By Deborah Ritz
I retired last year, and started receiving social security payments. Do I have to pay taxes on my social security benefits?
Social security benefits include monthly retirement, survivor, and disability benefits.
They do not include supplemental security income (SSI) payments, which are not taxable. Continue reading
The Weekly Adirondack will not publish on April 2, but will resume with an issue on April 9, 2015.
As part a collaborative effort to mitigate the impact of acid rain and restore brook trout to the Adirondacks, state helicopters delivered 80 tons of lime to an acidified pond in the Five Ponds Wilderness Area in the Town of Webb, according to New York State Department of Environ-mental Conservation (DEC) Regional Director Judy Drabicki.
Approximately 40 DEC staff and New York State Police helicopter crews conducted the liming operation on March 10, 12 and 13, she said. Continue reading
From Main Street to the top of McCauley Mountain, St. Patrick’s Day was commemorated in many ways in Old Forge over the weekend of March 13, 14 and 15.
Photos by Gina Greco
Alexis Heath – Honorable Mention
The 5th and 6th grade students at Inlet Common School participated in a Science Fair on Monday, March 16.
Rachelle Manzi – 2nd place winner
The students researched a topic of their choice for the last several weeks and used the Scientific Method to complete their projects. The projects included topics such as: Which liquid makes bubbles last longer? What makes ice melt faster: salt, sugar or dirt? Which chocolate melts the fastest? Continue reading
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the other 90-year birthday folk, while wishing we could have celebrated the BIG 90 together… after all, it is a numeral to be respected for, at the least, our endurance… Continue reading
By Linda Heistman
Friday March 13 was a fun day for SHARP participants. We rode in the festive St. Patrick’s Day parade, and enjoyed some delicious soup and homemade soda bread at the Old Forge Fire Hall.
The entertainment at the fire hall was an Irish singalong, and everyone knows that the Irish in Old Forge take their fun very seriously. Continue reading