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Opinion

Falling through the cracks

Bushwhack Jack's Tracts, by Jack Drury

We are fortunate to have excellent health care in Saranac Lake, but that doesn’t mean our medical services are infallible. A couple of weeks ago the system broke down and I was the victim. So what happened? I woke up in the middle of the night with a deep, stabbing pain in the lower ...

Safe handling of breast milk and formula

Columns

Parents have been sending me lots of questions about how to properly store and prepare breast milk and infant formula. Let me thaw out some answers that will answer those questions. - Storing expressed or pumped breast milk - Ideally, breast milk should be stored in batches of two ...

101-year-old Lake Placid News

Columns

I hope all my dear readers are impressed with the logo above and this historical document known as the Lake Placid News of 101 years ago. The masthead on page two — “Official Newspaper of the Village of Lake Placid, Essex County, New York. Daniel Winters, Publisher. Entered in the Lake ...

Food for thought

Columns

Tuesday morning I was headed up Route 86, almost at the Trudeau Road turnoff, when I saw blue and red lights flashing in my rearview mirror. I immediately pulled over and a few minutes later the Rescue Squad ambulance flew by. The symbolism was painfully appropriate: Me driving to Cavu on one ...

Sacrificing green space to ‘save’ it

Guest Commentary

I have spent years fighting for an all-of-the-above energy policy that protects both our environment and the pocketbooks of upstate New Yorkers. Yet, the more I watch Albany’s aggressive Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) and the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) ...