This week’s Straw Poll: Have you been vaccinated for COVID-19? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

For local town and village officials wringing their hands, trying to decide whether to opt out of issuing licenses for marijuana sales and on-site consumption in their municipalities, we have three words. Take the money. It’s not dirty money. As of March 31, recreational marijuana is ...

Events and gatherings are happening again. Things are opening up. State restrictions are being eased. Let’s not forget why these things are happening: because our nation’s mass vaccination rollout has been fast enough to keep the new coronavirus strains relatively under control. We ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Do short-term rentals in Saranac Lake need some kind of regulation? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

We have been surprised to see a whole lot of canoes on the tops of cars driving through Saranac Lake. It’s not just us. Erin Hanczyk, spokesperson for Region 5 of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said she’s been surprised to see so many, too. Early to mid April is ...

It’s pretty dry out there — so dry that a forecast of rain early this week dried up. National Weather Service meteorologists in Burlington, Vermont, still say our area might get rain Wednesday through Friday — possibly mixed with snow Friday — but in a tweet Monday they said it ...