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Letters to the editor

Keep our environment clean

To the editor: Many people think that our young take the place that they live in for granted. Not this North Country youth. Consider this quote and take a deeper look at what is around us. “This town is filled with beauty … keep it clean and help make the Earth a safer and more ...

Where you live matters

To the editor: Howard Riley danced with my mom when they were kids, so I have always thought he had good judgment. I have to disagree with his view (“Mayor deserves support from Saranac Lakers,” letter to the editor, July 2) on the question of residency for the village of Saranac Lake’s ...

Guideboat roundtable is today

To the editor: Dr. Joseph Spadaro will moderate a roundtable discussion of guideboat builders and restorers at the third annual Guideboat Show held in the Hotel Saranac ballroom on Friday, July 5 at 2 p.m. Anyone interested in learning more about the builders, would like to fine tune their ...

Fourth of July: A villanelle

To the editor: July fourth’s fireworks have just begun But it’s Jan. 6 this night invokes Boom, boom. How many in the crowd brought guns? Earth warms, hate grows, all compromise is shunned The dark sky fills with forest fire smoke July Fourth’s fireworks have just begun How many ...

The origin of our rights

To the editor: Within the span of the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence, the concept of man’s unalienable rights is established. However, the genius of the document lies as much in the assertion that such rights exist equally for all men, as in the affirmation that ...

Rail-Trail benefits local economy. Adirondack Railroad? Evidently not so much

To the editor: As a long-ago advocate for the Adirondack Rail Trail, it is gratifying to read frequent reports in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise about how the trail is driving creation and growth of businesses and jobs across the Tri-Lakes region as predicted (e.g., “Lake Placid gears up ...