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The Ampersand Hotel on Lower Saranac, Lake which burned in 1907
(Picture from the book published by the 1992 Centennial Committee)
In the future, I have to promise myself to print more of the notes I receive from readers, because they are interesting and because it makes me realize how many former Saranac Lakers who now live outside the area receive and read the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that Mrs. Einstein (yes, that Mrs. Einstein) had complained to police about people trifling with their sailboat. That item prompted this note from Nancy Everett Forbes, SLHS Class of 1950, who now lives at 131 Clarion Drive, Whitesboro, NY 13492. “I have the opportunity to read your pieces once in awhile and enjoy them. I was in Fifi Leser’s class several years ago and lived up the street from her (I was at 27 Riverside Drive). Mr. Littell (the superintendent of schools) came to ‘see’ me one year when I had dipped Fifi’s braid in my inkwell. “I noticed your comment about Mrs. Einstein in last weekend’s Enterprise. I called my friend, Phil Klein, because he worked at the camp where the
» Full StorySLHS Class of 1924
I have this great picture of the Saranac Lake High School Class of 1924 which you are probably looking at right now that came in a collection of Ruth McClellan memorabilia from Lora Brown.
Michelle Tucker, curator of the Adirondack Roo
Letters as art
What a shame that hardly anyone writes letters nowadays. Too busy with e-mails, texting, cell phones and telephones (yes, we still use the “land line” occasionally).
So when we run across letters written in the 1920s and ’30s, it makes u
Saranac Lake — July 1936
Well, here we go again. Peggy Martin, Bruce Dudley and so many others enjoy these police blotter columns, and they are so much fun to do, so here are some usual and unusual entries from 72 years ago. (Names changed where necessary.)
Robert Kennedy visits Saranac Lake
Robert Kennedy, in his run for the U.S. Senate, arrived at the Adirondack Regional Airport in June 1964, and I, as host mayor of Saranac Lake, rounded up all the Democrats in town and we all got in one car and drove out to the airport. (He was electe
» Full StoryA renowned LPHS graduate
Hey, you know what? A guy walks into an office (you all thought I was going to say a guy walks into a bar, right?) of the New York Herald Tribune in New York City and says to the guy doing the hiring, “How about a job?”… and the guy says, “Can you st
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Route 30 work finished
Heritage Museum Opening
Champagne at town board
obesity conference
Envoye a Maison
plaque from Gov. Paterson
Melted Down
30-Miler