{{Short description|Weekly newspaper published in Lake Placid, New York}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{use American English|date=June 2021}} {{TOC right}}{{Infobox newspaper | name = Lake Placid News | type = Weekly newspaper | owners = John DeAugustine | publisher = Andy Flynn | editor = Andy Flynn | headquarters = PO Box 318, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 | website = {{URL|lakeplacidnews.com}} }} '''''Lake Placid News'''''<ref name="AdirDailyEnt.NYT85">{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/24/style/publisher-is-wed-to-amy-s-davies.html |title=Publisher is Wed to Amy S. Davies |date=November 24, 1985}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/nyregion/hidden-talent-found-tucked-in-a-drawer.html |title=Hidden Talent, Found Tucked in a Drawer |author=Lisa W. Foderaro |date=June 19, 2005}}</ref> is a weekly community newspaper<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/fashion/weddings/29HUNT.html |title=Emily Hunt, Edward Forbes |date=July 29, 2007}}</ref> focused on Lake Placid, New York.
==History== This newspaper, along with ''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', was purchased by William M. Doolittle Jr. in 1970.<ref name=AdirDailyEnt.NYT85/> Other newspapers,<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Watertown Daily Times |url=https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/legislators-asked-to-add-forest-rangers-20190128%26template=mwdt |title=Delegate asks state to add rangers |date=January 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Watertown Daily Times |url=https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/airbnb-rentals-see-significant-north-country-growth-in-2018-20190102 |title=Airbnb rentals see major NNY growth |date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> including ''The New York Times'', cite some of their stories.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/obituaries/jeanne-ashworth-dead.html |title=Jeanne Ashworth, Pioneering Speedskating Olympian, Dies at 80 |quote=... in an interview with Lake Placid News in 2016. |author=Richard Sandomir |date=October 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/22/sports/sports-people-3-bobsledders-banned.html |title=Sports people: 3 Bobsledders Banned |quote=According to reports in The Lake Placid News and The Watertown Times |date=January 22, 1989}}</ref> It also covers Lake Placid, New York.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/06/archives/adirondacks-purchase-completes-public-holding-of-high-peaks-area.html |title=Adirondacks Purchase Completes Public Holding of High Peaks Area |date=September 6, 1977}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/nyregion/two-years-later-few-answers-in-a-mans-vanishing.html |title=After 2 Years of Hoping, Upstate New York Family Has Few Answers in a Man's Vanishing |date=November 30, 2014}}</ref>
In 1977, ''The New York Times'' 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."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/03/archives/new-york-burning-of-wilderness-cabins-protested.html |title=New York Burning of W ilderness Cabins Protested |author=Harold Faber |date=December 3, 1977}}</ref> ''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."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/10/archives/new-jersey-pages-plans-to-alter-john-brown-memorial-arouse-protest.html |title=Plans to Alter John Brown Memorial Arouse Protest Upstate |author=Harold Faber |date=July 10, 1978}}</ref>
In 2026, Ogden Newspapers sold the ''Enterprise'' and the ''News'' to John DeAugustine, owner of ''The Daily Gazette''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rulison |first=Larry |date=February 11, 2026 |title=Daily Gazette buying Adirondack Park's only daily newspaper |url=https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/daily-gazette-buying-adirondack-park-s-daily-21347550.php |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260212055500/https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/daily-gazette-buying-adirondack-park-s-daily-21347550.php |archive-date=2026-02-12 |access-date=2026-02-13 |work=Times Union |language=en}}</ref>
==Newspaper family== ''Lake Placid News'' is part of the Ogden Newspapers family; ''Ogden''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ogdennews.com/ |title=Home |website=ogdennews.com}}</ref> is owned by ''The Nutting Company''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nuttingcompany.com/ |title=Home |website=nuttingcompany.com}}</ref>
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