To the editor: At our fall quarterly meeting, the ANCA Board of Directors passed a resolution that recognizes and honors the efforts of community leaders who worked tirelessly with many different stakeholders to advance the development of our region’s new Adirondack Rail Trail. On behalf ...
This fall, Saranac Lake High School 10th graders in Eric Bennett’s English classes were challenged to write personal narratives in just 100 words. In about the space of a paragraph, students were tasked with telling a story with a beginning, middle and end; expressing something true about ...
Our books column’s subject this time barely qualifies as a book. It’s a 6-inch-by-3-inch, 16-page assemblage of “advice and good cheer” titled “A Trotty Veck Message: Be Friendly,” published by “Trotty Veck Messengers, Saranac Lake, N.Y.” It’s not dated, but extensive material ...
Halloween was an emotional eternity ago, although, in reality, it’s only been days. We had our five trick-or-treaters. The deer actually left our pumpkins alone. And we consumed the four bags of Halloween candy I bought “just in case.” All in all, this year was much like last year. It ...