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They shoot crows, don’t they?
November 21, 2008 The following information was taken from the 1920 Conservation Commission’s annual report to the state Legislature. The report refers to what we knew as “game protectors” as simply “protectors. more »» 
Hunting with hounds
November 15, 2008 Big game hunting in the Adirondacks “ain’t what it used to be.” Just look around you and remember what the streets of Saranac Lake looked like in Novembers past. more »» 
Memories from Mr. Rice
November 7, 2008 This is the third column about that great camp, the Knollwood Club, which consists of six big cottage. more »» 
The Knollwood Club
November 1, 2008 The average citizen living in the Adirondacks probably never gets to see any of the “great camps”, inside or out, unless one is a caretaker, employee or in the trade. more »» 
A sort of ghost story
October 24, 2008 Being close to Halloween, I went looking for a ghost story to fill this week’s column. more »» 
A brief family history
October 18, 2008 On any given Saturday when this column appears, the content can immediately create another column, for better or for worse, and in most instances for better, as you will read here toda. more »» 
The Adirondack Airport, part 2
October 13, 2008 Last week, this space reported on the beginning of the Adirondack Regional Airport, located in Lake Clear, when the planning board in Saranac Lake in 1940 discovered 1,200 acres on a map that looked... more »» 
Airport history
October 7, 2008 There have been many stories about the economic impact of the Adirondack Regional Airport located in Lake Clear, and what it means to the residents of the Tri-Lakes, but probably what not many know... more »» 
Some more history
September 26, 2008 I don’t believe there were ever so many people with so much knowledge of the history of Saranac Lake gathered in one room together than were at the great Guggenheim Camp during Historic Saranac... more »» 
The ‘Gene’ pool
September 20, 2008 From conversations I have had with readers, not a lot of people were aware that W. Somerset Maugham stayed in Saranac Lake in the mid-1940s. more »» 
Maugham at the Alta Vista
September 19, 2008 I mentioned the Alta Vista Lodge a couple of weeks ago, which was located at 48 Franklin Ave. more »» 
More from August 1952
September 11, 2008 Last week, we covered a number of national and local events from two copies of the Adirondack Enterprise dated Aug. 12 and 13, 195. more »» 
The more things change ...
August 30, 2008 The more things change … the more they stay the same, as the old saying goes. I have right here in my possession two copies of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise dated Aug. 12 and Au. more »» 
Short stories
August 11, 2008 In the future, I have to promise myself to print more of the notes I receive from readers, because they are interesting and because it makes me realize how many former Saranac Lakers who now live... more »» 
SLHS Class of 1924
August 4, 2008 I have this great picture of the Saranac Lake High School Class of 1924 which you are probably looking at right now that came in a collection of Ruth McClellan memorabilia from Lora Brow. more »» 
Letters as art
July 26, 2008 What a shame that hardly anyone writes letters nowadays. Too busy with e-mails, texting, cell phones and telephones (yes, we still use the “land line” occasionally). more »»
Saranac Lake — July 1936
July 18, 2008 Well, here we go again. more »» 
A renowned LPHS graduate
June 21, 2008 Hey, you know what? A guy walks into an office (you all thought I was going to say a guy walks into a bar, right?) of the New York Herald Tribune in New York City and says to the guy doing the... more »» 
Search for WWII medals
May 31, 2008 Memorial Day has just passed and Polly (Sweet) Brady has spent another year searching for the military medals awarded to her Uncle Richard Sweet, who was killed in action in World War I. more »» |
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