Lake Placid News is "a weekly community newspaper" focused on

Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburgh. ...

History

This newspaper, along with Adirondack Daily Enterprise, was purchased by William M. Doolittle Jr. in 1970. Other newspapers, including ''

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'', cite some of their stories. It also covers

. In 1977 ''

'' used the phrase "vigorous criticism" to describe opposition by ''Lake Placid News'' to "total disregard for the safety of the people who hike the state's trails." ''The Times'' noted their reporting about what a local association called "a desecration" of "the only site in the state that has anything to do with the Civil War."

Newspaper family

''Lake Placid News'' is part of the

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family; ''Ogden'' is owned by ''

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''.

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