Dear Gov. Kathy Hochul, I had a great time volunteering for the World University Games in Lake Placid this winter. It was an exciting event that built on our Olympic heritage and spruced up our venues to make them competitive for years to come. Mount Van Hoevenberg, where I was ...

Few people in the 18th and 19th centuries had a life as long and remarkable as Mary Jemison. In 1823, Jemison related her life story to a minister, James Seaver. It was published in 1824 as a classical “captivity narrative.” While many captive stories were “thinly disguised ...

Can we ever go back? And I mean to anything, anything at all. We, as human beings, keep saying, “When I recover ...” But isn’t that going back to, in this case, a previous condition? Maybe a condition we had before an injury, hoping we’ll be able to run just as fast as before the ...

I read with interest your Feb. 27 article on Massena Central School District considering the teaching of foreign languages at the elementary level. (“Teach languages in elementary? Massena schools look at Lake Placid’s example,” Watertown Daily Times, Feb. 27.) I’ve vigorously promoted ...

AR-15s are not used in the U.S. military. The AR-15 available in the U.S. to citizens are a one-shot-per-trigger-pull device unlike a M16/M-4. The AR-15 can not do what the M16/M-4 can (specifically auto burst). The Hollywood and media elites say guns are the problem: Robert DiNero is one ...

The Saranac Lake Village Board is planning a public meeting on March 28 to introduce the community to its vision for a combined police, fire and rescue services building it hopes to build at 33 Petrova Ave. Before that meeting, it is essential the community understand some ...