Sitting in limbo ...
SARANAC LAKE — Mike Delahant speaks eloquently of Robert Louis Stevenson, often times stopping to apologize for digressions into the eccentricities and habits of the legendary author.
He revives the historic Stevenson Society meeting of 1928 as if he were among the more than 400 people in attendance. He recalls meetings between original society members Dr. Hugh Kinghorn, Will Low, Gutzon Borglum and many others so clearly, one would think he sat in on them.
He has compiled several scrapbooks in remembrance of Stevenson, the man who spent a winter in the house Delahant calls home; they are featured atop a display case near the fireplace. They are compelling to flip through; however, to have Delahant himself recollect the history as though reminiscing of his own past is an experience.
Delahant has been living in the old Baker family cottage for nearly 28 years and, until recently, it has been a peaceful inhabitancy.
Opening in 1915
The streets are alive
SARANAC LAKE — “Ooze” isn’t necessarily a pleasant word, even if it is fun to say. More often than not, it makes one think of infected wounds or toxic waste, and one certainly would be justified in assuming the word has little place in the opening p
» Full StoryPond paddling
LAKE CLEAR — For the beginning or experienced paddler, the St. Regis Canoe Area and surrounding water bodies offer plenty of trip options.
The St. Regis Canoe Area is the only designated canoe area in this state, covers 18,400 acres an
History hanging in the balance ...
WAWBEEK — The Wawbeek name has been associated with luxury tourism on Upper Saranac Lake for more than 100 years, and several buildings have borne the name during that time.
The Algonquin Indians called Upper Saranac Lake “the lake of t
History hanging in the balance ...
WAWBEEK — The Wawbeek name has been associated with luxury tourism on Upper Saranac Lake for more than 100 years, and several buildings have borne the name during that time.
The Algonquin Indians called Upper Saranac Lake “the lake of
What to do with an old jail?
ELIZABETHTOWN — Major Richard C. Cutting, the Essex County Sheriff’s Office Jail Administrator, filled the doorway of the old Essex County jail as he entered for what he said seemed like “the first time in a long time.”
The old jail, bu