the Enterprise staff
The North Elba Town Hall is the home to the Lake Placid village offices.
(Enterprise file photo)
LAKE PLACID Voters in this village are heading to the polls today at the North Elba Town Hall between noon and 9 p.m. to choose a new mayor, two village trustees and a village justice.
With more than 200 absentee ballots to count as well as in-person votes, results of the election probably will not be available until early Wednesday morning. They will be posted on the Enterprise and Lake Placid News websites as soon as they are done, and in these newspapers’ print editions Thursday.
Art Devlin, left, and Jamie Rogers (Photos provided) LAKE PLACID Lake Placid voters will choose a new mayor and two village trustees on Tuesday. Polls at the North Elba Town Hall will be open between noon and 9 p.m. There are two candidates running for mayor and four candidates running for two trustee seats. All of the open positions carry four-year terms. Absentee ballots will be counted after the polls close. Village voters who filled out an absentee ballot, but decide on Election Day to vote in person, can do so but only the in-person vote will be counted. Running to succeed longtime Mayor Craig Randall, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection, are current Trustee and Deputy Mayor Art Devlin on the Republican and Teamwork party lines, and former mayor Jamie Rogers on the Common Sense party line.
Mar 14, 2021 Residents in Lake Placid will vote on Tuesday for a new mayor and two new village trustees. Emily Russell spoke with Peter Crowley from the Adirondack Daily Enterprise about the candidates and why this election matters both for the village and the Adirondacks.
Emily RussellLake Placid to elect new mayor, two new trustees
Lake Placid in the winter of 2020. Photo of the Day by Christie Sausa
PETER CROWLEY: Lake Placid has had the same Mayor for the last 12 years, Craig Randall. This is [election] is a turnover, he s not running for reelection. It s also a majority of the board up for grabs, so this is potentially a turning point for leadership.
Lake Placid voters go to the polls Tuesday to choose new village leaders. The two candidates vying for mayor recently participated in a virtual debate.
eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID Some of the issues Lake Placid’s two mayoral candidates spoke about Sunday, at a forum hosted by the Enterprise and Lake Placid News, have been problems for the village for decades such as parking and affordable housing. They also discussed regulation short-term vacation rentals, protecting Mirror Lake and bringing large-scale events back to Lake Placid this summer. The candidates for mayor are current Trustee and Deputy Mayor Art Devlin on the Republican and Teamwork party lines and former mayor Jamie Rogers on the Common Sense party line. Devlin, who owns the Art Devlin’s Olympic Motor Inn, has been trustee since 2009 and is now term-limited and can’t run for a trustee seat again. Rogers currently works at Tri-Lakes Marine and was mayor for one four-year term from 2005 to 2009. Before that he served as a trustee for five years.