SARANAC LAKE — Every Wednesday, dozens of people from around the Tri-Lakes visit the Grace Pantry at the Baldwin House on Church Street to get free home essentials like cleaning supplies, diapers, pet food and even some health care items which aren’t covered by food stamps. It’s a warm place where customers and volunteers share conversation and kindness. In the back of the building, while volunteers filled bags with soaps, toothpaste, toilet paper and menstrual products, organizers Suzanne Beaumont and Leo Pickens, both local Quakers, talked about the growth they’ve seen in ...