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Guest Commentary

An opportunity before the village board

A majority of the village of Saranac Lake board of trustees has made clear that 33 Petrova Ave. is the preferred location for a new emergency services facility. Whether we all agree that enough has been done to look at other options, at this point I encourage everyone to work together to make ...

Accessible wildland trails at Adirondack Land Trust preserves

Outdoor recreation is the primary draw for visitors to the Adirondacks and the reason why many of us choose to live here. Currently you can find many hundreds of miles of hiking trail within an hour’s drive of Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. But you’d have to drive nearly an hour to find a ...

Pride does not happen in a vaccuum

Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance wishes to thank everyone who attended, participated and most importantly volunteered their time and services to make our third annual Tri-Lakes Pride such a success! Without your support, our community would be just another sleepy Adirondack North ...

Benedict Arnold: The traitor who roused a nation, Part II

Within weeks of arriving in Philadelphia in June 1778, the 36-year-old Benedict Arnold (a widower) met 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, described as one of the most beautiful women in the city. Less than a year later they were married. Peggy was from a prominent Philadelphia family. Her father, ...

Benedict Arnold: The traitor who roused a nation, Part I

Aside from the founders, one of the most notable figures of the Revolutionary War was Benedict Arnold. While his name is associated with betraying the revolutionary cause he once embraced, the story of Arnold’s road to treason is less well known. ...

Don’t let the village lose its weirdness

Imagine being new to town and exploring Saranac Lake by biking down the rail-trail, passing a serene (if you can dodge the geese) wetland on your right, a community college on your left, a theatre, hiking trails, the indie grocery, a new brew pub, the historic train station across from the ...