Parents have been nickel and diming me as to what to do when their child swallows a coin. Let me see if I can cough up some information on this topic. It turns out that as children explore the world, usually between the ages of 6 months and 4 years, it is almost inevitable that they will ...
To the editor: Whereas men everywhere regard their political instruments as mere parchment, bound by time and self-interest, there is one proclamation whose utterance commands a reverence profound and enduring—the American Declaration. Mark how this mortal instrument rises beyond its inked ...
We use the word nemesis loosely, as in someone or something that annoys us. But, strictly speaking, it’s one’s agent of doom. It’s derived from Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution. And if you know anything about the Greek gods and goddesses, you can surmise when Nemesis retributed, ...
To the editor: The 2025 graduations are over. Students graduated from St. Bernard’s, the Saranac Lake Middle School and the 2025 graduating senior class of Saranac Lake High School. The Keough family has presented Good Neighbor Awards for over 40 years to citizens and students. ...
To the editor: I was in Belhaven, North Carolina some time ago. One of our party needed urgent care, so we visited the small rural hospital there. Some time after our visit the Republican government of North Carolina refused to accept expanded Medicare/Medicaid. Without adequate ...