This week’s Web Poll: Did you go on a vacation or have a staycation over spring break? Vacation, Staycation, Neither --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.
The world can seem like a pretty scary place sometimes. It’s easy to get discouraged with constant scenes of violence, destruction, political disarray and poverty. Many of us are looking for any small way to make a difference. Turns out a small act of kindness can have ripple effects far ...
With summer around the corner, it’s time to plan for winter. Yes, you heard me right. As I take my winter slacks to the dry cleaner, you can tell I’m from the North Country with salt rings around the bottom of the pant legs. I need to clean and polish my salt stained shoes and boots, ...
This week’s Web Poll: Do you agree with New York state’s decision to eliminate cash bail for arrestees, except for violent felonies? Yes, No, Undecided These polls are not scientific, and their results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.
This week’s Web Poll: Do you agree with New York state’s decision to no longer have police release booking photos of arrestees, except when there is a specific law enforcement reason to do so? Yes, No, Undecided --- These polls are not scientific, and their results represent only the ...
The union representing New York’s teachers sounded an alarm Monday about the next round of testing for third- through eighth-graders in New York’s schools. Sure enough, issues with computer-based testing — one of the union’s six concerns outlined Monday — came true this week. The ...
The state Legislature apparently negotiated a way to prevent Gov. Andrew Cuomo from making all arrest booking information secret statewide, except when police have a special reason to release it. Any society with secret arrests is not free. State leaders compromised and arranged for ...
This week’s Web Poll: Do you agree with New York state banning or charging a 5-cent fee for plastic shopping bags? --- These polls are not scientific, and their results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.
Technically, the first day of spring, the Vernal Equinox, was a week-and-a-half ago. Hah! Winter’s cold and snow have hung on, and many people are itching to get out of town, preferably in a southerly direction. School spring break is a good time to do that. North Country Community College ...
Budgets are statements of values. How you spend money is often a more accurate depiction of your priorities than the words you say. Therefore, New York state’s government leaders should commit their attention right now to a spending plan for the 2019-20 fiscal year that is estimated to cost ...
Many Americans, perhaps millions, became unwitting tools of Russian President Vladimir Putin during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. Some remain susceptible to Russian meddling. There was no conspiracy between the Kremlin and President Donald Trump’s camp during the 2016 ...
Attorney General William Barr should have no doubt in his mind about what to do with special counsel Robert Mueller’s report: Release it. Just two considerations need to be taken care of before Barr makes the report available to Congress and thus, to the American people. First is ...
This week’s Web Poll: Which of the four finalist themes do you like best for the 2020 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.
Some Americans, including members of Congress, are happy about the success of President Donald Trump’s policies, even as they wish fervently he would learn, well, to keep his mouth shut on certain topics. The late Sen. John McCain, of Arizona, is one of those subjects. McCain was, like ...
It was good that North Country Community College conducted a survey about public use of its pool, but it didn’t ask the big question: Do you want the pool to continue to exist? The college did, however, allow additional comments at the end of the survey, and dozens of people posted ...
Even though it’s unlikely to go anywhere, legislation proposed by state Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-Rome, to change the way Senate districts are apportioned makes a lot of sense. Griffo wants to reduce the number of Senate districts from 63 to 62 and then give each of New York’s 62 counties ...
We Americans have been very lucky in many ways. One of them involves the truly horrific disease Ebola. Few people in this country have given Ebola much thought since the severe outbreak in Africa during 2014-16. It killed more than 11,300 people, primarily in Guinea and Sierra ...
His heart felt as if it would pound out of his chest, the 15-year-old boy told a resource officer at a high school in Ohio on March 1. The deputy called for an ambulance to take the student to a hospital. Two other boys, one 14 and the other 15, experienced similar distress. They saw the ...
This week’s Web Poll: Should New York outlaw hunting tournaments, as a bill in the Assembly and Senate proposes? Yes, No, Undecided This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.
President Donald Trump continues to insist the United States needs an entirely new branch of the military, a Space Force. It is worth asking what on earth — or off it — that would accomplish. Trump seems to have watered his proposal down just a bit. Now he is willing to have the Space ...