Each day this past week, I have eagerly scanned the photos of Cop Camp, more officially known as the Saranac Lake Police Department Youth Academy. The department facilitated such activities as dusting for prints and gathering evidence in a mock crime scene. And let me tell you, I was ...

The Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has a new addition to their already extensive 100+ miles of trails traversing the Champlain Valley. The 1.5-mile Nina and Franz Leichter Trails honor the legacy of former State legislator Franz Leichter and Nina, his wife, a human rights activist. Their ...

Another little-known berry is the currant. The ribes family includes several varieties, including ribes negrum (blackcurrant) and ribes rubrum (red currant). Berries come in black, red and white and grow on deciduous bushes that are 3 to 5 feet tall. The ornamental bushes are great for home ...

The last time I wrote about road rage was about two years ago, when I cited research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety that found unsafe driving behaviors rose from 2020 to 2021. That survey study also showed that road rage is a growing concern, with 23% of drivers surveyed admitting ...

The following are briefs from many stories. Such as the lead story about the opening of the Adirondack Champlain Festival in Lake Placid; the opening of “George M” at Joan Frank’s Lake Placid Playhouse; a long story about the closing of Pius X Central High School in Saranac Lake which ...

Happy birthday, Howard Riley! Our newspaper sage turns 95 years old on Sunday. Born on July 20, 1930, in a farmhouse in the hamlet of Gabriels, Howard has lived more lives than most of us, and he continues to write a weekly column — “You Know What ...?” — for the Adirondack Daily ...