Last year, on a beautiful sun-kissed Memorial Day, I had the honor to speak at a ceremony in Mohawk presided over by the Crowley-Barnum Post. My speech included references to two men who were killed in action in Vietnam; Marine...
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By Ray Lenarcic The mist enveloping Carrauntoohil Mountain hung so low that if you raised your...
Read MoreSt. Patrick’s Day is special for different groups of people for different reasons. For many Americans, when 3/17 arrives, we don something green, head to the pubs, chow down corned beef and cabbage, listen to rousing Irish...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic St. Patrick’s Day means different things to different people. For some, it’s a religious Feast Day commemorating the saint who helped Christianize Ireland. For others, it’s a secular celebration of “Irishness”...
Read MoreBy RJ Lenarcic With apologies to William Butler Yeats, there is a terrible beauty about the month of May. On the one hand, it’s a time when the glories of nature abound in breathtaking colors-the pink and white of dogwood and...
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Photo by Dave Warner – Coalition Director, Kay Lenarcic, Coalition Director, Kira Miller,...
Read MoreThe cemetery on the outskirts of a small southern town sits in a valley bisected by a gently flowing stream. Several gravestones and crosses line its banks. In the spring, the blooms of lavender and white lilacs transform once...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic Once upon a very long time ago, there lived a boy named Jeffrey, aged 8. He and his sisters, Sarah and Carrie, and brother, Samuel, resided with their parents on a farm a few miles from the sleepy village of...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic We’ve all been appalled by the television reports from Turkey and Syria regarding the recent devastating earthquakes. To date, over 22,000 lives have been lost-entire families wiped out-with at least triple...
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Elks induct new members Little Falls Elks Lodge #42 inducted thirteen new membe... Firestone nominated for prestigious award Ilion High School graduate Carrie Firestone, the daught... 
Traffic Committee votes down changes to Second Street Members of the Little Falls Traffic Committee, the City... 
Little Falls Library Receives Stewart’s Holiday Matching Grant Photo by Dave Warner - (L-R) - Ralph Renzulli, Chet Szy... 
Coloring contest winners at Benton Hall The Herkimer County Hunger Coalition held its annual Ra... 
Creative Outpost premiers Nina Simone: The Lost Album Saturday night On Saturday night, The Creative Outpost, Inc., a non-pr...