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You Know What …? (local history), by Howard Riley

Breaking news in brief

“The Essex County Board of Supervisors finally voted this week to return a little over $64,000 to the operating budget of North Country Community College. “Voting in a roll call vote Monday in Elizabethtown, the supervisors agreed in a budget note for $64,617 from the State Bank of ...

As Yogi Berra famously said, ‘It’s deja vu all over again’

The above headline and story from the Enterprise, June 2,1964 certainly supports Yogi’s philosophy, given the current events in Saranac Lake. A couple of excerpts from the long lead story on Page One: “The plans for the building were disclosed when members of the Saranac Lake ...

Winter Carnival history

Last week’s story ended with — “Minneapolis, Minn., has sporadically launched a similar claim to its own carnival’s longevity, with its sister city, St. Paul, not far behind ... now... “The great changes were perhaps accelerated by the introduction of the automobile and the ...

Tribute to the Ice Palace Workers

How can one say a big enough thank you to the volunteers who build the Ice Palace, and to all the other volunteers who make the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival a success every year? Well, on behalf of all the people I know — and I know everyone — thank you for working in this extremely ...

Winter Carnival — I can’t wait

Maybe I love the Winter Carnival so much because, without ever having to do any work to stage this historic event, I have participated in it in so many ways. The parade was always exciting for me; first marching as a Boy Scout, then with the Saranac Lake High School Band under Charles ...

Hello Y2K: The future is here

Above, The Enterprise headline Dec. 31, 1999 — there was no Enterprise on Jan. 1, 2000. But boy, did they do a bang-up job on the issue at hand, all about celebrations in Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake, Lake Placid and Washington, D.C. It seems like yesterday to me and, hello, the new century ...