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You Know What …? (local history), by Howard Riley

History of Litchfield Park

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 ...

Where are the 46’ers when you need them?

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 ...

Large increase in school budget

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 ...

Hen hatches wild ducks, ends up in town court

Page One — “Raises Wild Ducks with A Hen, Saranac Lake Jury Says That J. J. Rafferty is A Game Benefactor” “The duck was a wild duck and seems to have left her bed and board, although the Game Wardens contend that the interference of J. J. Rafferty prevented her from performing her ...

Baby in booze car fools troopers

This 105-year-old Enterprise is filled with interesting, odd stories — some we probably would not print today. When I was a town justice, we had a slang name, “stay away order,” for issuing a restraining order. Now, I found a judge in 1921 issuing a kind of stay away order. More about ...

POW Garwood comes home

The children’s play park and basketball courts located at the corner of Broadway and Bloomingdale Avenue in Saranac Lake are dedicated to former German Prisoner of War Kenneth Garwood. I am happy to say that I was a friend of Ken Garwood. I covered village board meetings when he was a ...