This week’s Straw Poll: Is COVID reopening happening too fast, too slow or about right? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

For small businesses and organizations around the country, the emergency loan programs set up by the federal government in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic were a godsend. Loans such as those through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program were given at ...

Many of us had been enjoying the winter. It wasn’t that cold, but it also hadn’t thawed, so it was great for outdoor recreation. Skiers, snowmobilers and ice anglers were all happy. Snow shovelers, not so much, but hey, that’s good exercise, too. But when we went out in the warm ...

It’s not just the multiple accusations of sexual harassment — and now one of sexual assault. It’s not just the undercounting, by some 50%, of how many New York nursing home residents died of COVID-19. It’s cumulative. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pluses, to be sure, but he keeps filling the ...

This week’s Straw Poll: What is the most pressing issue facing the village of Lake Placid? Budget/taxes ¯ Business/economy ¯ Housing/rentals ¯ Infrastructure/Main Street ¯ Parking/transit ¯ Transparency ¯ Something else --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent ...

As this pandemic winter began, we prayed that it would be a good one for outdoor recreation. It would have added insult to injury to have one of those loaded with freeze-thaw cycles, when slush and sleet are predominant. This winter, of all winters, people needed to get outside and do fun ...