To the editor: At our most recent village board meeting, I proposed that we allocate funding to make the main entrance of the Saranac Lake Police Department ADA accessible. The response? A flat dismissal from the mayor, who said the Armory isn’t our building and that accessibility ...
The only one vice I never indulged in, ON PRINCIPLE, is gambling. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve no objection to people gambling, or to gambling itself, or to any victimless crimes — especially not on moral grounds. People have always indulged in those behaviors, they always will, and ...
“The next time you have a sore throat, be thankful you’re not a giraffe.” — Trotty Veck A month ago, Curt Stager, author and professor of natural sciences at Paul Smith’s College, posted a video of ice going out on Akwesasne Lake. As the slushy shore of Lower St. Regis Lake lapped ...
Think of slavery and the first image that comes to mind is a 19th-century Southern cotton plantation. However, by the 1630s, slavery already existed in all 13 colonies with the first enslaved Africans arriving in New Amsterdam (later New York City) in 1626, brought there by the Dutch West ...
To the Editor: As a resident of Plattsburgh and a constituent of NY-21, I am compelled to ask: why has Representative Elise Stefanik avoided holding an in-person town hall in our area for nearly eight years? Our region faces real issues — rural broadband gaps, veterans’ healthcare ...