Maybe I love the Winter Carnival so much because, without ever having to do any work to stage this historic event, I have participated in it in so many ways. The parade was always exciting for me; first marching as a Boy Scout, then with the Saranac Lake High School Band under Charles ...

One of the most common questions I get from younger patients is, “What’s that stuff that forms inside my nose and is ripe for the picking?” Well, let me put everyone in the know — or should I say nose — and tell you what it is and is snot. It turns out that every day your nose ...

Its Flu Season, and time for Chicken Soup. At my house in winter, chicken soup was known as Jewish Penicillin and was most often served when someone was sick. For variety, it was made with egg noodles or matzo balls. A steaming bowl of chicken soup always makes you feel better! My Italian ...

Last week’s column was a basic introduction to the fine art of thrift shopping. If there were a college major called Don’t Be A Moron Shopper, that column would’ve been a course labeled, Thrift Shops 101. Continuing in the same vein, this column is Thrift Shops 303, since it goes into my ...

Two weeks into 2026 and I am curious; how are your resolutions going? Still enjoying the 5 a.m. reveille for CrossFit? Did you quit the job, dump the jerk, move away, get bangs and develop strong opinions about chia seeds? Maybe you wrote your list on a napkin, or carefully doodled in a ...