The Huletts Current

GUY COHELEACH Black River Snow oil on canvas

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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 [...]

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“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” William Shakespeare

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I was able to confirm today that Dr. Dean L. Cook of Ticonderoga was nominated by Governor Paterson to fill a vacancy on the Lake George Park Commission caused by the expiration of the term of Thomas J. Morhouse, for a term which will expire on March 31, 2017. Dr. Cook’s resume was provided to [...]

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Saranac Lake native, Billy Demong, speaks about winning the Gold Medal in Nordic Combined. Congratulations Billy! (ESPN does not allow embedding, so you will have to double click on the picture and watch the video on YouTube.)

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While I had not seen anything about this in the news or heard about a pending nomination, the NY State Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation voted on Tuesday, February 23rd, to move the nomination of Dean Cook to the Lake George Park Commission forward. The next step is for the nomination to be acted upon [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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An ingenious commercial to encourage you to wear a seat belt.

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The Huletts Current now has a new page entitled; Wallpaper, where you can download pictures that make great computer desktop backgrounds. A couple of people have asked for this feature so I’ll be adding pictures throughout the year that make great backgrounds for your computer desktop. Feel free to download and enjoy. You’ll think of [...]

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Congratulation’s to Lake Placid’s own Andrew Weibrecht for winning the Bronze medal in the Olympic Super-G. Here is a video of his run from NBC.

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Congratulations to Hannah Teter, from nearby Belmont Veront, who won the Silver Medal in the women’s snowboard halfpipe and to Kelly Clark, from Mount Snow Vermont who took the Bronze. The Burlington Free Press Reports here. Kelly Clark’s two runs can be seen at the NBC site here.

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A major supplier of electricity to the Northeast is proposing to go down Lake Champlain, through the Champlain Canal in Whitehall, and back into the Hudson River to bring power to New York City and Long Island. This would be a new way to supply the growing power needs of our country without disrupting scenery. [...]

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