When I was a young girl, I spent time in Northern Ireland as a foreign exchange student. To this day, I often look back and reflect upon the wisdom so freely bestowed upon me during my sojourn in Bang » Full Story

Newcomers and new generations probably are not aware that the economic health of our community during the 1930s and 1940s, other than that derived from the Lake Placid Club, depended on the sport of f » Full Story

“Questions of war and peace are among the most fundamental we engage as a country. The president needs the independent views of congressional leaders… The Constitution does impose one iron demand on t » Full Story

Chances are if you are residing in, or visiting, the Adirondacks you have a love for the outdoors and may have even captured a couple unique Adirondack experiences on your video camera. Well, now is y » Full Story

When I was a kid, I used to love reading biographies. There was this bookcase at the bottom of the stairs leading to the youth section of the Lake Placid Public Library. It was filled with the orange » Full Story

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Finally, a birthday before the actual date! A very happy birthday to my much better half, Gary, who will be 39 (what, again?) o » Full Story

The first annual “Forks Pride Day” will be held on July 26 and is being sponsored by the Au Sable forks Revitalization Group. This event begins at 9 a.m. at Jersey Bridge with the 37/100 mile bike rid » Full Story

A problem

Feral animals living on the edge: It’s a common problem, even here in Keene Valley. A feral creature is a domesticated animal that runs away or gets lost or is purposely abandon » Full Story

Traveling the “strip” north on state Route 86, (where the village of Lake Placid becomes the town of North Elba, to where the town of North Elba becomes the town of Harrietstown), from the 1930s throu » Full Story

The original Mostar Bridge was one of the world’s most historic bridges. It spanned the River Neretva, in Bosnia and Hercegovina, once part of Yugoslavia. The bridge was built during the Ottoman Empir » Full Story