Shouts of “No Quarter!” in the wee hours of May 10 scared the British soldiers and their wives 250 years ago as the Green Mountain Boys scaled the walls and burst into the courtyard of Fort Ticonderoga; shouts at that time meant all would be killed. “It was pretty terrifying for the ...

Sovereignty was not the only winner of the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. The other winner was Lake Placid Central School teachers and their students, who will benefit from the money raised for the Educational Opportunities Fund. As of press time, approximately $20,000 has ...

“Deep inside the skull of every one of us there is something like a brain of a crocodile.” So wrote Carl Sagan in his best-selling book “Cosmos,” published in 1980. I always found the notion that human beings possess a rudimentary reptilian brain to be very believable. It explains ...

May Day! Even though so many of us have experienced snow recently, we are also experiencing daffodils. And while, yes, some of us have already experienced the odd tick or mosquito, for the most part we are still pretty much bug free. Much as I love nature — and I do! Especially this time ...

The beloved pastor of the Keene Valley Congregational Church, the Rev. John Sampson, will lead his last worship service in the hamlet on Sunday morning. Sampson decided to conclude his service so he could be closer to his family in New Jersey and grow as a pastor. Sampson has accepted an ...

In the Adirondacks, a common expression is, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.” The corollary is, “If you like the weather, wait a minute.” What it means is that whatever the weather, we’ll deal with it as best we can as we pursue our activity. That way of life was ...