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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It’s that time of year — frost collecting on pumpkins and snow blanketing the higher peaks. With the colder weather, you can smell the woodsmoke from stoves and boilers outside and the heat registers inside now that furnaces have been kicking on. Last week, the state Department of ...
To the editor: What is the best reason to vote? Survival! Americans are facing facts, like hurricanes that are now more frequent and deadly. NBC News reported this summer’s all-time record in Phoenix, Arizona: “61 days of temperatures at or above 110 degrees,” and five states that had ...
To the editor: Essex County is lucky to have someone like Kristy Sprague running for judge. She’s not just an experienced prosecutor; she’s also an Essex County native and someone who truly cares about the people here in the North Country. Over the years, she’s fought hard for victims, ...