The news that the state plans to close prisons in Dannemora (the Clinton Annex, not the main Clinton Correctional Facility), Watertown and Gowanda is another shot in the gut to our region economically. It is absolutely understandable that employees at the facilities are upset. State ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Should Adirondack villages let residents keep hens in their yards? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

Looking through our archives, it’s easy to find times when life was tough in America. The year 2020 was probably among the top five worst in modern history — not just for the United States but for the world — due to the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll leave the task of ranking bad years to ...

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has a lot of explaining to do, as some in Washington are saying his removal this fall of mail sorting machines at postal facilities is partly to blame for challenges the U.S. Postal Service faced in getting packages delivered during the Christmas season. Of ...

On a scale of 1 to 5, how would you rate New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s job performance in 2020? --- Total votes: 1,296 1. Poor: 611, 47% 2. Fair: 67, 5% 3. Good: 79, 6% 4. Very good: 228, 18% 5. Excellent: 311, 24%

Much of 2020 has been like stopping on the curb before crossing a street, looking carefully both ways, then stepping out — and getting hit by an airplane. That’s how one observer who somehow held onto a sense of humor put it. It hasn’t been a good year for most people. Millions remain ...