I ride a bicycle — not a lot, but in the summer I like to ride for the exercise it provides, and to enjoy the scenery at 10 mph rather than at 55. I don’t ride far, nor do I ride every day, but I do ride on some state highways and town and county roads. In case you are wondering, it’s not ...

This was the lead story 57 years ago, and today’s story is especially for my friend, Mike Martin, Saranac Lake Central School Board member, and my cousin Patrick Hogan, former Bloomingdale School Principal. It seems what goes around, comes around; but somehow that time-worn quote ...

Parents of college-bound teens have been asking me pointed questions about the vaccine that more colleges are recommending to prevent meningitis in freshmen. Let me take my best shot and tell you something about this important vaccine. - Why the meningococcus vaccine is ...

Last weekend was The Paul Smith’s College reunion and it was a special one for the Class of ‘75, since it was their 50th. It was also special for me, because having started teaching there in ‘73, that class was my first one. Beyond that, two of my rave-faves from the class, Jack Skelley ...

My husband picked me up from my new patient visit at Mountain Dental in Lake Placid. “How was the hygienist shame game?” “Nonexistent!” I said. “They were nice! First time ever I didn’t get a lecture about flossing. Which reminds me — we need some of that.” I paused in ...

I received two recent prompts to read Theodore Dreiser’s 1925 novel about a murder in the Adirondacks. A friend whose taste I trust recommended it, having picked it up because a grandchild was reading it for school. And in her Adirondack Life essay about novels set in the Adirondacks, Amy ...