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Opinion

Thank you to our village employees

Guest Commentary

The Village of Lake Placid is responsible for highway, water, sewer, police, fire and electric. It always amazes me that the work that gets done is done by only 72 full-time employees, a few part-timers and our volunteer fire department. When you consider that we live in an area that has ...

Border Patrol Agent murdered

Guest Commentary

Last month David “Chris” Maland, 44, U.S. Border Patrol Agent and a Veteran, was murdered in the line of duty in Northern Vermont. Last week was the Chinese lunar new year. Time for story in David’s honor and memory. In the summer of 2011 (or 2012?) I was driving to a monthly drill ...

Are there still proofreaders?

Letters to the editor

To the editor: I hesitated to write this letter because I was sure you’d be publishing a correction. However, it’s been a week and I haven’t seen anything. Is there such a thing as proofreading anymore or has it all been turned over to AI? For some time now I’ve noticed, on a ...

A coup is a coup

Letters to the editor

To the editor: A coup by any other name is still a coup. This is what we are witnessing in Washington as laws are violated and as unelected individuals invade and take control of critical IT infrastructure of the U.S. government. Voters should be deeply troubled, as I am, by the lawless ...

Successful distribution day

Letters to the editor

To the editor: Another successful distribution day for the Holiday Helper Program! We are so grateful to our community members for their incredible continued generosity. We put the call out for older children and boy did you deliver. Services were provided for over 165 children, 75 ...