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Editorials

Remembering Dmitry Feld

When there has been such a loss in our community, what is there to say? Lake Placid’s Dmitry Feld died at the age of 68 on Wednesday after leukemia, which had gone into remission years prior, reemerged, and he developed RSV and pneumonia. He leaves behind a wife, Linda, and son, Dima, as ...

House GOP must make good faith effort on border solutions

Rep. Elise Stefanik, in a show of spectacular hypocrisy, is among House Republicans who are pushing for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. This call for an impeachment of a Cabinet secretary is ...

Nominate a volunteer of the year

Hundreds of functions in the North Country depend on volunteers. People are fed and clothed, the ill and injured are cared for, fires are extinguished, artists’ work is promoted, libraries are maintained, events are planned and the natural environment is curated by volunteers. In March, as ...

Straw Poll, Jan. 1-8

This week’s Straw Poll: Have you purchased a Winter Carnival button yet? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

Local’s business success should serve as inspiration

Lake Placid native Cori Deans created products to serve her own needs. Now, those products are appearing on shelves all over the country. This success should serve as inspiration for entrepreneurs everywhere, but especially those in the North Country. Deans’ Small Town Cultures specializes ...

With mail-in voting expansion, plenty of blame to go around

New York’s lawmakers were right to push for the expansion of mail-in voting. The process through which lawmakers ultimately imposed that expansion, however, is deserving of the scrutiny it’s now receiving courtesy of a lawsuit filed by Republicans, including North Country Rep. Elise ...