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Guest Commentary

The case against public-sector unions

America’s public-sector unions have a problem they can’t explain away: Workers are leaving. Ask a public employee when they joined their union and most couldn’t tell you. Because they didn’t join. The dues just started coming out of their check. That’s not a membership, and for ...

Existential for whom?

Tupper Lake residents are angry, frustrated and genuinely worried over our latest energy bills. We can’t afford electric school buses, and we certainly don’t have the infrastructure to charge them. Meanwhile, it’s impossible to ignore the boondoggle New York state leadership has made of ...

Addressing domestic terrorism

President Trump issued NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 on Sept. 7, 2025. Addressing domestic terrorism, NSPM-7 states that “Common threads animating this violent conduct includes anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the ...

The APA’s move to Saranac Lake

The Adirondack Park Agency and the Village of Saranac Lake have apparently agreed to enter into a 43-year lease agreement for former village office building at 1-3 Main Street for $1 per year. The Agency then plans to spend at least $40 million on a renovation/construction project at that site ...

In support of battery storage systems

I attended the recent meeting in Bloomingdale regarding the proposed battery storage system being proposed at the substation on Mt. Pisgah. I admit I knew very little about battery storage systems except that they occasionally catch fire and other communities have blocked them from being built. ...