With Vermont under quarantine, N.Y. skiers stayed close to home
People stuck to nearby resorts for recreation, just like in the summer
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Skiers make their way down a slope at West Mountain ski area on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Queensbury, N.Y. Ski areas in New York - as well as neighboring Massachusetts - are reporting a good 2020-21 snow season as people decided to recreate close to home.(Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Skiers board the chairlift at West Mountain ski area on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Queensbury, N.Y. Ski areas in New York - as well as neighboring Massachusetts - are reporting a good 2020-21 snow season as people decided to recreate close to home. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Old Lake Placid hospital property to be used by state Olympic authority timesunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The old hospital on Church Street, seen here on Tuesday, April 20, will be demolished to make way for a new state Olympic Regional Development Authority office building. Now owned by the town of North Elba, it opened as the Placid Memorial Hospital in 1951. It was operated as the Adirondack Medical Center from 1991 to 2019, when it was vacated by Adirondack Health and other tenants as offices and the part-time emergency room moved to the new Lake Placid Health and Medical Fitness Center on Old Military Road. (News photo Andy Flynn)
LAKE PLACID On Friday, April 23, the state Olympic Regional Development Authority will be asking its board of directors for permission to spend approximately $23.1 million to demolish the former Placid Memorial Hospital, to build an office building in its place, and to upgrade the Olympic & Paralympic Training Center ahead of the 2023 World University Games.
LAKE PLACID The state Olympic Regional Development Authority is asking its board of directors for permission to spend about $23.1 million to demolish the f
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The town of North Elba now owns the former Adirondack Medical Center building on Church Street in Lake Placid.
(Enterprise photo â Peter Crowley) LAKE PLACID The state Olympic Regional Development Authority’s board of directors is expected to vote on a proposal next week to demolish the old Placid Memorial Hospital, construct a new office building and modernize athlete housing at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center. On Friday, ORDA released the agenda for its board of directors’ next meeting on April 23, including a resolution titled “Resolution Committing Capital and Granting Approval for the President & CEO to Enter Into Agreements for the Coordinated Project Including the Placid Memorial Hospital Demolition, ORDA Administration Building, and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center Dormitory Mitigation and Modernization.”