I envy folks who have clear consciences and sleep through the night without the unrelenting angst brought on by worry. I’ve become a worry wart. Nightly, I lapse into fitful slumber recounting the strains of Van Morrison singing, “It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long.” Then I awaken before dawn to worry anew. Sure, I know the old adage about it doing no ...
I just adore receiving mail from readers of my Sugar and Spice column — really, I do. Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails with recipes and/or photos attached, and also some with very helpful tips for domestic bliss. And really, who doesn’t need some more of that? This week, I’m sharing with you an amazing, no-knead bread recipe from Chris and Betsy Ferris, who live here in Old Forge, year-round. Chris works for ...
Mike Beck, of Old Forge, Assistant Pro at Thendara Golf Club joined forces with Club members Peggy Rotton, Tim Harwood, Tim Foley, Barb and Bob Hauck, the Loboski Family of Old Forge and the Madigan Family of Rochester to sponsor booths at the Rochester and Syracuse Golf Shows in February 2010. Local motels helped the effort, and Chip Kiefer from the Town of Webb Visitors Information Office provided the actual booth and promotional literature. Over ...
Ray Carr of Old Forge kept a bundle of issues of Old Forge’s first newspaper, The Adirondack Arrow (a weekly), that he found in the attic of a house he bought on Main Street Old Forge 48 years ago. The papers date from the 1930s when the economic climate was not unlike today. He had this idea to share them with readers of the Adirondack Express through this History & Heritage column, defined his concept, ...
They say time heals all wounds. I would not go so far as to say I was wounded by my past crusade with the Post Office. I felt more like H. L. Mencken who believed, above all else, in the freedom to speak one’s mind about anything at any time when I began. Or maybe I was trying to bring some sense of shame to a shameless government entity that has gone overboard dictating fairness ...
Ice harvesting on Raquette Lake is a century-old tradition. It was necessary before refrigeration, and much of the ice went by train to New York City. On Feb. 20, heavy blocks were cut out of the ice and floated to a conveyer belt that lifted them onto a truck for transportation to the ice house, where they will be stored until they are needed in the summer to cool produce and patrons at the Raquette ...
