The Huletts Current

Photo Courtesy of Arlington National Cemetery
To all those who have served, and their families who have sacrificed, we say thank you.

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Support the Huletts Post Office
The Washington Post details a GAO report that endorses postal cuts.
“Lawmakers also should consider establishing a panel similar to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to independently recommend changes, the report said. Auditors, however, also suggested that more details are needed about potential delivery cuts and post office closures.”
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Students from Putnam were the first to board the Lake George Association’s Floating Classroom, through a grant by the Froehlich Foundation which aids local school districts. Helen Froehlich was a longtime resident of Huletts Landing.
Due to a grant from the Froehlich Foundation, elementary students from Putnam School District were the first to venture [...]

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During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her [...]

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Rogers Ranger Challenge: Fort Ann to Lake George
Are you up to the Rogers Rangers Challenge? Find out what it is on the Adirondack Almanack.
Info-graphic: Teens and Their Mobile Phones
Here’s a great graphic from Flowtown showing how teens use their cell phones.
Lawns on Lake George Face Scrutiny
The Post Star reports on [...]

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A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, “where mother is.”
~Keith L. Brooks

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How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
V, i, 90

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Police, Feds Raid Whitehall Business
The Post Star has an interesting story about a local store.
Bald Eagle Now Healthy, Takes Flight
The Adirondack Journal has a heartwarming story here.
Time Travel Possible Says Famed Astrophysicist
Keep you eyes out for time travelers but to understand the theory read here.
NY Giants to Return to Albany? Maybe
The NY Giants issued a [...]

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Jeff Bridges plays ‘The Weary Kind’ from the movie ‘Crazy Heart’.

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Rutland Herald Video: Killington’s Last Day

What a Mess: Albany Budget Update
This Post Star article details how bad things are in Albany.
Editorial: Public-Sector Unions Bankrupting America
This is a growing national issue, that the Washington Times spotlighted in a recent editorial.

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“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.”
G. K. Chesterton

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Eastern Woods Return / Face New Threats
The Washington Post had a good article documenting the historical changes to eastern forests over the last 400 years and some modern threats that they face. One might not think that deer pose a threat to the forest, but as this video points out, they eat most of the [...]

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As you drive on many local roads throughout the area, you can’t miss the spray painted words and symbols on many nearby outcroppings. For the purpose of this piece I am refering to this as “Country Graffiti”. There may be a better term but I’ve never seen it discussed or written about so this is [...]

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“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”
P. J. O’Rourke

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