The Huletts Current

What Happens if the Special Congressional Election Ends in a Tie? The Saratogian had a good article about what will happen if the special congressional election ends in a tie. No coin flip here. While we’re on the subject of flipping coins, does anyone else think that Scott Murphy looks like the character, Harvey Dent, [...]

[Read more →]

We Wish You A Very Happy EasterThe Resurrection of Christ, Meister Francke, ca. 1424 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not [...]

[Read more →]

Theodore Roosevelt, as the former Governor of New York, who would go onto serve as President starting in 1901 when William McKinley was assassinated while he was Vice-President, had many friends throughout the Adirondacks. This is an excerpt from the Warrensburg News from July 19, 1903 entitled; The Presidents Guest, Mike Cronin Tells of his [...]

[Read more →]

Earth’s saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart! Susan Coolridge

[Read more →]

Jeff Klauder reports that his webcam, which he is sharing with us on our left sidebar, is back online. It seems like the camera and the router are both sensitive to power surges, so we can’t make any guarantees that it will not go out again. For the time being however, if you want to [...]

[Read more →]

Christ Carrying the Cross, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – 1737 Click on Image to See Larger View

[Read more →]

Wild Unsettled Lake George The Adirondack Museum will open a new exhibit called, “A Wild, Unsettled Country: Early Reflections of the Adirondacks,” on May 22nd which will highlight the earliest artifacts from the Adirondacks. Many of these come from the Lake George area. The Adirondack Almanac has a nice piece about the exhibit here. Those [...]

[Read more →]

Last Supper, Peter Paul Rubens – 1632 Click on Image to See Larger View

[Read more →]

Here on the Huletts Current for the first time are the contracts that the Whitehall School District has signed with their: School Superintendent Teachers Union A few points: 1.) We are not providing any analysis or opinion at this time, but will be in the near future. 2.) The Superintendent’s contract is 10 pages. (It [...]

[Read more →]

Verizon has introduced one sweet device in it’s new Verizon hub. It will work with a Verizon wireless cell phone to eliminate the need for a landline. It can also send and receive text messages, and willl have limited browser capabilities (to read the Huletts Current) and to do things like sending driving directions to [...]

[Read more →]

Absentee Ballot Count to Start Wednesday Budget Passed, Forest Preserve Tax Cap Eliminated Price Chopper Expands Supermarket in Granville Editor’s Note: Because Granville is in Washington County, sales tax collected here will go into Washington County’s total.

[Read more →]

We’ve been informed by Jeff Klauder that he’s been having some technical difficulties with his webcam but he hopes to have it up running soon. So if you’ve been clicking on the link on the left sidebar trying to see Nobles Island and a “real-time” view of Lake George, hang in there a few more [...]

[Read more →]

Just to let everyone know, the ice is out of the lake. It’s pretty much disappeared as of Thursday, April 2nd. From what we can see there’s no apparent damage. This means that summer is getting a lot closer. If for some reason you miss the ice,

[Read more →]

D = R or R = D: You Won’t See it Again While there are never any ties in politics, the NY State Board of Elections website now lists the unofficial results in the 20th congressional election as a dead heat. A decision on how to start counting the absentee ballots will come this week. [...]

[Read more →]