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40 years after On Golden Pond, Squam Lake maintains its appeal
By Linda Laban
New Hampshire s Lakes region is dominated by the deliciously pronounceable Lake Winnipesaukee. But it was nearby smaller Squam Lake that gained fame 40 years ago with the release of the movie “On Golden Pond,” the second highest growing movie of 1981. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” came in first, but Indy takes some beating, even now.
The small town of Holderness, which wraps around Squam Lake’s western shore, doesn’t look much changed since Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda rolled in to shoot the three-time Oscar winning film. Big stars though they are, it was some local characters who stole many scenes: Squam Lake’s loon population, calling out in their eerily beautiful fashion, became overnight sensations.
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3. Announcement by Chair Nystrom:
Due to the current federal and state emergency declarations, the Minnesota directive to residents to stay at home, and guidance about limiting person-to-person contact due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting of the Brainerd School Board is being conducted in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.021 Meetings by Telephone or Other Electronic Means. Persons may monitor this meeting from a remote location by watching on YouTube live. This meeting is being recorded. Access to the recording will be made available on the school district’s website as soon as is reasonably possible.
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(Photos provided) SARANAC LAKE Jill Zagrobelny, member of the Women’s College Scholarship Club and owner of Early Dawn Confections, will support the club’s fundraising efforts for the month of March. Each week she will offer customers a package of six freshly prepared apple cider crullers paired with a 10-ounce bag of Tug Hill Artisan Roasters Coffee for $25. These items can be pre-ordered and picked up at the Saranac Lake Farmer’s “Park-It” each Saturday. Delivery is also available for an additional $5. In addition to proceeds of the sale being donated to WCSC, 5% of each bag of coffee purchased will also support the Loon Center in Saranac Lake.
HAGUE â Three loons which were sitting ducks for the appetite of nearby eagles were rescued from Lake George on Feb. 14 in an operation coordinated by the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation.
Local residents and birders a week ago Sunday near Hague, Warren County, contacted Nina Schoch, executive director of the Ray Brook-based Loon Center, to report the loons swimming in a small hole in the ice on Lake George. Eagles had already absconded with a fourth loon, and one was sitting at the edge of the ice monitoring the three others.
The loons found themselves in peril because of ice that formed quickly.