When my mother was the age I am now she would occasionally say “Excuse me, I’m having a senior moment.” Some words old people use: whats-his-name, who-zy-whatsit, wha-cha-ma-callit, whatsit, wha-cha-ma-jigger. The reason they sound so out of date and fusty is because you only ever ...
Patriotism has always been at the core of Lake Plaid’s identity. This community has always embraced and celebrated Americans’ achievements in sports and other fields of human endeavor. Saving the “Charters of Freedom” is one of them. It was more than 200 years ago that the most ...
A year ago, the Adirondack Community Foundation launched the Adirondack Innovation Initiative (A2I) to help build and grow a tech-focused ecosystem within the Adirondacks, a program led by Svetlana Filipson. On Thursday evening, July 31, the Foundation celebrated its first anniversary at a ...
Waking up to hazy skies in Keene Valley as the sun comes up over Spread Eagle Mountain, I smile groggily. The early morning mist is so beautiful here in the Adirondacks. Then I remember that the mist is, at least in part, wildfire smoke, and it loses its bucolic appeal. I no longer find it ...
To the editor: Growing up there were common themes that no matter what side you buttered your bread honesty was foundational. From Cub Scouts, school, church and parents truth was the mantra. From “chicken little” and the “boy who called wolf” morality mattered. Fast forward to the ...
Ever wonder what it takes to make a baguette or croissant, or why the ones made in Montreal are just so much better than pretty much any baked around here or beyond? It’s in the technique and the materials; that’s what two Paul Smith’s College culinary arts students are finding out this ...