Today is my 94th birthday, born in a farmhouse in Gabriels; I and my five siblings were all born at home. Dad said he never got paid a dime for being the anesthesiologist, as the doctor would give him a cloth dampened with ether to holdup to Mom’s face if the pain was too much. The big ...

The following tales retrieved from files in the Adirondack Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library also carry this thread of incredibility (if that’s a word). By-lined stories are the backbone of every newspaper. The talented former Enterprise reporter Meri-Jo Borzilleri’s by-line was ...

Okay, so I couldn’t fit “centennial” in the headline in that font. However, the following excerpts from ace reporter Linda Lumsden will give you a good look at what transpired at the celebration despite the lack of visitors; unlike the solar eclipse, when people packed the ...

The first Saranac Lake High School, erected in 1890, was located where the Hotel Saranac stands today. The last graduating class in that school was in 1924. The second Saranac Lake High School was built on Petrova Avenue in 1925, and the last graduating class from that school was in 1969. The ...

The above title was the headline on the Saranac Lake High School reunion story, so, if that is accurate, I guess someone did the research. Last year, our high school class of 1948 held its 75th reunion in the phone booth on the second floor lobby of the Hotel Saranac. The owner, Fred Rodel ...

The headline on the graduation story read — “Record Graduating Class of 38 Given School’s Diplomas.” Now, as it turns out, that record still stands, at least for the Lake Placid Central School graduating class of 2024. Wondering how those 1930 numbers stacked up with 2024 numbers, ...