Last week in this space we covered a bit of hunting news from this wonderful little tabloid, “The Shopping News.” It is also filled with these short — and some unusual — stories, all on page one, the only page in my possession. I wish I knew more about this newspaper. Above the logo ...

The late John Duquette, an honest-to-god Saranac Lake historian — and I might add, Ruth Fortune’s dad — supplied all the historical material for Saranac Lake’s 1992 Centennial book. In my column here 15 years ago, I quoted from a piece John had written many years before about the ...

Right there on page one with a Bill McLaughlin photo and byline was the big story of the Tupper Lake football victory. But in Bill’s eminent writing style, one might believe, in a quick read of the story, that Saranac Lake had won the game. The story never gives the final score. So, ...

What a gigantic job the village of Saranac Lake was facing to put in a new sewer line. It connected under the hill from Dorsey Street and School Street into the area around the new Petrova High School. Two pieces of Dorsey Street still exist; one section from Petrova Avenue (turn right 50 ...

Another great story on page 1 of the Adirondack Enterprise dated March 29, 1906. How nice it was for the residents of this region to have the Enterprise bring them the news [at that time published three days a week] as the only source of news. The first radio broadcast “in world history” ...

What a different world it was in Saranac Lake 117 years ago ... and everywhere else, I would guess. It is difficult to figure out from the page 1 story about the new board because it appears that that they were all elected at the same time. Except, one trustee term may have been unexpired. ...