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North Country Living

Paddlefest expansion

SARANAC LAKE — Entering its third year, the month-long Celebrate Paddling ADK festival is boasting a much-expanded menu of canoe, kayak, guideboat and stand-up paddle board activities. With an eye on hosting a paddling-related event every day in the month of June, the partners — ...

Skimming, splishing, splashing

WILMINGTON — After being postponed twice earlier in April due to unfavorable weather conditions, the annual International Pond Skimming contest was held Saturday, April 21 at the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center. And with the warm, sunny weather, came hundreds of smiling faces worn by ...

Settling in with an open mic

The first time I performed at an open mic night was when I was attending Plattsburgh State University. The song I chose was “Elephant Gun” by Beirut, and I was going to play it on ukulele. It was a white Makala brand soprano uke with a little dolphin-shaped bridge. I had practiced the ...

First winter in Tupper Lake

When I moved to the Adirondacks last July I came for two reasons: a reporting position here at the Enterprise and the chance to enjoy the outdoors like I never had before. I grew up in the suburbs of Henrietta, just outside the city of Rochester in Western New York. Though my family went ...

Power couple

SARANAC LAKE — Two local people want to apologize in advance if they’ve been short tempered lately. You see, it’s their diet. Trevor Rock and Ashley Pittman are on stricter diets than most people seeking to lose weight due to a pair of appearances they will be making at bodybuilding ...