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An annual festival is held during the last weekend of July in Lake Placid, Florida, home to a majority of the world's caladium fields. A popular activity is a tour of the fields of caladiums, the product of local growers.
Lake Placid has 47 murals painted on buildings throughout the town, [6] and 98 percent of the world's caladium bulbs come from Lake Placid. [7] There are 14 caladium farms, spanning 1,200 acres, and these plants have been grown in the area since the 1940s. [8] In 2013, Reader's Digest named Lake Placid America's Most Interesting Town. [9] [10]
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LAKE PLACID — The 23rd-annual Lake Placid Film Festival starts today with a full slate of features, shorts, seminars and showcase events. An Opening Night Party gets underway 5 p.m. at the High ...
Connor Joe is going home, signing a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres. Joe hit .228 with nine homers and 36 RBIs in 123 games for Pittsburgh last year. The San Diego native played his ...
This lake was once known as Lake Childs. The area immediately surrounding it is mostly rural, but there are housing developments abutting the lake on part of its west side. Placid View Drive runs along part of the west side and Old State Route 8 runs along part of the east side. Lake Placid provides public access along part of its shore.
The mother of a three-year-old boy who drowned at a water park in 2023, while she allegedly sat nearby and stared at her cell phone, has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with his death.
Lake Lachard, also spelled Lake La Chard, is an oval-shaped lake that is roughly 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of the eastern cove of Lake June in Winter. Lake Lachard has a surface area of 17.89-acre (72,400 m 2). Lake Lachard is surrounded by the city of Lake Placid, Florida, yet the lake and a small bit of shore surrounding the lake are outside ...