Every year billions of dollars are stolen from people, many of whom are elderly, by frauds perpetrated over the phone, mail or internet. I’ve been caught in one and got tangled up in a couple of others before realizing they were poison and escaping. What I learned will certainly help ...

A March 25 Adirondack Daily Enterprise guest commentary by Doug Hoffman (“DOGE fiscal reforms will save our nation from bankruptcy”) quoted John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address of Jan. 20, 1961: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you ...

When times get tough, a friendly face is good medicine. One of the greats in our local history is Christy Mathewson. Known as “Matty,” he was one of the most accomplished baseball pitchers of all time. During the 1901 NY Giants season, Matty earned the nickname “The Big Six,” because ...

In an era where preserving history and honoring those who served their country is more critical than ever, recent actions by the Department of Defense to remove profiles of decorated military heroes from its websites are not just misguided — they’re damaging. Changes within the Department ...

A North Country April is not for sissies. The fainthearted pack up and flee to greener lands; the tough stick it out — and those who, for various reasons, are unable to leave. In town, the streets are deserted, restaurants closed, pedestrians absent. In the woods, the landscape has turned ...

It’s been about a month since the Trump administration released the last of the government documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, some 80,000 pages, and yet the government and the news media are still in denial over the origin of “Lee Harvey Oswald’s ...