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Betty Little speaks in Saranac Lake about the road salt bill signed by Gov. Cuomo in December 2020.
(Enterprise photo â Aaron Cerbone) PLATTSBURGH Betty Little sees serving in the State Legislature for 25 years as an enormous privilege she never anticipated as a former stay-at-home mom. “I’m very grateful and (there’s) so many people I’ve met,” the retiring state senator told The Press-Republican during a recent interview. “So many hardworking people, really, working not just for themselves and to improve the lives of their family, but to improve their community. “I think that’s pretty much the way you can describe North Country people is, looking at the bigger good as we go forward.”
Columnist Price Chopper employees Ashton Winch, Tyler Lautenschuetz, Antonia Asa Thomas, William Vaillancourt, Emily Schwartz and John Trummer pose with their face masks. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff) Rev. John Yonkovig (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Price Chopper employees Ashton Winch, Tyler Lautenschuetz, Antonia Asa Thomas, William Vaillancourt, Emily Schwartz and John Trummer pose with their face masks. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Wishing someone a “happy new year” feels a bit odd, to say the least, during a pandemic and its resulting economic crisis.
It’s made worse by a government incapable of providing relief to individuals and state, county and local governments, and, through them, first responders, teachers, doctors, nurses and others risking their health in support of others.
Skaters reflect on what event means to them, Lake Placid
Dec 31, 2020 Olympic gold medal figure skater and Stars on Ice co-founder Scott Hamilton skates in Lake Placid during the 2002 Stars on Ice event. (News file photo Pat Hendrick) In this 1992 cast of Stars on Ice, from left, are Peter Carruthers, Kitty Carruthers, Gary Beacom, Rosalyn Sumners, Doug Ladret, Brian Orser, Christine Hough, Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Paul Wylie, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov. (Photo provided Stars on Ice)
Olympic gold medal figure skater and Stars on Ice co-founder Scott Hamilton skates in Lake Placid during the 2002 Stars on Ice event. (News file photo Pat Hendrick)
Paul Smith s College announces re-launching of alpine ski program 12/21/20
While colleges around the country are dropping varsity sports programs, Paul Smith’s College has been on a mission for over a year to bring more competitive sports to its 14,000-acre campus in the Adirondacks. After officially announcing the addition of Nordic skiing, biathlon, hockey, trap shooting and esports, comes the latest addition to campus in the form of alpine skiing in 2021-2022, giving the school a total of 27 varsity sports programs.
Actually, alpine skiing is making more of a return to Paul Smith’s College after having a dominant program in the 1980s and 1990s that saw the school, a two-year institution at the time, capture the national junior college championship in 1991. The College of the Adirondacks’ skiing legacy dates back to 1952 when it hosted the United States Olympic trials prior to the Winter Games in Oslo. The trials occurred on campus at its Jenkins Mountain ski hill.
GLENS FALLS â Sen. Betty Little said she has enjoyed helping people solve problems during her more than three decades of public service.
Whether it was a town and village fighting over a sewer plant or county officials reluctant to commit to a capital project, Little, R-Queensbury, enjoyed the experience.
âI think Iâve been able to bring a lot of groups together,â she said on Wednesday as she packed up items in her Warren Street office.
Little is leaving office at the end of month after nine terms in the Senate. She has held various elective office posts since 1986. Little said it was just time to step away after turning 80.