The Huletts Current

I already put this on the calendar, but here’s a friendly reminder that the Ghost Hunters episode filmed at Fort Ticonderoga will air Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. on the Sci-Fi channel.
http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/news/ghost-hunters.htm
Fort Ticonderoga will also be offering Ghost Tours during the months of July and August on most Friday and Saturday nights. This [...]

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Boy Scouts Get New Stamp
The Boy Scouts of America celebrate their 100th anniversary this year, so to commemorate this event, the Postal Service has issued a new stamp. Please remember to purchase the new boy scout stamp and all your other stamps at the Huletts Landing Post Office.

States Pension Funds Not Enough
The Washington Post had [...]

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New York - A Lake George Landing - Saluting the Passengers

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Evinrude Toy Engine

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Small Town, Big Dreams: Lake Placid’s Olympic Story! is being rebroadcast nationally on PBS tonight, Saturday Feb. 27, and is now available on DVD on Amazon and through PBS.
To read a review, check out Around the Rings.
Do you remember where you were when the U.S. Hockey team won gold in 1980? Watch tonight and [...]

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I always try to look for historic memorabilia where the faces of people can be seen.
In a bin at a local antique store this past summer, I found a copy of the History of the Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg dated 1884. It has a chapter dedicated to every Catholic Church in the Ogdensburg diocese and [...]

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I received the official poster from the organizers of the Lake George Alumni Association for their evening with Rachael Ray.

Correction:
I mistakenly reported that the historic Lake George photos were donated to the Bolton Library. I was informed that the glass plates were actually donated to the Bolton Museum, not the Library. I apologize for my [...]

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Looking north from Bolton Landing toward the Narrows. Green Island and Tongue Mountain on the left, Black Mountain on the right.

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The Education of Cupid - (Click on the Image to See Full Resolution)
François Boucher
1742
Oil on canvas,
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin

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A preserved log cabin at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in Hodgenville, Kentucky. It is symbolic of the one that Abraham Lincoln was born in.
Born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin on an isolated farm in the slave state of Kentucky, Abraham had an older sister, Sarah, who died in childbirth [...]

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Famous Jefferson Lake George Quote Put in Context
The Adirondack Almanack gives us great background information on Thomas Jefferson’s visit to Lake George which produced his memorable quote.
Effort to Save Bats Begins in Whitehall
I definitely noticed that the bat population in Huletts was down last summer, so this is some potentially good news that the Post [...]

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Here are some old match books from the Sagamore, circa 1940 -1950. I don’t think they make anything like this anymore. The coloring on them is just fantastic.

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The Adirondack Museum has a display depicting the bobsled run in the 1932 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid. (Click on the picture to see in full resolution.)
With the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics almost here, I thought this new documentary entitled; “Small Town, Big Dreams: Lake Placid’s Olympic Story”, would be interesting to [...]

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The caption reads:
Situated south of The Narrows, this lighthouse, off of Bolton Landing, enhances the beauty of an already pleasing scene.
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