With the signing of a contract on Tuesday, Nov. 18, Keene Central School officially has a new superintendent, Mark Bennett, who will take up his duties in January. Bennett succeeds Dan Mayberry, who, after 13 years of leading the school, accepted a new position as Guilderland’s ...
“A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and 20 years later, on the exact day, a Friday apparently, he was eating a large fish —but there was no diamond inside. That’s what I like about coincidence.” — Vladimir Nabokov, “Laughter in the ...
Erika Fabian is no stranger to the readers of the Lake Placid News and the Virginia Gazette. She has been featured several times on the pages of both papers. She is also well known at the campus of the College of William & Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia. She lectured in the class of ...
(The following is President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation from Oct. 3, 1863.) “The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to ...
People come to the Adirondacks for many reasons, and a big one is participating in recreational activities, as do many who live here. A challenge has always been the weather, which can disrupt even the best-laid plans. Over the past several years, the state Olympic Regional Development ...
I have been fascinated by Squanto ever since kindergarten, when I first heard his name. I was cutting feathers out of colored construction paper with blunt-edged scissors and attaching the feathers to a highly authentic Indian headband, also cut out of construction paper, with that white school ...