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Opinion

Thank you for the free music

Columns

I taught my children at an early age that they didn’t need to spend money to have fun. Sometimes, it’s a matter of creating something yourself. Other times, it’s making time out of a busy schedule to attend a free event. Thankfully, our generous Adirondack communities and their sponsors ...

Garlic scapes

Columns

I bought garlic scapes at the Farmers’ Market last Saturday. Many shoppers are still unfamiliar with this relative newcomer to American cuisine. However, these hardneck garlic flower stalks are common in Chinese and Korean cuisines. Curling as they grow, they make one or two graceful loops ...

Parking, standing, stopping restrictions explained

Columns

Parking signs pertain to the parking, standing and stopping of vehicles along the roadway and in designated parking areas. They cover a wide variety of regulations. Parking signs are categorized as either (1) prohibiting parking or (2) permitting parking with restrictions how parking is ...

Saranac Lake centennial story

Columns

I have only read snippets of Alfred L. Donaldson’s volumes on the history of the Adirondacks. However, If you find and read the book our centennial committee published, the historical content by John J. Duquette is, in my opinion, also one of the best Adirondack/Saranac Lake historians. ...

Save transgender youth lives

Letters to the editor

To the editor: Every 45 seconds, an LGBTQ young person attempts suicide Last year 41% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered ending their lives — including nearly half of all transgender and nonbinary youth. Despite this devastating reality, the Trump administration has announced that ...

Making a difference, one act at a time

Letters to the editor

To the editor: I encountered a cynic recently. He sneeringly pooh-poohed John Monroe’s recent 36-hour vigil for the Constitution on the corner of Main and River Streets (reported in the June 3 edition of the Enterprise). One person standing in protest can’t make a difference, the ...