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 MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… as calendar spring begins showing signs of her arrival, my wanderings take me to wetlands. It might be a spring-fed pond, a marsh, a bog, a fen, or a slow-moving stream. Each...
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Photo submitted – Friends Jerry Carr, Pat Musick Carr, and Bill Muench. By Katie Drake On...
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...
Read MoreThe county leaders who represent New York’s local property taxpayers unanimously adopted a resolution during their annual Legislative Conference calling on Governor Hochul to continue sharing federal eFMAP funding–a form of...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… as the title implies, it will be Spring in just a few weeks for many of you. However, for us in the Adirondacks, spring is a bit more elusive and may not arrive for many weeks...
Read MoreLocal Leaders Launch “Cost Shift Countdown” Campaign to Oppose Proposal On April 1st, 2023, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul will hand local taxpayers a new tax bill for $625 million that make New York less affordable for...
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 MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today, I am exploring the snow-covered meadow, woods, and pond. Even though most of the pond is covered with ice because it is spring fed, there is a large section of open...
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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...