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Guest Commentary

Getting into the swim

Since I got involved with the campaign to save the North Country Community College pool, several people have told me, “I didn’t know the pool was open to the public.” Other people have said that they would like to use the pool, but they don’t know when it’s open, how to pay for ...

The Community Lunchbox: a quarter-century of service

The Community Lunchbox is now in its 25th year of continuous operation. The Community Lunchbox provides two hot luncheon meals per week for those in the community in need of the nurturing benefit of food and fellowship. Prior to the beginning of the Community Lunchbox, then-pastor of St ...

Open letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo: Save the APA

Dear Gov. Cuomo: The Adirondack Park Agency is weaker today than at any time in its 48-year history. That the fault rests with your office is both unfortunate and surprising: unfortunate because the APA was created to protect the Adirondack Park from damaging use and development but is now ...

Tigers are wild and shouldn’t be in circus shows

I am submitting this regarding the tiger story and the helpless, defenseless creatures caught in the exploitation for human entertainment in the Ohio circus. My name is Rachel Cohen McDermott. I am a member of the group Coalition of Animal Rights Enthusiasts and a financial professional of ...

A history lesson … the vacant lot next to me

I purchased 117 Broadway back in November 1981. Next door was Bob Agnew’s building, which housed his business, Standard Tire and Supply, on the right side of the property. If you stand on the property, you can still see the remains of the building’s foundation. And on the left side of that ...

Summer hate wave

Racism and hatred of the other is as American as the Fourth of July, baseball and apple pie. Nathan Bedford Forrest Day is observed every July 13 (his birthday) in Tennessee, and there is a bust of the Confederate general in the state Capitol building. Forrest (1821-1877) was in command of ...