These are my own thoughts, not a statement of the Rotary Club of Lake Placid. I long for world peace, and I accept that there are those who will think I am naive and a dreamer. Yet I am beginning to comprehend that the journey toward peace is sometimes reached by passing through violence. ...
Dec. 25, 2020 Keeping the faith Pastor Derek Hansen stood behind the pulpit at Adirondack Community Church on Dec. 16, his face illuminated by light streamed in through stained glass windows. “We’re looking for this new beginning in the new year, after we’ve lived through 10 ...
I am pretty sure that there is a dead mouse in this room. I’ve been preparing to write about serious matters I would like to share with my readers, some things I have been considering and deliberating on for months now, even years, and — Yes. There is. Something. Smells like a dead ...
Popular high school plays include “Alice in Wonderland,” “Almost Maine,” ‘The Jungle Book,” “Peter and the Starcatcher,” and “Sherlock Holmes.” Keene Central Seniors Ella Robjent and Grace Stephens decided to take on a modern revision of the ancient Greek tragedy of ...
Our region is filled with overachievers in sport; to win the Ironman Lake Placid triathlon gives an athlete creds like no other Ironman outside Hawaii, as the course is that tough. Lake Placid is where the “Miracle on Ice” hockey game and speedskater Eric’s Heiden’s stunning record ...
My friend Darla’s house plant is in heat. This is just one of the many mysterious natural phenomena observed at Darla’s house over the years. There is something about Darla, some openness to the vagaries of the natural world, that invites this. The unusual in nature is drawn to ...