They met in 2020 while skating at an ice rink in Pennsylvania, and they’ve been skating together ever since. During the week, they got up at 5:00 am to meet and practice their ice dancing before each headed off to work. Then on Christmas eve 2023, in an exquisitely charming moment on the ice at… Read more »
The Lake Placid Film Festival is a long-standing, well-loved celebration of film that brings fans, directors, and producers to the Olympic Village each year to learn about and discuss the art form and to view an array of new films. Because they also promote the creation of local and regional films, they chose this year… Read more »
Fifteen years ago, an 11-year-old named Chris Lillis did had his first backflip on a water ramp in Lake Placid. At that moment, a future gold medalist discovered his passion for aerials. Today, with the FIS Freestyle World Cup Aerials officially scheduled to return to the Olympic Village on January 18 and 19 for the… Read more »
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces a one-year partnership with Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort as the Title Sponsor of the Adirondack Winter Invitational collegiate men’s hockey tournament to be held in Herb Brooks Arena at the Olympic Center. This collaboration highlights Golden Arrow’s commitment to supporting hockey and other events… Read more »
Media Invited to Tannery Pond Center for a Community Information Session on the Regional Economy with Presentations from Warren County EDC, Gore Mountain, and former NYS Senator Betty Little Media and residents of the North Creek region are invited to a community information session and panel discussion organized jointly by the Tannery Pond Center, Warren… Read more »
Gore Mountain is ranked number eight among the top 20 ski resorts in the Eastern U.S. in SKI Magazine’s annual reader survey. Gore is also the only ski resort in New York State ranked in the top 20. The 2025 ranking is derived from the magazine’s annual survey of readers preferences, evaluating ski resorts in… Read more »
As adults we shape our own lives. Undeniably though, our families also often make lasting impacts on our past, present, and future. Growing up in a military family, Samuel Martinez was instilled with the drive, focus and passion required to advance to the highest levels in the sport of bobsledding. Yet it was also through… Read more »
An international cast of famous Olympian and Paralympian artists will be serving as guest instructors to more than 400 North Country student artists participating this January in a winter art-in-sports program. The program, titled “Olympism – A New Century of Winter Art-in-Sports,” is hosted by the Al Oerter Foundation/Art of the Olympians (AOF/AOTO) in collaboration… Read more »
Nine Pin will be the Official Cider at all Olympic Authority Locations and Annual Events Earlier this year, Nine Pin Ciderworks, US Biathlon, and the Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) reached a partnership agreement to make Nine Pin the Official Cider of US Biathlon and Olympic Authority. Nine Pin Cider is now a proud… Read more »
Public Comment Period Open Through November 25, 2024 The Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) and the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) are holding a joint public comment period to solicit comments for an amendment to the 1986 Mt Van Hoevenberg Intensive Use Area Unit Management Plan (UMP). The public is invited to submit input on… Read more »