Among the good reasons for getting a flu shot is to keep yourself healthy enough to be there for the folks who need you this time of year. That is true in a larger sense when it comes to those in need of donated blood — and there are many more than we may think. According to blood banks, ...

This week’s Web Poll: Should the Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees solicit and review public comments before putting a Main Street overhaul out to bid?- These polls are not scientific, and their results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

By no means is the Adirondack Club and Resort project out of the woods yet, but now it may now know which way is north, and perhaps can navigate its way into the clear from there. Michael Foxman and Tom Lawson’s Preserve Associates company is too beset by debt to continue the Tupper Lake ...

We are very glad to hear that Essex County Public Transportation, with help from the state, plans to start a serious shuttle bus system to take hikers to and from trailheads on state Route 73. The county plans to run buses for 16 hours a day from July through Labor Day, scaling back a bit in ...

As we Americans celebrate the beginning of a new decade, we continue to allow a serious challenge to escalate to crisis proportions. It is the national debt — $23.2 trillion as 2020 began. Thoughtful Americans understand the perils of a big national debt. It can increase inflation. It ...

New Year’s Day 2020 is in the books and, hopefully, a fond memory for you. You may have enjoyed a day off work, perhaps a celebration the night before, and maybe some college football on the big day itself. Forget to do anything? Hint: Checked your smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors ...