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Latest News Headlines
- A bummer of a bike ride
- Michigan hot dogs get national historic marker
- What if you could gaze into the future of climate change?
- Rangers respond to ankle injury reports at Schroon Falls, Azure Mountain
- If You See These Odd Balls Hanging On A Tree, You Do Not Want To Touch Them
- ASK A SCIENTIST: A special handler of hummingbirds
- Will the White Lake quarry project get a hearing?
- Baby formula shortage fuels demand at Donor Milk Center
- Hochul signs bill to create clean energy jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Bus shelters get a green makeover in Franklin County
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Flags, Towns and Symbolism in the ADK
From the September 18th issue of the Adirondack Enterprise, regarding a recent proposal to change the name of Swastika, NY:
“I’m dead-set against changing it,” [Councilman Howard] Aubin said Monday. Aubin said the word swastika means “well-being.” Swastika does mean “well-being” in Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language. Aubin said “only an intolerant person” would assume the name is connected to the German Nazi Party and its leader, Adolf Hitler, whose aggression prompted World War II.
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