Bail Bonds

Saranac Lake, 1975. Before the village beach moved. Before fast food and gas-station minimarts arrived. Before Super Fund clean-up sites. Before Aldi’s came. Before St. Pius left. Before.

I was 12, fully loaded: three-speed bike, paper route, baseball mitt, fishing pole. Mom worked part-time at the Saranac Lake Free Library. Dad was in Albany with the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Twelve-year-old boys growing up in Saranac Lake in the summer of 1975 had many responsibilities. in the morning, in the afternoon. Little League practice on evenings and weekends at Petrova Fields. In between, we rode bikes, played vacant-lot baseball, went swimming and fished.