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Editorials

Straw Poll, April 5-11

This week’s Straw Poll: New York made it easier to vote last year due to COVID-19, and more people voted. Once the pandemic ends, should it keep these election rules or revert to the old ones? -- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users ...

Hope for a break on immigration reform

Most Americans cannot fathom living in a place where it seems preferable to live in holding facilities in another country than to return. Most of us have no idea what it is like to truly live in fear that drives us to risk everything just for a chance at a better life for our kids. Many of ...

Defending ourselves better against scams

Scams of all sorts have grown more frequent in recent years — maybe even more so in this last year, judging by what we hear from readers and loved ones, and what we see come into our own phones and email. Friday’s Enterprise contained an in-depth report by Aaron Cerbone about ...

Vaccines are how we win the race

The world is engaged in a race between vaccinations and the coronavirus’s new strains. Some of these mutated variants spread much more easily than the original — which was plenty contagious enough — but so far, at least, they aren’t breaking through the vaccines’ protection. In ...

Suddenly, marijuana is legal

Marijuana legalization in New York creeped up slowly for many years, but it still felt distant. In the end, though, it happened very quickly. Despite this news coming out in print on April 1, it is not an April Fool’s joke, even though it might feel like one. Suddenly on Wednesday it ...

Straw Poll, March 22-28

Should big sporting events be held in Lake Placid this summer? 1,322 total votes Yes — 646, 49% No — 612, 46% Undecided — 64, 5% — This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.