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Kinderwood students get history lesson on holiday gift-giving

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Photo by Gina Greco

The four year olds enrolled at the Kinderwood pre-school held their Christmas party on Thursday, December 17th.

During the party head teacher Diane Heroux explained how in the early days, Christmas gifts received by children were sometimes as simple as a piece of fruit. Though the concept was foreign to them, they still enjoyed the oranges gifted to them by Mrs. Heroux.

Front: O. Lemons, K. VanExeter, S. VanExeter, H. Deis

Back: Head Teacher Diane Heroux, K. Tracy-Deuss, H. Hopsicker, S. Carey, M. Mayer, L. Crimmins, M. Cahill and visitor Evan Carey

Missing from photo are: C. Russell, K. Parent, L. Rowe, N. Foster and B. DiMartino

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Otter Lake Echoes: A musical era in the Adirondack Mountains

IMG_1459by Robert F. Swift, PH.D.

The hills around Otter Lake were alive with the sound of music—even before Julie Andrews sang of them. In 1947 the New York State Music Camp opened its first summer season at the Otter Lake Hotel.

That building is now long gone, but a historical plaque marks the location on the roadside of Route 28.  Continue reading →

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The Historic Hard Times

According to the book, God’s Country by Clara Vaughan Hatcher O’Brien, the current Hard Times Café building was originally built in the early 1930’s by Alfred Nelson as a replacement for a small building that had burned in his lumber yard.

It was purchased by Prentice and Al Wood, a couple experienced in food service, who came to Eagle Bay looking for a place to establish a restaurant. Continue reading →

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History Repeats Itself Road sign honors Old Forge affiliation of President Harrison

Route 28 and Main Street are used interchangeably when residents describe the stretch of road running through the village of Old Forge, but only a few remaining old-timers can recall the days when the road was known as Harrison Ave.

Highway Superintendant, Casey Crofut, left, and director of Town of Webb Historical Association’s Goodsell Museum, Kate Lewis. Photo by Gina Greco

Highway Superintendant, Casey Crofut, left, and director of Town of Webb Historical Association’s Goodsell Museum, Kate Lewis. Photo by Gina Greco

According to Kate Lewis, director of the Town of Webb Historical Association’s Goodsell Museum, earliest records show that the road was named after Benjamin Harrison—the 23rd president of the United States—sometime in 1896 and through  January 1927, approximately. Continue reading →

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