Bloomingdale News

An early-morning fire ruined the opening of Christmas presents for a Saranac family, but everyone managed to escape unharmed.

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.

Kanye West has been acting humble lately. CNN is hoping to replace Larry King with someone really big when his contract expires in eighteen months.

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.