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Opinion

ON THE SCENE: Meet the new Adirondack Community Foundation

Columns

On Friday, June 20, at Heaven Hill Farm off Bear Cub Lane in Lake Placid, the staff and board of the Adirondack Foundation formally announced its new name, the Adirondack Community Foundation, to a gathering of donors, colleagues and supporters. In 1997, John Lansing, Meredith Prime and ...

MARTHA SEZ: Tick Talk: ‘Ticks are not funny’

Columns

I’m calling this week’s column Tick Talk. Biff: Why? Because it sounds like TikTok? That’s ridiculous! I’m writing about ticks because the subject is so relevant. We’re all worried about ticks and the diseases they carry. My main problem with writing a humor column about ...

Prairie Ship stood tall following vicious Midwest tornado

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Forty years ago, on June 8, 1984, an F5 tornado struck the small village of Barneveld, Wisconsin, leaving only the water tower severely damaged but still standing. F5 tornadoes contain the highest winds and damage on the Fujita scale; this one hit this small farming village very hard with winds ...

Lake Placid Library News: Activities heat up for summer

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As summer approaches, the library is gearing up for an exciting season ahead. We wish our Director, Bambi Reid Pedu, all the best in her future endeavors and warmly welcome Elizabeth (Bazz) Perry as the new LPPL Director, starting July 1. Additionally, we are pleased to welcome Joshua Allen as ...

Martha Sez: No purr-fection in missing June weather

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“And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days ...” So wrote James Russell Lowell, in his long poem “The Vision of Sir Launfal,” which I’m guessing you haven’t read in its entirety. For some reason, “What is so rare as a day in June?” is the only ...