“Two students from Paul Smith’s College were critically injured and five others badly hurt at 1:30 o’clock this morning when their automobile rammed into the engine of a northbound freight train extra at the Lake Clear Junction railroad crossing on the main highway, Route ...

A brief 63 years ago, my column was over 1,000 words, and the newspaper pages were bigger. The column was 20 inches in length, and we were not paid more for writing a column; it was just part of the job. What makes this one so special for me is that it that it was retrieved by Marilee Dupree ...

I discovered an entire area of the Adirondack Health building, which I still often call the Saranac Lake General Hospital, while trying to find my pal Matthew Scollin; a man all knowing about all things at the Health Center and, by the way, Saranac Lake village trustee and deputy mayor. I ...

Well, let’s see. Maybe we should begin with an Enterprise story of Nov. 2, 1956 about the Lake Placid Chamber getting a big raise. “An expanded state and international advertising program and an increase in North Elba contribution for the Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce (I still love ...

In a tabloid format, the Enterprise staff, of which I was a member, cranked out a special edition of the newspaper on Friday, Sept. 29, 1959. Page one carried a boxed notice highlighting the weekend program beginning Friday night at 9 with an “Open House” at the Elks Club. On Saturday ...

The Enterprise had an incredible detailed lead story by Katy Odell Wilson, excerpts which follow; also a full picture page with photos by Tom Henecker, Chris Lenney and Andy Flynn (who is now Enterprise and Lake Placid News Editor/Publisher). Now we’ll squeeze in as much of the story as ...