American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent finally are starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on the lower economic rungs are still scrimping by, heading to Walmart for the basics.
An early morning fire has destroyed an apartment building and damaged another. Saranac Lake volunteers were called to the two-story building on Franklin Avenue at about 5:20 a.m. Saturday when they found smoke and flames tearing through the building.
The village is seeking bids to put water meters in every village home here. Saranac Lake recently received a $1 million Green Innovation federal stimulus grant for the project.
Raymond Dora, who has taught at Lake Clear School for 36 of the school's 54 years, stands with some of the students in the final third-grade class: William J. Bentz III, Abraham Newton, Keegan Dukett, Sawyer Chase, Casey Sturgeon, Jeffrey Baker, Savanna Nicole Donaldson and Hanna Gochenay.
On Tuesday, Alexandra Von Furstenberg welcomed her sister Princess Marie Chantal of Greece to Los Angeles with a girls' dinner at Cecconi's. "I hear this is the cool new place to go," said Betsy Bloomingdale of the bustling restaurant.