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Follow up on the Call case
April 18, 2009 Here is a recap of last week’s column … James A. Call, 29, a decorated Air Force major who had flown many missions in Korean War was a gambler and heavily in debt. more »» 
Follow up on the Call case
April 18, 2009 Here is a recap of last week’s column … James A. Call, 29, a decorated Air Force major who had flown many missions in Korean War was a gambler and heavily in debt. more »»
The Major Call case
April 11, 2009 The original lead paragraphs on the story of the indictment of James A. more »» 
Murder he wrote
April 7, 2009 The title of this column was the subject of an e-mail I received from my pal and compatriot Phil “Bunk” Griffin, and it was loaded with clippings of more Saranac Lake murders. more »» 
A very bizarre story
March 28, 2009 That was the headline carried in the Enterprise on Sept. 19, 1945. more »» 
More from the murder file
March 21, 2009 Judging from the response created by the last two stories in this column recalling a murder on the Forest Home Road in 1959, readers have a fascination, but near disbelief about such happenings. more »»
Murder on the Forest Home Road, part 2
March 14, 2009 A recap of last week’s column: A 20-year-old Saranac Lake man was arrested June 1, 1959 and charged with the first degree murder of 50-year-old Kendrick VanOrman, a beloved Saranac Lake... more »»
Murder on the Forest Home Road
March 6, 2009 Barry DeFuria left me a message last week wondering if I recalled a murder that happened back in the 1960s. more »» 
A Polish story, part 2
February 28, 2009 A recap of last week’s column: A book, “Missing In Action” by Gene F. Moxley, written in 2002, tells the story of the 465th Bomb Group in Combat in World War II. more »» 
The Winter Carnival, 1913
February 14, 2009 The Saranac lake Winter Carnival in 1913 was held from Jan. 28 to Jan. 30 and the main attraction was the “International Speed Skating Championship. more »» 
Clarkson, Harvard at Placid
February 7, 2009 The big local sports news in 1936 was the holiday series of hockey games at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid as reported by the Syracuse American in the Sunday edition of Dec.27, 1936. more »» 
‘Deja vu all over again ...’
January 31, 2009 That famous line first uttered by Yogi Berra fits nicely with this week’s story. Lady Luck looked favorably on us and helped us discover a copy of the Syracuse American published on Sunday, Dec. more »» 
Is this Boston or Ireland?
January 22, 2009 We had the great, good fortune recently to stop for a few days at the Parker House, “the longest continuously operating hotel in the United States” located at the corner of Tremont and School Street... more »» 
The news from 1948
January 17, 2009 The Saranac Lake Study and Craft Guild, which was located next to the library, printed this mission statement in its newsletter: “The Guild is a part-time vocational school of arts and crafts... more »» 
Back to the future
January 10, 2009 There is no greater reward (except the incredible money involved) in writing a weekly column than the response from readers. more »» 
The new year in Saranac Lake, Jan. 1943
January 3, 2009 The Saranac Lake police blotter in January 1943 contained the mundane events of any small town with a little humor thrown in from time to time. One of the first entries, Jan. more »»
Where to eat
December 27, 2008 By HOWARD RILEY There seems to be a lot of talk about places to eat in Saranac Lake and how we need a 24-7 diner so one could get an old-fashioned “hot-hamburger”. more »» 
Many Christmases ago ...
December 13, 2008 It was a sad Christmas season in Saranac Lake in 1967 because the beautiful, beloved St. Bernard’s Church was destroyed by fire on December 5. more »»
More about bucks and birds
December 6, 2008 By HOWARD RILEY Last week this space covered the history of the Trudeau Big Buck contest (started in 1916 by Dr. Francis B. more »» 
The big bucks stopped here
November 29, 2008 Mr. Webster says in his dictionary that the word buck is used as an expression of responsibility such as in “passing the buck’’, meaning, of course, to blame someone else for your own shortcomings. more »» |
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