February 3, 2012 No matter how you cut it, the weather has been weird. We’ve gone from no winter, to slow winter, to faux winter, even to on-the-down-low winter. more »»

February 4, 2012 I Have a nice note in hand, along with various pictures, from my old friend Harry LaBrake of Lake Placid, but as we all know, he is really a Saranac Lake transplant. more »»

February 4, 2012 In the process of searching for an appropriate topic for this week’s column, an obvious subject came to mind. I immediately wrote it down before I forgot what it was. more »»

February 2, 2012 Marking the peak of the football season, Super Bowl XLVI will be a played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday. more »»

February 4, 2012 As drivers, we all have seen many other drivers that we feel shouldn’t be on the road, but do we know what, if anything, can be done to get that driver re-tested to be sure he/she is capable of... more »»

January 25, 2012 Almost all of the snowsledders who ride in New York rely on the state’s more than 10,300 miles of public snowmobile trails for their riding enjoyment. more »»

January 18, 2012 “Lost Memory of Skin,” Russell Banks’ newest novel, is a startling dose of American zeitgeist. more »»

November 12, 2011 The Board of Trustees honored Marilyn Riotto and Helen Sprague at a luncheon on Sept. 21. more »»

October 18, 2011 The first frost has hit. Its delicate layer can be a mighty match for some invading plants. more »»

January 24, 2012 Before you read this, if you have access to an FM radio, tune through the frequencies until you find one that has very little signal and is mostly static. more »»

September 12, 2011 BIG TOP OF STEEL — The steel frame of the Adirondack Carousel building cuts an attractive profile in Saranac Lake’s William Morris Park, especially when seen from the top of the Church Street hill. more »»

September 17, 2011 In the planning process before I embark on any trip, there are usually a few goals that I want to achieve. more »»

December 21, 2010 OH, DEER! A series about deer population, Part 3 of 3 --- There are only two options for slowing or reversing the growth of deer populations: decreasing the birth rate or increasing the death rate. more »»

August 19, 2010 Summer is whizzing right by, isn’t it? There are so many great events happening, it’s hard to choose which to miss. This isn’t necessarily so when you are a parent of a child with a disability. more »»

January 28, 2009 SingleBananas.com Online Dating Application Name: Joe Banana Age: Still green and pretty hard to the touch. more »»

September 28, 2011 St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church will have their harvest dinner 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 in the church hall. more »»

March 28, 2009 The American healthcare system is regarded as the most sophisticated in the world, yet medical errors have been estimated to cause 44,000 to 98,000 deaths in U.S. hospitals each year. more »»

April 25, 2009 It is estimated that the annual sales of pills for sexual difficulty in men, known as erectile dysfunction (E.D.), amounts to about $3 billion per year. In the U.S. 25 million men are affect. more »»

January 31, 2009 When the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990, people with disabilities saw it as a victory, albeit a small one, it was still something. more »»

September 9, 2008 Welcome one and all to the Brighton Buzz! I must say thank you to all who supported and are supporting me in this venture! And it is with some sadness, yet some joy, I have to report I must move on... more »»

January 17, 2012 When I first met Garret K. Woodward, it was likely on the starting line of a high school cross-country running race somewhere in the North Countr. more »»

January 31, 2012 I ran into a friend at a birthday party at the Saranac Lake Civic Center a few weeks ago, and we got to talking about wor. more »»