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Rivka and William Eckert wanted to put together a series that would help facilitate discussions of controversial community issues and, in the process, strengthen community connections. The library is the perfect performance space, they thought, because...
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Friday, July 16, 2021 - 4:57 pm Hunting for long-lost treasure were nearly twenty hikers gallivanting around Sugar Island, Potsdam, July 15, including Lisa Hanns and Cyrus Abar. Families with children of all ages were able to hear legends of the Pirates of the Racquette River while hiking along the three-mile Red Sandstone Trail between Potsdam and Hannawa Falls. The hike was a joint event organized by Blair Madore, of the Adirondack Mountain Club, and William Eckert, of Potsdam Public Library, with support from special guest pirate Margaret Madore. Photo courtesy of Blair Madore.
Sunday, April 25, 2021 - 7:52 am BY ADAM ATKINSON North Country This Week POTSDAM — An opening date for the Potsdam Public Library is still to be determined as the inside renovation project continues, but the library is hoping to be open in June, said a post on the library’s website recently. William Eckert, the library’s adult program coordinator who was hired last summer, writes that the library is into phase two of its $1.2 million interior renovation project. “While there has been no hard-and-fast reopening date, due to the pandemic altering the availability o...