Last summer, National Public Radio asked its audience, “What books shaped you in high school?” More than 1100 listeners responded. “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “1984” were the most frequently mentioned titles, followed by “Catcher in the Rye,” “Fahrenheit 451,” and “The ...
To the editor: On behalf of the Saranac Lake Civic Center Board of Directors, I am excited to share with you our vision for the future and the pillars of the strategic plan that will guide us there. From the earliest days in 1972 when local parents first flooded a field to create an ice ...
I observe protests in town, see calls to protest on social media and I have friends who participate in protests. I’m not happy with the way things are going in this country under our current administration but the problem is not our neighbors (the audience for the local protests). The ...
If you’ve read this column frequently enough, you know that my parents raised Newfoundland dogs. My mother got her first Newfoundland when she was 12, and a newfie survived the car accident that took her life 60 years later. Many dog stories were generated during that time period, but one ...
This week's straw poll: Do you like when it snows? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of internet users who have chosen to participate.