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HISTORY IS COOL: 90 years ago

Steamboat pilot - First to own and operate a steamboat on Lake Placid, Theodore White, 81, was buried at Lewis on Oct. 27. He died on the previous Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leon Cutting, in Elizabethtown. The “Lake Lily,” an old wood burner, was built in the 1880s ...

WORLD FOCUS: Voting with their feet

It was in Lake Placid that during my 60 years of residency I experienced the blessings of American democracy. My hope is that the 2024 U. S. presidential elections would reaffirm this tradition. On Nov. 5, millions of United States citizens will caste their vole in an U.S. presidential ...

ON THE SCENE: Welcoming refugees in the North Country

Three North Country communities — Keene Valley, Plattsburgh and Willsboro — have taken on welcoming vetted immigrants through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Welcome Corps. Representatives of the host agencies, or in one case, their proxy, shared their experiences at Keene Arts in ...

MARTHA SEZ: ‘They venture out to maraud and lay waste to human property’

This fall, many Adirondackers are concerned about “the Enemy From Within.” That’s right. I’m not talking about foreign invaders here. I’m talking about Adirondack natives — although it is certainly possible that many of them are descended from ancestors who crossed our Northern ...

GARDEN CLUB NEWS: Get those flower bulbs in the ground

Outings by the Garden Club of Lake Placid took full advantage of the changing leaf colors as they visited two Olympic Regional Development Authority venues and walked the Peninsula Trail last month. ORDA representative Charlie Jones shared the history of the venues and described the ...

HISTORY IS COOL: 30 years ago

Pratt at ORDA - Ray Pratt, former sports director for the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, will act as interim president and CEO of the state Olympic Regional Development Authority. Pratt replaced Bob Fries, who is resigning effective Nov. 2. Pratt was a teacher and athletic director at Lake ...