“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 ...

“The attempt to control fire ants has been so expensive, time-consuming and ineffective that biologist E. O. Wilson has called it ‘the Vietnam of entomology.’” — Amy Stewart, “Wicked Bugs” I spent Easter in Boston, visiting my grandchildren (and their parents). It was ...

This is such a wonderful time of year to stop by the Lake Placid Public Library. The weather is lovely, parking is a breeze, and the building is bursting with incredible books, magazines, games and more. Get ready for an incredible summer. Our team has planned a fantastic lineup of programs ...