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...
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...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic Break that New Year’s resolution yet? Come on, tell the truth. If you did and were alive 4,000 years ago, you’d have incurred the wrath of the gods. It’s been chronicled that the ancient Babylonians originated...
Read MoreBy Ray Lenarcic Every year about this time, my mind drifts back to those halcyon days of yesteryear-Christmases in the 50s in the Falls. Two of the scores of memories stand out. 1954. Got the new sled I dreamed of. It snowed...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic On behalf of the Herkimer County Hunger Coalition, I’d like to thank those readers who have supported our various endeavors (e.g., Gram Lorraine; Fallen Stars Memorial) over the years. And for those of you who...
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by Ray Lenarcic For Kay and me, the Gram Lorraine Children’s Christmas Program is a true labor of...
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Jaquay signs letter of intent for Hobart By Dave Warner In a special signing ceremony at Rock Ci... 
Sixth Annual Tom Bergen Bowling Tournament a success By Dave Warner For the sixth year, the Tom Bergen Memor... 
Coloring contest winners at Benton Hall The Herkimer County Hunger Coalition held its annual Ra... 
Open meeting for “The Little Falls Connector” Photo by Dave Warner Together with the New York Power A... 
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...