The following was an open letter submitted to the Saranac Lake Central School District (SLCSD) Board and the Buildings & Feasibility Subcommittee: I am writing to you today to put on the record my comments regarding the upcoming closure of Bloomingdale School. The SLCSD has seen a ...
To the editor: I grew up in Chateaugay. Like a lot of people from small places, I left for work, for opportunity, for the wider world—and I told myself I’d “come back someday” without really knowing what that meant. On Christmas Eve, I returned to visit my mother here in Tupper ...
With winter here, i have found myself cooling off a lot of parents who have questions about their children’s safety when ice skating — both indoors and outdoors. Almost 20,000 children are being seen for skating injuries on a yearly basis, so this week i’ll glide through a few skating ...
As far as I can figure, there aren’t a lot of advantages to old age. Yeah sure, it’s better than dying young, but still not the Golden Years Paradise I was told to look forward to. I guess everything comes with a price, and achieving Old Fart-hood is no exception. Take senior discounts. ...
Every year now ends with the same headline: “Hottest year on record,” “Hottest decade ever,” “Earth enters uncharted climate territory.” The repetition has become so familiar that few people stop to ask what these claims actually mean. In August 2021, for example, Sen. Bernie ...
To the editor: Federal police are murdering U.S. citizens and breaking into citizens’ homes. Who are the terrorists now? Chris Godfrey Rainbow Lake