Memoirs are all the rage nowadays. Seems everybody is writing one (which is both the good and bad features of self-publishing). But they’ve been around a long time, although for most of their ...

Town government has a few functions that are mandatory and required by State Law. In fact, a line-by-line review of all the services a “town” provides would yield very few mandatory functions, ...

The Saranac Lake boys basketball team defeated the Franklin Academy (Malone) Huskies 58-56 on Monday in a non-league game. The win pushes the Red Storm’s overall record to 15-3, while staying 9-2 in ...

Do you prefer living in the Adirondacks year-round or seasonally? – This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of internet users who have chosen to participate.

The Beekmantown girls hockey team netted a goal late in the third period to defeat Saranac Lake Placid 2-1 in the Section VII ...

Ashley Farquharson crossed the finish line, looked at the giant scoreboard at the end of the track and then immediately began ...

German teammates Julia Taubitz and Merle Fraebel have pulled away after the first two runs of the women’s singles luge event at the Milan Cortina Olympics, opening up a sizable lead over the rest of ...

Forest Rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to one call in the Adirondacks last week. It involved two hikers and their dog on Haystack Mountain. The hikers lacked ...

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana, The Life of Reason (1905). Last week, ...

When it comes to defining “essential” for a community, emergency medical services always finds itself at the top of the list. So when the Tupper Lake Volunteer Ambulance and Emergency Squad put out a ...

The New York Assembly Republicans have a new leader. On Monday, the Assembly Republican conference voted unanimously to elevate Edward P. Ra, a Long Island lawmaker with an established profile, to ...

Is there such a thing as “too much of a good thing?” It seems that every time I walk the Bloomingdale Bog trail, someone has ...