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Opinion

Child Abuse Prevention Month

Columns

Since this month is national Child Abuse Prevention Month, I thought it wouldn’t be harmful for me to talk about this most serious topic. More than one million infants and children are abused or maltreated every year in this country physically, sexually, or emotionally. The sad thing is ...

The Late InSeide Dope

Columns

People accuse me of always being late, but that’s not true. Yeah, sure, I’m late a lot of the time — even most of the time. But there’s one thing I’m never late for, and that’s doctors’ appointments. This, of course, is a supreme irony. For, like every other shmendrick in the ...

Media tax credit is welcome, but challenges will continue

Editorials

Our sincerest thanks to the New York State Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul for including a local media tax credit in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, which was passed on April 20. We’re optimistic it will help sustain our newsroom in Saranac Lake — for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Lake ...

Stefanik is not a Jewish ally

Letters to the editor

To the editor: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is the last person who should be controlling the narrative about antisemitism on American college campuses. In her 2016 campaign, she placed Facebook ads pushing the racist belief of replacement theory, which suggests that white Americans are ...

Neighbors decry anti-transgender vandalism

Letters to the editor

To the editor: We are speaking up because last week a longtime Saranac Lake resident and transgender woman had her trans pride flag ripped off the side of her house, not for the first time. It is important to remind everyone that people of all gender identities and expressions are holy, ...