Philip Terrie’s new book, “Wild Forest Lands,” offers just what one comes to expect from this historian and longtime chronicler of Adirondack issues. It’s detailed, thoughtful, challenging and occasionally provocative. This writer loves the Adirondacks. He conveys that well, along with ...
To the editor: I haven’t written for a while, because I am appalled by the daily criminal activity of the current Trump administration and his also appalling behavior. (Example: making Rob Reiner’s murder about himself.) Today, I felt that it was necessary to point out some ...
To the editor: I’d like to start today with a little simple math. If you had the enviable task of spending a billion dollars over the course of 30 years. With no earned interest or investment income during that period (which is very unlikely) you would have to spend a little more than ...
To the editor: Are we trying to eat the entire elephant in one bite? After years of not listening to our fire department, we now need a firehouse. Great, let’s take that bite. If we had listened to the firemen, it wouldn’t be an emergency right now. We would have planned for it ...
To the editor: Let’s be honest: The holidays can make it challenging to eat well and stay active, especially in the Adirondacks, where long winters add extra barriers to physical activity. During this time, remember that some activity is better than none. Here at The Heart Network, ...
I feel sorry for those who don’t enjoy reading, for they’re missing out on humanity’s greatest invention ... the book. The joy of reading is something my mother instilled in me at an early age. I remember going to the Locust Valley Public Library before I could read. My mother would ...