placid

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn sat down with Dmitry Feld of Lake Placid to talk about the 2018 I Love BBQ & Music Festival, which is held every July at the Olympic Speedskating Oval. Feld is the organizer of the festival.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly sat down with Bill and Judy Borzilleri of Lake Placid to talk about their work at the Whiteface Inn resort in the late 1970s and early 1980s and about starting the Over Hill & Dale 5k run/400-meter swim race in 1979.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly sat down with Sid Ward, of Jay, New York, to talk about his cutting boards and program to donate all his proceeds to local charities and civic organizations. Ward's family has operated Ward Lumber in Jay for many years.

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn spent Saturday, July 7, 2018 at the 13th annual I Love BBQ and Music Festival at the Olympic Speedskating Oval. For this episode, he spoke with volunteers Kyle Woodlief and Annette Hofmann, competition cook Cameron Symonds of the Steve's Prime BBQ team and Brenda Heller, a judge for the kids and youth cooking competitions.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly sat down with Lake Placid High School Principal Dana Wood to talk about his new job as the school district's business manager. Wood reflects on his role as principal.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer visited the Lake Placid Horse Shows at the North Elba Show Grounds and spoke with local resident Mike Miller, who has been taking two-week summer vacations for the past 30 years in order to volunteer for the horse shows.

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn recently took a tour of the new "Suffrage Centennial" exhibit at The History Museum in the Lake Placid train station with Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society Director Courtney Bastian and board member Parmelee Tolkan.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelley recently sat down with outgoing Lake Placid Central School Board of Education President Mary Dietrich about her time on the board.

Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed Ian Ater at Fledging Crow Vegetables in Keeseville for our new series, "Savor the Season: Celebrating Agriculture in Essex County." They talked about community-supported agriculture.

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed John Culpepper and Gavi Mallory at North Country School/Camp Treetops in Lake Placid about growing tomatoes for the new series, "Savor the Season: Celebrating Agriculture in Essex County."