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ON THE SCENE: Social Faceworking on display at the LPCA
January 30, 2012 Neither rain, sleet, snow, high winds and whiteout conditions could keep people from attending Nip Roger’s Social Faceworking art opening at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. more »»
FROM THE DMO DESK: Communications breakdown
January 30, 2012 Last week, as part of the Lake Placid CVB’s Annual Meeting and Reception, we presented the 2011 Destination Awards, and surprised our boss, Jim McKenna with a tribute to his 30 years at the helm of... more »» 
ON THE SCENE: Two remarkable people
January 20, 2012 On Saturday two remarkable people were laid to rest, Faith Lansing and Vern Lamb. Faith, sister of John Lansing and known to her family and friends as Fifi, was married to my uncle Dean. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Oh well, it’s not the end of the world
January 20, 2012 We have reached the year 2012! How time flies. With so much going on every day, we forget the events that boggled us not so long ago. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: The Havel connection
January 20, 2012 The death of Vaclav Havel at age 75, the dissident Czech playwright who was a symbol of resistance to Communist oppression and became the symbol of freedom as his nation’s first president in the... more »»
ON THE SCENE: An emotional New Year’s Eve
January 20, 2012 New Year’s has been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me going from a high to a deep low, the latter because my cat Lucy is missing, and I fear dea. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Undoing Christmas
January 20, 2012 Sometimes I think that all the hoopla about New year’s resolutions is just a way of filling the void Santa leaves behind when he and his reindeer head back up to the North Pole. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Deal maker
January 20, 2012 Nowadays, college-bound students are often wondering about the kind of choices they will have to make to assure that their college education will open venues to a rewarding career. more »»
ON THE SCENE: Boxing day
January 20, 2012 For Boxing Day I had a few friends over for dinner. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Getting ready for a new year ... AGAIN!
January 20, 2012 This is an in-between time, neither here nor there, the week after Christmas. The old year is done for, but we’re not yet in the new year. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Message for the New Year
January 20, 2012 In my last week column, I have described the Naturalization Ceremony of new-minted U. S. citizens at the Colonial Capitol in Williamsburg, Va. It was a remarkable event by any measure. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Extend the holiday season? Bah!
December 30, 2011 People often express the wish that the spirit of Christmas could last all year long. “May you keep the holiday spirit alight throughout the coming year!” they say. more »» 
ON THE SCENE: A Holiday Stroll and then some
December 30, 2011 On Saturday morning I woke up to find I had an email from Red Grandy, my father’s first cousin, thus my second cousin. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Churchill and Lapid
December 30, 2011 The Chartwell Bulletin, the official online organ of the Churchill Society of America, in its latest issue reported the formation of a new Churchill Society of Israel. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Random thoughts on the holiday season
December 9, 2011 Hey, how’s it going? As I write this, it’s almost Thanksgiving, which means that the holiday season is launched. You have this Chrismas thing under control? I’ve about got it wrapped. So to speak. more »»
ON THE SCENE: Siberia, week three
December 9, 2011 My third week in Russia began lying in a hot spring near the shores of Lake Baikal, a lake the contains 20 percent of the world’s fresh water, an amount equivalent to the amount of water in the Grea... more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Arab spring
December 9, 2011 Bertram Aaron, an electrical engineer by training, was a member of the research team working at Langley on the experimental X-1 project, the first aircraft that extended the speed of sound. more »»
Irene in AuSable Forks: Part III
November 28, 2011 We had all been informed FEMA and all agencies regarding our dilemma have been set up at the Community Center in the gym and will be available Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. more »»
MARTHA SEZ: Squanto and the pioneering spirit
November 28, 2011 Every year at this time I reflect upon the interesting “facts” I learned in elementary school about the Pilgrim. more »»
WORLD FOCUS: Lake Untersee
November 28, 2011 Dale Andersen, of Lake Placid, a biology graduate of Virginia Tech, who became a senior scientist at the SETI Institute’s Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, made a name for... more »»
ON THE SCENE: Siberia, week two
November 28, 2011 My second week in Siberia began with a three-hour informal luncheon and discussion with Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheyev, the 24th Khambo Lama, head of Buddhism in Russia, Ganzhur Lama, director... more »» |
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