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• Intoxicants are not wasted on animals, animals are wasted on them August 15, 2020
• "Paint & Pixels," a duo exhibit by the Hartungs at NorthWind Fine Arts in Saranac Lake August 15, 2020

Historical Features

• Marine sanctuary may be extended to include shipwrecks near Hammond August 12, 2020
  (Aug 12, 2020) Two shipwrecks off the coast of St. Lawrence County may be included in a proposed national marine sanctuary on Lake Ontario. [full story]
• North Country at Work: the legend of Lake Placid's Climena Alford Wikoff June 29, 2020
  (Jun 29, 2020) Let’s jump in a time machine and go back about 100 years, to the 1910s, in Lake Placid. The Adirondacks were already a tourist destination for the wealthy from big cities around the northeast, but it was emerging as a playground for the middle class. And the hospitality and hotel business was […]
• Potsdam marks first Juneteenth celebration with picnic, prayer and calls for change June 22, 2020
  (Jun 22, 2020) [full story]
• "It's meaningful to us": Cornell history professor on why Juneteenth endures June 19, 2020
  (Jun 19, 2020) [full story]
• Cuomo proposes making Juneteenth a state holiday June 18, 2020
  (Jun 18, 2020) Governor Andrew Cuomo says this Friday, June 19, known as Juneteenth in honor of the end of slavery in the U.S., will be a holiday for state workers. And he says he’ll work to make it a statewide holiday for 2021. [full story]