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North Country Living

Selling through the snow

SARANAC LAKE — The Winter Farmers Market was abuzz with Christmas shoppers last Saturday, Dec. 21. Residents and guests intermingled around the lobby of the Hotel Saranac. They walked from one vendor to the next, sampling cheeses, smelling handmade soaps and eyeing baskets filled with ...

Not too late to get a tree

If you are a holiday procrastinator, or if you choose the old tradition of getting a tree right before Christmas, there’s no need to feel like a sap. There’s still plenty of trees left at local farms, whether you’re cutting your own or buying one pre-cut. An Enterprise poll ...

‘Movember’ ends with beards, brews

LAKE PLACID — Dozens of bearded men meandered beneath the dim bar lights. Outside, the wind carried snowflakes in whimsical circles across Sentinel Road. But the bar at Lisa G’s was packed. A cozy respite from the blustery weather. At the appointed hour, dozens of men lined up ...

Swap shopping for ski season

SARANAC LAKE — It’s cross-country ski season, and you know what that means. It’s time to go shopping. It’s easy to get cooped up inside when the winter cold settles in, so having a hobby like cross-country skiing to get out and enjoy the crisp winter air is a great thing. But ...

Remembering Pilot Knob

It was a cold, rainy mid-November night 50 years ago, and state Forest Ranger George Stec was talking to three young men who stopped by his house to report seeing a wolf around Queensbury’s Butler Pond when the phone rang. It was around 8:30 p.m. “It was the Sheriff’s Department ...

How do (or don’t) you prepare for a winter storm?

When winter hits the North Country, it packs a punch. People who have lived here for more than 20 years will remember the insanity that was the ice storm of 1998. Trees fell, ice jams overflowed rivers, and hundreds of people took refuge at Red Cross shelters. The National Guard even had to ...