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 ...

It is hard to imagine, filling a page, even looking at the great variety of ads. Such as - “Wanted - Refined, young white girl to do housework and take care of 5-year-old baby. Five room bungalow. Two People. To sleep at bungalow. Wages $10. [does not indicate per week or per month] ...

The following are briefs from many stories. Such as the lead story about the opening of the Adirondack Champlain Festival in Lake Placid; the opening of “George M” at Joan Frank’s Lake Placid Playhouse; a long story about the closing of Pius X Central High School in Saranac Lake which ...

I had to skip a week for Centennial part II to slip in the story about the Hanmer Races. I was proud to be part of the Centennial Committee; but the entire story was written by that great local historian, John J. Duquette. Having space for only a small portion of the book, we will have to ...

Thank you Sue Dyer and your daughter, Kathy, for resuscitating the historic Hanmer Races. Sue is simply continuing to do great things for Saranac Lake because she can’t stop after all the great things she did as executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. I loved working with Sue as a ...

I have only read snippets of Alfred L. Donaldson’s volumes on the history of the Adirondacks. However, If you find and read the book our centennial committee published, the historical content by John J. Duquette is, in my opinion, also one of the best Adirondack/Saranac Lake historians. ...