Right now, our farmers’ market offers abundant fresh greens and many types of lettuce. Lettuce salads make a light, nourishing and tasty lunch or supper on hot June days. Four main types of lettuce include crisphead, butterhead, romaine and looseleaf. There are many varieties among these, ...

The Lake Placid School Board apparently was not moved by the arguments put forth by members of the John Birch Society on allowing folk artist Pete Seeger to present a concert in the high school auditorium. The school board members, for more than one hour, politely debated and discussed the ...

One sad truth of my life is I lost stuff all the time when I was a kid; I keep losing stuff, and as sure as decaf ain’t worth squat, I’ll continue to lose stuff till the cows come home. My inability to keep track of my things (or if you prefer, my ability to lose almost everything) is ...

Holly Chorba packs a lot into her latest book, “Forest Bathing in the Adirondacks: A Guide for House or Forest.” In only 66 pages, the photographer and author defines and provides a brief history of forest bathing, describes a guided forest bathing experience, discusses the history of the ...

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a pivot point is “a point where the situation changes significantly.” In other words: something just hit the fan. Whether you’re in a foggy lake, following doomed orders or leading a nation out of oppression, the choice is the same — ...