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Opinion

Wilson-Raymond Field upgrades welcomed

Letters to the editor

To the editor: Having the new Wilson Raymond Field with artificial turf is a very good thing to have; it’s finally nice to watch night games in Saranac Lake. I wish this were available when my brothers and I went to school. Hopefully, this will continue to make a huge difference for ...

Gratitude to our community: A shared success story

Letters to the editor

To the editor: I want to thank the Adirondack Daily Enterprise for its wonderful story highlighting Paul Smith’s College’s dramatic enrollment growth this fall. As president of Paul Smith’s College, I am writing to share my profound gratitude for the support that made this milestone ...

New fire truck for Saranac Lake

Columns

News from June 1941 looks much like today’s news. According to an Enterprise article from Sept. 9 about Saranac Lake’s infrastructure project, the village board plans to purchase a new heavy rescue truck for the fire department for $900,000 by 2027. Prices have gone up a little in the ...

When to give advice as a grandparent

Columns

Perhaps because National Grandparents Day was Sept. 7, grandparents have begun to ask me for advice about how to tell their own children how to parent — which is interesting because parents frequently ask me how they should deal with grandparents who want to offer advice on every facet of ...

The state should purchase Whitney Park

Guest Commentary

The State should purchase Whitney Park, a 36,000-acre area adjacent to the existing Whitney Wilderness area. It has been on the State’s Open Conservation Plan for purchase for decades. Most of the acreage is pristine forest lands and waters. As noted by the APA in 1996: “[the area has] ...

Kennedy sickens America

Letters to the editor

To the editor: At John F, Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings, he promised to “maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes”. In June, he fired all 17 members of the committee, asserting without evidence ...