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

Lots happening in Lake Placid

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 ...

Saranac Lake Centennial 1892-1992

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 ...

The Willard J. Hanmer Races

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 ...

Saranac Lake centennial story

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 However, If you find and read the book our centennial committee published, the historical content by John J. Duquette is, in my opinion, also one of the best Adirondack/Saranac Lake historians. ...

Pete Seeger protest at Lake Placid school board meeting

The Lake Placid School Board apparently was not moved by the arguments put forth by members of the John Birch Society on allowing folk artist Pete Seeger to present a concert in the high school auditorium. The school board members, for more than one hour, politely debated and discussed the ...

No big news is good news

Birthdays of beautiful Winter Williams, 2-year-old daughter of Johnny and Isabel Williams, Sally Spadaro and Howard Riley. That is the big news. Now, 65 years ago, this is what the Enterprise had to say in stories and advertisements. - Ski bids At Big Tupper - “A special ...