Almost everyone knows the stories of Robert Louis Stevenson. His immortal works—Kidnapped, Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—have been read and enjoyed by generations of readers delighted by his tales of adventure on the high seas and deadly scientific experiments. Though his works have been historically relegated to children’s [...]
By Monica Sirignano and Dave Bower
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen took the music industry by storm in the early 70s, with their hit, “Hot Rod Lincoln,” which reached the top ten on the Billboard charts in 1972. One of the first to incorporate Western swing into its style, the band was known for [...]
Hidden amongst the trees in a charming 4-acre peninsula on Lake George is the teaching studio turned museum of the renowned Polish soprano, Marcella Sembrich. The internationally celebrated singer was born Prakseda Marcelina Kochanska in an area of Poland that is now part of the Ukraine.
Sembrich was a musical child from a very young age. [...]
When I chose the setting for An Affinity For Murder, the first book in my Lake George Mystery Series, I knew I’d have an abundance of background material to draw on. The upstate New York lake and its environs, once seen along with Lake Champlain as the crossroads of the continent, boast a rich and [...]
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