LAKE PLACID — Around 20 years ago, Wyatt Friedlander got his first taste of hockey, skating on the Lake Placid Olympic Center ice. Back then, he needed a chair to help hold himself up. But now, the ...

“Firsty the Snowman” sits atop Whiteface Mountain on Thursday morning, Oct. 23 — an ode to the 4,867-foot summit receiving its first measurable coating of snowfall for the season. (News photo — Scott ...