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Indian rebellions and the American Revolution

Bloomingdale author George Bryjak explores the connection between the people here before the Europeans and the America signed into being in 1776 Philadelphia. Consider the book’s epigraph from historian Jill Lepore: “The Revolution in America ... began not with the English colonists but ...

Giddy-up 409

If you were a boy growing up in the 1950s you loved at least three things: rock and roll, cars, and rock and roll songs about cars. If you do a quick Google search, you’ll find lots of lists of the top 10 and even the top 100 car songs, nearly all of them made between 1956 and ...

Visiting Monument Falls

Sometimes, I plan outings. I check the weather, choose the perfect hike, and get up early to avoid the crowds. Other times, I have to pull the car over and take a breather. Whether it’s kids crying in the car, leaf-peeping visitors driving in the middle of the road or I need a leg stretch, I ...

Drivers multitask, skirt limits with partial automation

Last week’s article was a call from experts and six U.S. senators for the National Highway Traffic Safety administration to exert more oversight in vehicle automation. Here’s why. In a study of driver behavior by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Massachusetts Institute ...

Cabbage, fried and tender

What’s your favorite cabbage? And what’s your preferred way to eat this healthy, hardy vegetable? Many Americans are only familiar with coleslaw at summer cookouts and boiled cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day. But in Europe and Asia, cabbage is a popular vegetable. In Asia, Oriental ...

Largest class at Trudeau School

Thank you to Historic Saranac Lake for preserving the story of our beautiful village in the Adirondacks. That story, as we all know, centers on the health industry; more specifically Saranac Lake became known as the best place in the world to cure for tuberculosis when Dr. Edward Livingston ...