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North Country Living

Skiing with a smile

I’ve never cross-country skied. OK, that’s a lie. I did last year, but I fell most of time, so I don’t really like to count it as an actual outing. Most folks today are aware of the funnily named SAD, which stands for seasonal affective disorder. It’s a form of depression caused by ...

Doughnuts and detergent

TUPPER LAKE — At 5:30 in the morning, seven days a week, Tina Merrihew is hard at work starting the first batch of Washboard doughnuts. You may have eaten some at a wedding, heard about them on NPR or grabbed a few while picking up a load of laundry. Washboard doughnuts are well-known ...

Opening night

LAKE PLACID — Several local sports teams wrapped up their fall seasons in the last couple of weeks, but with snow building on the ground the winter sports season has officially begun with the first hockey game taking place in the 1932 Rink at the Olympic Center. The combined Saranac Lake ...

Banner day for Saranac Lake on Long Island

The Saranac Lake boys ran away with the Class C state team title last week at the NYSPHSAA Cross Country Championships at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, Long Island. The state championship team was made up of James Catania (ninth overall), Anderson Gray (12th), Peter Fogarty ...

Joy erupted as war ended 100 years ago

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the armistice between the Allied Powers and Germany came into effect, signed hours before aboard a train car in the Compiegne Forest in France. By 8:30 a.m. New York time, the Adirondack Enterprise was shipping bulletins around town — ...

ADE Costume Contest

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Daily Enterprise sponsored the 23rd annual Downtown Saranac Lake Trick or Treating event Wednesday and chose the top three costumes of those ages 1 month to 12 years old. First place will receive a $50 gift certificate from goody goody’s, second place will ...