Ever since we were allowed to go outside unmasked after COVID, I’ve been puzzled by hearing people complain, “No one wants to work anymore.” Well, at least unemployment is at an all-time low, I say. Yes, counter the complainants, that’s because no one wants to work. What’s ...
I sent a letter, as well as a copy of my Virginia Gazette and Lake Placid News column, “To light up Ukraine,” to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. I wanted to make sure it reaches the president’s hands, so, I attached a check in support Ukraine’s war effort, that named ...
Lake Placid royalty - A crowd of 2,200 people filled all available seats in the arena Friday night to witness the annual crowning of king and queen of winter. Lowell Thomas, author and traveler and news voice of the air was invested with the regal robes and title of King Tahawus. Mrs. ...
Beginning on Jan. 14, the Town of Keene Historical Society is launching a series of four presentations drawing from the town’s archives — the John T. Loomis Collection — all held at the Keene Valley Library on Sundays at 2 p.m. As both the Lake Placid-North Elba and Wilmington ...
After the holidays, many of us feel like shipwreck survivors, dragging ourselves through the surf onto a desert island, alive, but just barely, and exhausted. Some COVID variant has been rampant in Essex County, adding to the usual seasonal stressors and sabotaging the best laid plans. That ...
Youngsters become readers of books in assorted ways and at different rates, and a major goal of the Educational Opportunity Fund has been to foster stronger connections with written words through a variety of partnerships. Books are a worthy alternative to the ever-present “screens” that ...