Page One of this old copy carried more news than today’s Enterprise because the page was 18 inches wide — now 11 inches — and no photos. Since it is not possible to print the entire page, I will cover many stories of the breaking news in brief. The date of this publication is only ...

Here are the subheads on that exciting story from 100 years ago. “New Hotels Planned, Improvements Under Way and Extensive Additions to Present Hostelries Will Afford Limitless Accommodations.” “Lake Placid is on the crest of the greatest prosperity wave in its history. From all ...

News from June 1941 looks much like today’s news. According to an Enterprise article from Sept. 9 about Saranac Lake’s infrastructure project, the village board plans to purchase a new heavy rescue truck for the fire department for $900,000 by 2027. Prices have gone up a little in the ...

Thanks to Mike and Sheryl Madden, we have a chance to look back at Lake Placid’s sports-jammed schedule for the winter months ... 85 years ago. After an alert from former Enterprise editor Peter Crowley, we rushed to Madden’s Transfer & Storage, as it used to be called, where Mike ...

I believe that most of the following information was in a feature story in the Enterprise. The background pieces were gathered and archived by the late Natalie Leduc (nee Natalie Bombard Corl), my friend and 1948 Saranac Lake High School classmate. I really loved the night skiing. Just imagine ...

I spent a lot of time at Mt. Pisgah back in the 1950s and ‘60s with the family learning to ski, including me, and later as a village official. As village manager, I had the idea to build the tubing run, which the village board then approved. After all the paper work was finished, I jumped ...