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Opinion

Which Squash?

Columns

It’s time for Thanksgiving! As we dine at festive tables laden with traditional turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie, let us thank God for the earth that nourishes our bodies with food and fills our souls as we share the beauty surrounding us in these mountains. Let us give thanks for ...

Reckless driving in parking lots

Columns

Most teenagers want to get their driver’s permit as soon as possible after becoming eligible. This is normally followed by many hours of practice driving to prepare for their driver’s road test. Large parking lots with plenty of empty space can provide an opportunity for practice driving ...

What to do with Whitney Park?

Editorials

New York faces a major environmental decision as it considers what role — if any — it wishes to play in the future of Whitney Park, a 36,202-acre tract of land in the central Adirondacks. We think the potential opportunity to acquire such a large piece of wild land is a once-in-a-generation ...

Combating diabetes in the North Country

Guest Commentary

November marks American Diabetes Month, with healthcare providers, public health agencies, educators and community organizations across the country rallying against the diabetes epidemic. Here in northern New York, a regionwide coalition has been in the trenches combating diabetes and ...

The circle game

Columns

I have always loved hole foods. Hold on. Before you become one more of my self-appointed proofreaders/critics like my pal Danny Spada, let me say “hole foods” was not a mistake. Instead, it revers to literal hole foods, namely bagels and doughnuts. When I think of those two, I ...

Time well spent

Aimless Insights, by Amy Cheney-Seymour

Stewarts closed in 10 minutes and Carrie Decker and I were hauling hiney down Park Ave. Visions of raspberry sorbet danced in my head as I shifted the gears on my sister’s bike, hit a pothole and — bam! — launched. Tail-over-teakettle I skidded in a heap of raw skin and ...