SARANAC LAKE - Roedel Companies is using every tool in its toolbox to bring back the Hotel Saranac, from crowbars and hammers to pen on paper. During a tour of the project site last week, the New Hampshire-based company's historic preservation consultant, Kim Alvarez of Landmark Consulting in Albany, talked about the challenges of restoring the iconic Main Street hotel. The tour was part of a day of historic preservation programs put on by Historic Saranac Lake. Roedel Companies, led by Fred Roedel III, purchased the hotel in early December from the Arora family for $1.4 million. The company has promised to return the hotel "to its historic grandeur." <http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/543063/Hotel-s-history-exposed.html?nav=5008> -- Bob Sullivan Schenectady Digital History Archive <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library