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Editorials

Saranac Lake’s bobsled win

Just over a week after news broke that Franklin County’s Tourism Advisory Committee had rejected a proposal for the county to spend $135,000 toward housing at a Saranac Lake hotel for the Jamaican bobsled team, the group that proposed the deal, the Saranac Lake-based North Country Sports ...

On North Elba’s ‘pro-housing’ designation

The town of North Elba is among 20 communities across the state that will be certified as “pro-housing communities,” Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. This means that North Elba will be given priority status when the state disburses grants from a pool of $650 million in discretionary ...

Straw Poll, Jan. 29 – Feb. 5

This week’s Straw Poll: As the March 19 Saranac Lake village election approaches, what's the top issue facing the village today? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

Winter Carnival is back!

Saranac Lake’s Winter Carnival is back, and just in time. Despite the smattering of snowstorms throughout the past few weeks, we’ve had a pretty mild winter overall. Winter events we’re used to seeing feel fewer and farther between. We’re craving some snowy, freezing outdoor fun. We ...

Carnival honors are well deserved

Teachers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. In ways big and small, despite budget cuts and politics, teachers shape our country’s future and our childrens’ lives — sometimes, they even save them. Such was the case last February, when Petrova Elementary School teacher ...

TAC made right call on $135K bobsled plan

Franklin County made the right call in passing on a proposal to spend $135,000 in occupancy tax revenue toward housing for the Jamaican bobsled team as they train at the Olympic Sports Complex at Mount Van Hoevenberg this winter. But talk about this plan should not stop there. This proposal ...