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Editorials

Straw Poll, June 3-10

This week’s Straw Poll: Did you experience bullying while in school? — This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

SLCSD must address anti-LGBTQIA-plus bias

Five local teens participated in a community discussion on gender bias at the Saranac Lake Free Library on Monday, sharing deeply personal stories of harassment, bullying and physical attacks they and their peers have faced at school. The school district’s response so far leaves a lot to be ...

Kudos to Saranac Lake village DPW

Saranac Lake’s Main Street construction project is still on track to wrap up on schedule. The road closures, which could’ve been majorly disruptive, haven’t had as negative an impact as one might expect. These two things are no doubt a result of the village’s hardworking Department of ...

New Rail Trail stop in Lake Placid is a good move

The village of Lake Placid is moving forward with plans to purchase a $249,000 property by the old railyard on Station Street and, working with the Open Space Institute, convert it into a new trailhead for the Adirondack Rail Trail. This is an exciting project and one that showcases the best of ...

Straw Poll, May 27 – June 3

This week’s Straw Poll: Does the conviction of Donald Trump on 34 felony counts change how you plan to vote this November? — This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

The good news about the local housing crisis

The local housing crisis remains dire, but among the dearth of painful stories and depressing statistics are glints of brightness and heartening progress. In the past few years alone, we’ve seen large-scale housing projects proposed that never came to fruition. We’ve documented the ...