SARANAC LAKE — In the North Country, the Labor Day holiday and the long weekend that accompanies it has traditionally signified that the summer tourist season is quickly coming to an end.

But the actual holiday on Monday is really a celebration of and a tribute to all those who work in our country. On a regional level, people working in all types of jobs imaginable that yield greatly varying levels of pay, are in one way or another the backbone of our communities.

Every job, every profession, every career and the people who carry them out are significant. They are all part of the neighborhood in which we live.

The following pictures taken earlier this week are of our Saranac Lake neighbors doing their every day jobs as part of the local workforce.