Happy Halloween! I can hardly wait for the annual Keene Central School Halloween parade. Then, after dark, I’ll join some friends on their porch, which is on the Keene Valley trick-or-treat route, to observe the little goblins and pass out candy. There are always some surprisingly creative ...

I attended an awesomely inspiring piano concert recently by Ben Cosgrove at the Essex Quarry. As incredible music goes it had the reach of a powerful spirit that touches ones soul and body. The energy running through me was altered in remarkable ways when I listened to that music as it ...

Steamboat pilot - First to own and operate a steamboat on Lake Placid, Theodore White, 81, was buried at Lewis on Oct. 27. He died on the previous Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leon Cutting, in Elizabethtown. The “Lake Lily,” an old wood burner, was built in the 1880s ...

It was in Lake Placid that during my 60 years of residency I experienced the blessings of American democracy. My hope is that the 2024 U. S. presidential elections would reaffirm this tradition. On Nov. 5, millions of United States citizens will caste their vole in an U.S. presidential ...

Three North Country communities — Keene Valley, Plattsburgh and Willsboro — have taken on welcoming vetted immigrants through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Welcome Corps. Representatives of the host agencies, or in one case, their proxy, shared their experiences at Keene Arts in ...

This fall, many Adirondackers are concerned about “the Enemy From Within.” That’s right. I’m not talking about foreign invaders here. I’m talking about Adirondack natives — although it is certainly possible that many of them are descended from ancestors who crossed our Northern ...