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

‘Skiing, for years a nonsensical fad’

That sassy headline was lifted from the lead paragraph of a great story in this 87-year-old magazine. Time, created by Henry Luce, was first published on March 3, 1923 followed by other great magazines — Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated. Time was the first weekly news magazine in the ...

Backlash to creating the APA

It is unusual to find old copies of newspapers, especially since I have no filing system, and then discover a follow-up story from a previous edition. Well, guess what? After last week’s column from the Jan. 7, 1971 Lake Placid News about the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency, I found, ...

Creating the APA

What a difference a day makes; what I really mean is — what a difference 18,980 days make. Ellen George was editor of the Lake Placid News in January 1971. She was a prolific editor and reporter and filled this front-page edition with stories about the creation of the Adirondack Park ...

Changing Saranac Lake to Trudeau

It’s incredible that this 112-year-old copy of the Enterprise contains a letter to the editor in praise of Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau from a former patient who knew him personally — suggesting that the village of Saranac Lake change its name to Trudeau. The letter writer was Michael ...

Changing Saranac Lake to Trudeau

It’s incredible that this 112-year-old copy of the Enterprise contains a letter to the editor in praise of Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau from a former patient who knew him personally — suggesting that the village of Saranac Lake change its name to Trudeau. The letter writer was Michael ...

Local drivers in 140-mile outboard race

I believe this story will blow you away; especially if you are one who has every spent any time driving a boat with an outboard motor. In the 1940’s, all of us high school kids drove a lot of outboards with motors of various horsepower owned by parents and usually tied to the docks at the ...