It was 232 years ago today that 56 representatives of England’s 13 American colonies signed a manifesto that Thomas Jefferson had drafted between June 11 and June 28, 1776. It was an act of rebellion » Full Story

With the national economy on the rocks and the costs of living and building on the rise, it’s clearly a hard time for commerce in the Adirondacks. Even Lake Placid, whose robust tourism economy is a w » Full Story

We still look forward to seeing the Adirondack Museum build a branch in downtown Lake Placid, and we were disappointed to hear the news that museum officials have called a halt to the project.
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North Country Community College is an essential part of this region’s infrastructure and economy, but its main campus in Saranac Lake needs some major upgrading to live up to that importance.

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We were amazed at how quickly emergency and electrical crews were able to bring our communities back to full functioning after the storms that hammered Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake last Tuesday. There » Full Story

The black, wooden dog silhouettes on the shores of Lake Flower and Lake Colby are useless, of course; it sure didn’t take long for the geese to figure out they don’t move.

On the other ha » Full Story

There is a conflict of interest whenever a school board member has a spouse or domestic partner who works for that school district: As a board member, he or she is charged with spending no more than i » Full Story

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Our federal and state governments now say you can use your driver’s license at the Canadian border, but only if it’s a new license that will cost about $80. What was the point of t » Full Story

The Adirondack summer is finally here, and that means local cyclists and Ironman athletes are hitting the roads for training. Since drivers and cyclists are sharing the roads, it means local drivers n » Full Story

“The Legislature has outdone itself this year with open government bills. Aren’t election years wonderful?”

That was the comment of Diane Kennedy, president of the New York Newspaper Publ » Full Story