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Opinion

Give or don’t give to the GoFundMe

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There are always GoFundMe campaigns happening, no matter the time of year. It is heartbreaking to see these appeals for funds, whether for medical, emergency or memorial causes. For those not in the know, GoFundMe is the online fundraising platform where anyone can set up a donation page for a ...

IIHS gives high scores to 16 more models

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Sixteen 2025 and 2026 models from 12 different brands earned Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ awards in the latest round of vehicle ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Top Safety Pick+ winners include the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron, Audi All-new Q5, Audi All-new ...

Sausage: Making your own

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Sausage is a great convenience food. The pork meat is well seasoned with herbs and spices. You can use it in soups, skillets, casseroles ... There are two main types of sausages: fresh and cured. Fresh sausage includes breakfast sausage and Italian sausage. These have to be cooked before ...

Opposed to closing Bloomingdale School

Guest Commentary

The following was an open letter submitted to the Saranac Lake Central School District (SLCSD) Board and the Buildings & Feasibility Subcommittee: I am writing to you today to put on the record my comments regarding the upcoming closure of Bloomingdale School. The SLCSD has seen a ...

A locally-built app for reflection and connection

Letters to the editor

To the editor: I grew up in Chateaugay. Like a lot of people from small places, I left for work, for opportunity, for the wider world—and I told myself I’d “come back someday” without really knowing what that meant. On Christmas Eve, I returned to visit my mother here in Tupper ...

Skating safety

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With winter here, i have found myself cooling off a lot of parents who have questions about their children’s safety when ice skating — both indoors and outdoors. Almost 20,000 children are being seen for skating injuries on a yearly basis, so this week i’ll glide through a few skating ...