Victor Herbert book - A unique book of songs for children, written by Victor Herbert while a resident of Lake Placid, has just been published by the McGraw-Hill book company. The songs were selected and edited by the composer’s daughter, Ella Herbert Bartlett, while at her Lake Placid ...

Olympic tryouts - The Olympic speedskating tryout meet scheduled for Friday has been set back until Saturday to meet the unusual weather conditions of this year. Never before in the history of skating, either here or at Saranac Lake, has real winter, the kind that makes perfect ice, ...

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 ...

Play street - Village trustees are considering the proposal of Mayor George C. Owens to reserve one of the village thoroughfares as a play street for children to avoid accidents during the winter. Trustee Luke Perkins suggested that the street extending from the top of the hill back of ...

Muskrat love - With the opening of the muskrat season Dec. 1, many residing on Mirror Lake are wondering what will become of the pair who amused them all summer. Although the trapping season in Essex and Washington counties does not open until April 20, concluding March 31, hunters in ...

Mourning JFK - Lake Placid joined communities large and small across the nation this week in mourning the death by an assassin’s hand of President John F. Kennedy. The first reports from the scene at Dallas, Texas, came shortly after 1 p.m. last Friday. The news spread like a shock ...