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News from Los Angeles — 1881
September 5, 2009 I cannot imagine how Roger Foster’s family found and held onto an original copy of the first newspaper published by the Los Angeles Times. It is marked Vol. 1, No. 1, dated Sunday morning, Dec. more »» 
News from September 1964
August 29, 2009 The historical document in hand is a copy of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise dated Monday, September 28, 1964. more »» 
The Journal of Saranac Lake, Lake Placid
August 22, 2009 Who can remember that 39 years ago another weekly newspaper was published in Lake Placid? The masthead read: “The Saranac-Lake-Placid Trumpet, Inc…if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall... more »» 
VJ Day — Aug. 14, 1944
August 15, 2009 Roger Foster, of Saranac Lake, who most will remember as the guy running the DEC Fish Hatchery in Lake Clear prior to his retirement, has loaned me a treasure chest of Saranac Lake memorabilia. more »» 
An Enterprise news report from 1962
August 8, 2009 My friend and neighbor over in Gabriels, Don Tucker, has handed me a January 1962 copy of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. more »» 
Mohawk airline takes the stick — 1961
August 1, 2009 My friend Kerry Kelly has a copy of the Enterprise from Sept. 11, 1961. He has it on loan to me under threats of bodily harm should any harm be done to that copy. More about Mr. Kelly later. more »» 
Police blotters — July 1942-43
July 24, 2009 The following entries are taken verbatim from police blotters with names changed when necessary. more »» 
Philip P. Smith, civilian — sort of
July 18, 2009 Last week this column covered the 34+years Army career of Chief Warrant Officer, Grade 5, Philip P. Smith who grew up at 39 McKinley Street in Lake Placid (where his mother, Pat, lives today). more »» 
Don’t try this at home
July 11, 2009 Quit school, join the U.S. Army, pass the GED, earn an associate’s degree and a bachelor’s degree; become the Gulfstream III Pilot-in-Command responsible for the worldwide transportation of the U.S. more »» 
The first Hanmer race — July 4, 1963
July 3, 2009 I wanna tell you … when the late William J. more »»
A tribute to Emmett Duffy
June 27, 2009 Last week, while exchanging messages with Walter Duffy, he came up with the following column by the late Bill McLaughlin that is just pure McLaughlin. more »» 
The grocery clerk capers
June 20, 2009 The Chief of Police of Saranac Lake (1906) said he was not guilty but the village board suspended him anyway. more »» 
Olga Petrova, the actress
June 13, 2009 When Walt Fiedler casually asked his wife Pat, “Why don’t you ask your friends at your coffee klatch (at the Blue Moon Cafe) how the avenue off Lake Street came to be called Petrova,” I?wasn’t there... more »» 
D-Day — The Battle of Normandy
June 6, 2009 The invasion of Normandy, France was 65 years ago today, June 6, 1944, (in 1944 June 6 fell on a Tuesday. more »» 
Here’s more from ’44
May 30, 2009 There was more than just war news in the Enterprise in May 1944. Judging by the response from readers, here is more of what you most enjoy about the past in Saranac Lake ... more »» 
Memorial Day 1944
May 23, 2009 Other news on that day 65 years ago: “Sgt. Edward L. Disco, Jr. more »» 
Joe Call — The Lewis Giant
May 15, 2009 The title of this column was the name of a book written about Joe in 1981 by the author of many Adirondacks books, Maitland . more »» 
I don’t recall
May 9, 2009 Last week when the title of this column was “Last Call” little did I realize that I would be writing about another famous, rather than “infamous” man named Cal. more »» 
The police blotter — May 1930
May 2, 2009 Called to 86 Church Street, Dr. M. Lent — Complained of car parked in his driveway. more »» |
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