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Stories have the power to make us feel less alone, help us better understand the world and curb boredom.
“Four Letter Words: Act One,” a debut novel by Schenectady author Haley Beth Costisick-Unwin, began as a way to keep the latter at bay.
She started writing the book about eight years ago while working at a Piercing Pagoda at ViaPort Rotterdam (or Rotterdam Square mall as it was called then). The business was slow during certain shifts and Costisick-Unwin needed a way to pass the time.
“I would do inventory counts, this and that, talk to any person that would even come near my Piercing Pagoda to say hello,” Costisick-Unwin said. “However, sitting there one day I just decided that I was going to write myself a story because I had a notebook they gave me that morning and I said, ‘Write what you know.’ ”
From left to right: Photo: Susan Dornan, Ft. Edward, NY, Photo: Dwight Stevenson, Saranac Lae and Photo: Colin O Connor
Susan Dornan from Ft. Edward snapped a photo (left) of two sisters hiking Shelving Rock Falls in Lake George. Dwight Stevenson from Saranac Lake shot a gorgeous view from a paddle on Lower Cascade Lake (center) and Colin O Connor captured a thrilling view of a climber above Chapel Pond.
Your photos also showcase the joy of summer in the North Country, like the photo from Marjorie Kaniehtonkie Skidders of kids cooling off in the water.
Every day is Camp Day. Photo: Marjorie Kaniehtonkie Skidders
Dec 30, 2020 Lenore (Newell) Leavitt, age 100, of Gabriels, died December 27, 2020, at Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid. Lenore was a lifelong resident of the area, born in Saranac Lake on May 5, 1920, and growing up in Keeses Mills with her parents, Harold and Pauline (Campbell) Newell and four younger brothers. Lenore married William Leavitt on Saturday, June 26, 1943, at the Keeses Mills Presbyterian Church. Upon marrying Bill she moved to the Leavitt Farm in Gabriels, where she lived until moving to Saranac Village at Will Rogers in 2015. In 1943, she joined the First United Methodist Church in Saranac Lake where she was an active member until her death. On May 5, 2020, the wonderful staff and leadership at Will Rogers helped her celebrate her 100th birthday, a goal and highlight of her life.
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