“Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot. Nine days old.” — Traditional English nursery rhyme. We’re past Election Day and looking ahead to Thanksgiving. Chilly, cloudy, wet, dreary November days are here. When days grow dark and the weather turns ...
On the morning of Dec. 13, 1862, Generals Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet were watching the Battle of Fredericksburg unfold from their headquarters on Lee Hill. The killing would become especially brutal as ammunition ran low and soldiers fought hand-to-hand with bayonets and used muskets as ...
Support the Red Kettle Campaign To the editor: I’m writing to ask you to support the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign, which is a grassroots giving program sustained by nickels and dimes and dollar bills, and is the expression of generosity by thousands in our area. Each year at ...
To the editor: I’m writing to ask you to support the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign, which is a grassroots giving program sustained by nickels and dimes and dollar bills, and is the expression of generosity by thousands in our area. Each year at this time, I read post after ...
Well, the economy has changed a little in the last 104 years, especially when we look at the Saranac Lake Central School District. The budget for 2025 is $38.1 million and the tax rate is $7.93 per thousand. The 1921 budget total of $106,687.12 has been reduced by about $23,000 “from the ...
As the weather starts to turn cold, parents think it’s a gas to use wood stoves for home heating. I think that’s great as long as the gas coming out of that stove isn’t carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide poisoning affects 10,000 people per year — and 800 to 1,000 die from it. Why ...