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Family ties
When our oldest daughter entered the Adirondacks Hamlets to Huts shop, Joe Dadey greeted her as he does everyone. Their conversation went something like this ... “Anything I can help you with?” “Yeah, my parents gave me a fleece-lined headband for Christmas, and now I want to get ...
Being a Hugger
Now, I’m a hugger. It’s not to say that I want or expect every stranger to greet me with a hug, but I am more apt to say goodbye to someone with a hug rather than a wave. I’ve also been the recipient of unasked-for hugs. A few months ago, I was at the local pharmacy trying to figure ...
Warm up with tea
Tea 2025. Warm up with a hot cup of tea! It’s Carnival Week! Bring along a thermos of tea. And after coming in from wintery fun, sip your favorite tea to warm and hydrate. After water, tea is the world’s most widely consumed beverage. The British love tea. Russians love ...
Congestion relief zone tolls in NYC now in effect
As of Jan. 5, vehicles entering the Central Business District (CBD) of New York City, popularly referred to as the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ), have been charged a toll. The CRZ includes local streets and avenues at or below 60th Street in Manhattan and excludes trips entirely done on the FDR ...
Lake Placid’s Olympic bid for the ‘76 games
I walked into my office at 8 a.m., Feb. 3, 1973, 52 years ago, to begin a routine day as editor of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. My boss, Bill Doolittle, owner and publisher of the Enterprise greets me with, “Howard, I am going to send you to Switzerland with Mayor Robert Peacock to ...