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OUR ANIMALS, OURSELVES: Rescue me

My husband and I are in the process of looking for a second dog to add to our family. A little over a year ago, our 15-year-old Aussie mix, Arlo, died and we are quite sure Addie, our golden retriever misses the dog interaction in the house. Having gone through this journey before, I am ...

HISTORY IS COOL: 80 years ago

Capt. Hart call - Mrs. Edward Hart has received a telephone call from her son, Capt. George Hart, army flight surgeon now resting in Hawaii after active duty in the South Pacific. The young surgeon called to express greetings to his mother and to her twin sister, Miss Mary Gremple. The ...

ON THE SCENE: 4 inducted into bobsled, skeleton Hall of Fame

USA Bobsled and Skeleton inducted four into their Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 23 following the awarding of the two-woman and four-man IBSF World Cup winners at the Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The awards ceremony’s timing stimulated many current USA Bobsled and ...

MARTHA SEZ: ‘I can’t imagine that anyone could prefer kale to bacon’

Now what is the right-wing political think tank, the Heritage Foundation, carrying on about? As you know, immigration is right up there as one of the USA’s top concerns. Not to put too fine a point on it, too many foreigners are gaining entry to our shores. Migrants are “poisoning our ...

GARDEN CLUB NEWS: Breaking a few Garden Club stereotypes

A full season of activities is being finalized by Garden Club of Lake Placid’s executive committee. Now is the time to renew memberships or join this active 90-year-old club for tours, programs and community service projects. For anyone who has avoided GCLP membership, maybe it’s time ...

HISTORY IS COOL: 100 years ago

Grave pilgrimage - It will be recalled that two years ago there was a pilgrimage to the grave of John Brown of a number of those who revere his memory living in other places, and a statement made that an attempt would be made to make the event an annual affair. The other day, a meeting was ...