Santa’s Workshop opened on July 1, 1949, so it is advertising now, rightly so, in this year 2025 as the 75th Anniversary of that famous theme park — AKA — the North Pole. I have an Enterprise treasure right here on my cluttered desk dated, dated May 18, 1955, a special “summer ...

Mrs. Mary Manchester, English instructor at the Saranac Lake High School, did a meticulous job on the 150-year history of Saranac Lake. The sub-head at the top of Page One read: “Researched, Complied and Edited under the Direction of Mrs. Mary Manchester.” Too bad that I can’t give my ...

Last week this space covered a piece about John Stock, who had been superintendent of Litchfield Park, giving a talk at the Beth Joseph Synagogue about the history of Tupper Lake and Litchfield Park. My nephew, Kevin Littlefield, has been superintendent of that park now for many years. The ...

I am lucky to find so many good, old Enterprise stories in my meticulous (not) files. The following is by Matthew Russell, a great reporter, now giving me an opportunity to connect the dots that made my connection to many events and visits to Litchfield Castle. John Stock, as you will ...

Considering the trove of favorable e-mails I have received (hey, there was at least three) concerning the columns from my 1921 Enterprise ... and to appease me and my happy readers, the following is the last of those great stories, large and small, about everyday life more than 100 years ...

Well, the economy has changed a little in the last 104 years, especially when we look at the Saranac Lake Central School District. The budget for 2025 is $38.1 million and the tax rate is $7.93 per thousand. The 1921 budget total of $106,687.12 has been reduced by about $23,000 “from the ...