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Empire State Winter Games canceled for 2021

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Another huge tourism attraction to the Adirondacks is a victim of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers of the Empire State Winter Games announced yesterday they’re canceling the event this winter.

The event was scheduled to be held Jan. 28-31.

Games director Molly Mayer said in a press release said the challenges and uncertainty caused by COVID-19 made it impossible to produce events in more than 30 sports safely.

The Empire State Winter Games are annually centered in Lake Placid, with events in Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake, and Paul Smiths. They draw thousands of amateur athletes, coaches, families, support teams and fans to the Adirondacks.

David Sommerstein, a contributor from North Country Public Radio (NCPR), has covered the St. Lawrence Valley, Thousand Islands, Watertown, Fort Drum and Tug Hill regions since 2000. Sommerstein has reported extensively on agriculture in New York State, Fort Drum’s engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the lives of undocumented Latino immigrants on area dairy farms. He’s won numerous national and regional awards for his reporting from the Associated Press, the Public Radio News Directors Association, and the Radio-Television News Directors Association. He's regularly featured on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Only a Game, and PRI’s The World.
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