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

The birth of the APA

Teddy Roosevelt — New York governor in 1899 and 1900 — would have loved the establishment of the Adirondack Park Agency ... because in his short term, his environmental accomplishments were legend. Of course, in another important job, he was president of the United States from Sept. ...

Tupper, B’dale, Saranac Lake news

Take another look at the date of today’s Enterprise, May 6, 2023, just, almost, nearly, only a smidgen from 56 years ago to the day. I have to be careful counting those years because, you know, four out of three people can’t do math. But don’t for one minute, think that I can’t ...

Annex to Essex or annex to Franklin?

Now listen, since the village of Saranac Lake is unique in the state of New York as the only incorporated village that has within its boundaries in three towns — Harrietstown, North Elba and St. Armand — and two counties — Essex and Franklin — the joining of the two in some manner has ...

Lake Flower beach is established

For more than 50 years, the loss of the Saranac Lake beach on Lake Flower has been deeply regretted by many of us who grew up with that beautiful facility. That loss was for the purpose of widening River Street and clearing the lake front of businesses and private homes to make a view of the ...

School and village boards are busy

“Members of the Saranac Lake Central School Board met last night in special session, with the architect for their building program, Robert Clark of Syracuse. “Mr. Clark reported on progress on plans for the two new schools and the renovation of Petrova School and warned the board for ...

Nixon resigns — Aug. 9, 1974

That was the headline in the Enterprise on that long ago day but this column is about local sports and loaded with photos ... well, at least a couple of photos. So let’s get started with a bit of sports with the news about a “Big” Little League Tournament scheduled for Saranac ...