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Help us chronicle your lives in 2026

As we turn the page on yet another year evanescing here in the Tri-Lakes, I’d like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank-you to our subscribers, as well as the local advertisers who allow us to continue publishing this community newspaper. Without you, this storied ...

Joe Drutz — WWII POW and civic leader

The headline on page one of an Enterprise in February 1973 prompted the editor at that time to have Joe Drutz write a story about his experience as a POW. Pretty cool, don’t you think? So, let’s get right to it. “It gives me a funny feeling to hear and read about operation ...

Tori and the near-deadly deadline

For me, the week before Xmas should’ve been dubbed, Days of Murphy’s Law. Nothing big went wrong. My friends, fam, pets and I were all in fine fettle. None of my precious antiques were stolen or destroyed (mostly because I have none). My Home Town was spared riots, plagues and ...

Casa Fun Facts: Behind the apron

Eat it and beat it” was our mantra at Casa del Sol, especially on New Year’s Eve. Sequined or flannel-clad patrons came early and bolted by 9:30 to catch the fireworks — except one night in 1993. It was a charged atmosphere. Two hour wait by 5:30. The only thing moving faster than ...

Defending the Adirondacks

Philip Terrie’s new book, “Wild Forest Lands,” offers just what one comes to expect from this historian and longtime chronicler of Adirondack issues. It’s detailed, thoughtful, challenging and occasionally provocative. This writer loves the Adirondacks. He conveys that well, along with ...