As mayor of Saranac Lake, I had the privilege of presenting the charter that established North Country Community College to the appointed board of trustees, at a ceremony held at the Elks Club located at 19 Bloomingdale Ave. and the corner of Church Street Extension. That was back when the ...
America’s public-sector unions have a problem they can’t explain away: Workers are leaving. Ask a public employee when they joined their union and most couldn’t tell you. Because they didn’t join. The dues just started coming out of their check. That’s not a membership, and for ...
To the editor: I’ve read articles on the “so-called illegal actions” by our Tupper Lake Town supervisor, town attorney and joint planning board in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Free Press and must respond. It seems that Supervisor Dattola, Attorney Gagnier and joint planning ...
“Why are they all sad?” C asked me. I was back at the Richard Avedon exhibit, this time with my daughter. An exhibit is different every time you go, but never quite as different as when you go with a child. You follow their path and irregular pace. You crouch to their eye level to see ...
To the editor: Last fall, an individual from New York City came here to visit. He had a nice room at Hotel Saranac and took a walk to Grand Union on Church Street to get snacks. He remarked the prices there were above what he pays for the exact same items back home in NYC. NYC is the most ...
To the editor: What is happening to our National Park Service and public lands is not just neglect, it is a betrayal! Under Donald Trump and his enablers, who continue to champion his policies, protections that took generations to establish are gutted with breathtaking speed and ...